FACT CHECK: Video shows ex-Cebu administrator’s arrest, NOT Bato dela Rosa’s capture
A video circulating online shows Philippine National Police officers allegedly handcuffing and arresting fugitive Sen. Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa. This is false.
Tag Archives: Bato de la Rosa
Due process didn’t matter then for Bato
Bato Dela Rosa had taken sides in an internal squabble of small-scale miners in the gold-rush Diwalwal in Moncayo, Compostela Valley. Two Moro miners were first abducted, then brought to Laud Quarry in Davao City as Dela Rosa had ordered. His order was to immediately “neutralize” them without the benefit of tactical interrogation.I only have one question to ask readers: would you give the fugitive Bato dela Rosa the benefit of due process now that his warrant of arrest is out?
From lawmakers to law-evaders: A Senate in crisis
A fractured Senate is a weak Senate. If leaders are busy managing internal conflict, the chamber cannot effectively serve as a check on the Marcos administration or as a counterweight to the Dutertes. Instead of focusing on laws and oversight, senators are distracted by survival
Dela Rosa, Go named as Duterte’s co-perpetrators in ICC charge sheet
The ICC document said the handlers reported to a combination of police and co-perpetrators, in particular, Dela Rosa, Danao and Sonny Buenaventura, a police officer and Duterte’s driver and bodyguard, and Go, who, in turn, reported to Duterte, whose approval was required for DDS members to conduct killings in Davao City.
No Makapilis must be in the Senate
Today we have modern-day Makapilis who want to be senators.
The rise of dark candidates in Philippine elections
The populist framework comes to mind, as we are about to elect the game show host and comedian Willie Revillame to the Senate.
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.
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.
