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Duterte’s snub of hearings a factor in ICC’s decision to keep him detained

The decision of former president Rodrigo Duterte not to attend the confirmation hearings in his case of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court in The Haque, Netherlands was a major factor in the May 22 decision of the Trial Chamber III to deny his request for interim release and for him to continue in detention at Scheveningen prison.

Duterte’s snub of hearings a factor in ICC’s decision to keep him detained

‘Shit happens’* at the Senate

May 11, 2026 will always be remembered as the day the venerable institution went down to the pits, something one never imagined in the country’s political history.

‘Shit happens’* at the Senate