The "war on drugs" was the signature campaign policy that swept Duterte to power in 2016 as a maverick, crime-busting mayor, who delivered on promises he made during vitriolic speeches ...

Duterte in 2019 pulled the Philippines out of the Rome Statute -- the ICC's founding treaty -- after the tribunal began investigating his deadly years-long drug war that was his signature policy ...

Back home, for families of Philippine drug war victims, Duterte's arrest has revived hopes for justice. The war on drugs was the signature campaign platform that swept the mercurial Duterte to ...