Marcos emphasized the need for unity as the Philippines is gripped with political discord arising from the arrest of his critic, former president Rodrigo Duterte, for alleged crimes against humanity.

Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte said he was prepared to accept responsibility as the International Criminal Court took him into custody Wednesday to face charges over his war on drugs.

Although Duterte has not been convicted, D’ndiao believes a guilty verdict would be justified. “There’s like 30,000 killed and their families, like most of them, are innocent people,” he said.

A supporter of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte confronts members of the Philippine National Police following the arrest of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, in Pasay City ...

Vice President Sara Duterte on Thursday maintained that her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, was “illegally” arrested and was brought to The Hague, Netherlands only because of politics. The ...

“Duterte has made a mockery of rule of law in his country,” said Drew Sullivan, editor for the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and one of the nine judges who made the selection from ...

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