FACT CHECK: NO Marcos order allowing ICC to arrest Duterte, Dela Rosa
President Ferdinand Marcos never made any order explicitly allowing the International Criminal Court to arrest former President Rodrigo Duterte.
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Can 3 high-ranking PNP officials get out of ICC ‘suspects’ list?
Former senator Antonio Trillanes IV said the formal naming of the five former and current PNP officials in Duterte’s drug war probe puts them in the “blue notice” of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol).
FACT CHECK: Dela Rosa claims no need for ICC probe given conviction of cops involved NEEDS CONTEXT
This was not the first time that Dela Rosa questioned the ICC's involvement in the victims' pursuit of justice.
The looming arrest of Duterte and the 2025 elections
The looming issuance of arrest warrants by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for former president Rodrigo Duterte and his accomplices in his deadly war on drugs is expected to impact tremendously in the 2025 midterm and the 2028 presidential elections.
FACT CHECK: Senate did NOT expel Bato Dela Rosa
A video on YouTube claims that Sen. Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa has been kicked out of the Senate. This is false.
Pusong bato sa usapin ng drug war
Sana noon pa ganito ang pag-iisip ni Sen. Bato. Hindi sana namatay 'yung libo-libong "nanlaban" kuno.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sen. Bato Dela Rosa falsely claims that lethal injection is the ‘universally accepted mode’ of death penalty
In pushing for a bill that reinstates the death penalty for large-scale illegal drug trafficking, Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa claimed that lethal injection is the “universally accepted” method of capital punishment. This is wrong.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sen. Bato Dela Rosa hindi totoo ang sinabi na ang lethal injection ay ang ‘universally accepted mode’ ng parusang kamatayan
Sa pagsusulong ng panukalang batas na magbabalik ng parusang kamatayan para sa malakihang ilegal na trafficking ng droga, sinabi ni Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa na ang lethal injection ay ang “universally accepted” na paraan ng parusang kamatayan. Mali ito.
The PNP Chiefs’ Scorecard on the War on Drugs; “Bato” Tops in the Number of Kills
On January 31, 2021, Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa told the press that he was optimistic he will soon have a new US visa. A year earlier, he confirmed to the media that his US visa was canceled. Neither he nor the US embassy in Manila said why and when it happened. The senator surmised that his role in Pres. Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war may have been the reason behind it.
Tokhang officials’ nightmare comes true
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).
