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In a decision dated April 24, a day after all charges against Duterte were confirmed, the ICC Presidency appointed British Judge Joanna Korner, South Korean Judge Keebong Paek, and French Judge Nicolas Guillou to the chamber.

Jeepney drivers are among the hardest hit with oil price hikes that have made it a struggle for them to survive. Ayuda (aid) from the government aside, how do they see themselves fighting to continue driving as their livelihood?

Habang patuloy ang pagdinig sa kaso ni dating pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa International Criminal Court, naglipana naman sa Facebook ang mga maling naratibong santo na umano ang naturang 17-anyos na biktima ng extrajudicial killings noong panahon ng drug war.

Medical experts and health advocates are urging the government to raise alcohol taxes to reduce diseases and social harms, saying 47 deaths daily are attributed to alcohol-related diseases.

The Pre-Trial Chamber 1 of the International Criminal Court “unanimously confirmed” Thursday all charges of crimes against humanity against former president Rodrigo Duterte, a decision that commits the 81-year-old former leader to a full trial in The Hague.

The ICC’s Appeals Chamber, composed of five judges, affirmed by majority vote the Oct. 23 decision of its Pre-Trial Chamber I that the court has legal power over drug war killings committed when the Philippines was still a member of the Rome Statute, the treaty that established the ICC.

Filipino Army troops started exercises with American soldiers April 16 at Fort Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija as part of Salaknib 2026 military exercise aimed to enhance the readiness against threat to the region’s peace and stability.

No single event in 2025 produced as many incidents of state-related violence as the September 21 protest. The Sandatahang Dahas monitor of the UP Third World Studies Center recorded a total of 390 killings and 520 injuries resulting from incidents of state-related violence throughout 2025. Of these, 194 injuries erupted from that protest alone, with 151 of these being police officers, and 43 being civilians.

Former president Rodrigo Duterte has asked the International Criminal Court's Appeals Chamber to excuse him from attending the reading of the judgment on his appeal challenging the tribunal's jurisdiction.

In February 2026, the Sandatahang Dahas monitor of the University of the Philippines Third World Studies Center recorded flare ups of an ingrained strain of violence among the country’s arms-bearing state agents that made them turn on each other.

We come back from a week of reflection on the suffering of Jesus Christ taking to heart the lesson that genuine peace and happiness can only be achieved after we have confronted and dealt with temptations and suffering.

META platforms may have cut funding for fact-checking organizations but Asian fact-checkers are finding ways to continue the fight, even with political pressure.

Catholic churches were in a festive mood Sunday recalling the arrival of Jesus Christ in Jerusalem more than 2,000 years ago.

Hindi na kailangan pang magpenitensya ang mga mamamayan sa darating na Mahal na Araw. Ngayon pa lang hirap na ang lahat sa pinapasang krus dulot ng pagtaas ng presyo ng diesel at gasolina.

Communities often step in where the government falls short to push resilience, stop-gap solutions, and address systemic gaps.

CPD executive Director Lisa Grace Bersales: When a child becomes a mother, something has gone terribly wrong. These are girls who should be in school, discovering their dreams—not raising children before they even understand adulthood.

The long-suffering Filipinos are already feeling the additional burden spurred by oil price hike.

I still hope to revisit an unshackled and prosperous Iran where citizens can enjoy the beautiful poetry of Rumi and Hafez in peace; where the women are allowed to read, go to school, speak their minds without fear – and wear their hijabs and chadors by choice.