Bato asks SC: Block ICC arrest warrant
‘An international process, standing alone, cannot automatically operate as a Philippine warrant of arrest.’
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‘An international process, standing alone, cannot automatically operate as a Philippine warrant of arrest.’
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‘These were not acts of inaction, but adherence to the constitutional order, due process, and the rule of law.’
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) can tap the 125 state parties to the Rome Statute to enforce the arrest warrant against Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa…
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As the old adage goes, the best laid plans will fail if executed by morons. And fail the plans did, in spectacular fashion.
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The ICC has no enforceable jurisdictional claim over Filipino nationals that the Philippine state is domestically obligated to honor.
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Mamamayang Liberal Partylist Rep. Leila de Lima on Monday questioned the government’s handling of high-profile fugitives following the controversial “escape”…
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Topacio warned that enforcing an ICC warrant without domestic court recognition would violate Dela Rosa’s constitutional right to travel.
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The Philippine National Police (PNP) has opened an investigation into allegations that cops escorted Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa out of the Senate compound in…
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Before Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano can worry about being charged with obstruction of justice, he may first have to survive growing rumblings of a…
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The filing marked the clearest signal yet that the administration is prepared to cooperate with the ICC despite the Philippines’ withdrawal from the Rome…
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The government must decide whether it intends to lead events or merely react to them after the damage has already been done.
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Authorities said the suspect transferred from one place to another to avoid arrest by different police units searching for him.
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Word has been circulating in legal and political circles about a sitting senator whose dramatic bid for court protection may have quietly unraveled, not…
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By discharging a weapon without a verified threat, the (Senate) security personnel transformed a standard law enforcement presence into a manufactured…
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Senator Raffy Tulfo is calling for a “transparent investigation” into the 13 May gunfire incident at the Senate, insisting that personnel from the National…
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Pasay City Police Chief PCOL Joselito De Sesto on Saturday denied allegations that his police vehicle formed part of a convoy that allegedly escorted a black…
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The Department of Justice (DoJ) on Friday confirmed the existence of a “valid” arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Senator…
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