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Tag: ARIA

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    Categories Commentary THE ICC PROBE Duterte's Drug war

    Tokhang officials’ nightmare comes true

    By Ellen T. Tordesillas  |  Jan 26, 2020 2:30 PM

    The cancellation by the United States government of Sen. Ronald “Bato” de la Rosa’s visa is a preview of what’s in store for police officials involved in President Duterte’s brutal drug war that has claimed the lives of at least 20,000 through a reprehensible practice of extrajudicial killing (EJK).

    ARIA, Bato de la Rosa, US Visa ban

  • Sotto and Bato  watch pacquiao- thurman boxing match. Inquirer photo  by Neil Arwin Mercado..jpeg
    Categories Commentary

    More on Bato visa ban and ARIA

    By Ellen T. Tordesillas  |  Dec 15, 2019 1:09 PM

    Remember this photo of Senate President Tito Sotto and Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa watching the Las Vegas fight between Senate colleague Manny Pacquiao and American boxer Keith Thurman fight at a theater in Rockwell last July?

    ARIA, Bato de la Rosa

  • US Pres. Donald Trump and Philippine Pres. Rodrigo Duterte meet in Manila during the 2017 Asean Summit. Malacañang file photo..jpg
    Categories Commentary THE ICC PROBE Duterte's Drug war

    US Congress finds ‘unacceptable’ human rights developments in PH

    By Ellen T. Tordesillas  |  Feb 14, 2019 3:06 PM

    Next month, March 17, the withdrawal of the Philippines from the Rome Statute, the founding treaty for the International Criminal Court, will take effect- one year after the Duterte government deposited its official notification with the United Nations Secretary-General in New York.

    ARIA, ICC

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