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BATO: SENATE PROBE BARES ICC ARREST VIOLATIONS

Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa said that the recent Senate hearing into the circumstances surrounding the administration’s arrest and surrender to the International Criminal Court (ICC) of former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte had uncovered various violations and irregularities. “Pero gano’n pa man, ako’y nagpapasalamat pa rin sa hearing na ginawa ni Senator Imee dahil at least, […]

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BATO LAUDS SOLGEN FOR DUTERTE ICC PETITION OPT OUT

Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa commended Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra for his decision not to represent the Philippine government in the petitions filed by former President Rodrigo Duterte’s children before the Supreme Court. “Mabuti pa itong Solicitor General alam nila ang kanilang trabaho. Mabuhay po kayo SolGen Guevarra et. al for refusing to defend this […]

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SENATE URGED: UPHOLD DUE PROCESS IN DUTERTE ARREST

Senator Alan Peter Cayetano reaffirmed the Senate’s role as a guardian of legal rights and due process amid the issue of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) warrant against former President Rodrigo Duterte. In a media interview, Cayetano emphasized the need for the Senate to uphold its integrity while ensuring that legal processes are followed, cautioning […]

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BATO HOPES FOR ‘FAIR’ SC RULING ON ICC PETITION

Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa is hopeful that the Supreme Court will rule fairly on the petition challenging the legality of the International Criminal Court’s arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte. “Again, we are praying that the Supreme Court will be guided accordingly, at sana ‘yung kanilang decision, they should decide according to the merits […]

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ARREST OF MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE SUSPECT LAUDED

Undersecretary Joel Sy Egco, Executive Director of the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS), lauded the Philippine National Police (PNP) for the arrest of Datu Harris Ampatuan in Cotabato City, one of the suspects in the 2009 killing of journalists in what has been called the Maguindanao massacre. “I commend the men and women […]

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DENR NABS 15 ILLEGAL MINERS IN TAAL VOLCANO AREA

After winning a case against illegal miners operating inside the Taal Volcano Protected Area Landscape just last October, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)—through its Environmental Law Enforcement and Protection Service (ELEPS)—arrested another set of culprits in an anti-illegal quarrying operation in the same area recently. DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu pointed out that […]

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DENR ARRESTS ILLEGAL LOGGERS IN KALINGA – CIMATU

The Environmental Law Enforcement and Protection Service (ELEPS) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has arrested four illegal loggers in the municipality of Tabuk in Kalinga province recently. The operations conducted by DENR-ELEPS, together with the Kalinga Provincial and Community Environment and Natural Resources, DENR-Cordillera Administrative Region, and DENR’s Anti-Illegal Logging Task […]

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4 ARRESTED WITH P3.2-M WORTH OF AGARWOOD – CIMATU

Joint operatives of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) arrested four people while transporting several kilos of agarwood, the aromatic resinous part of the non-timber Aquilaria tree species. DENR said environmental enforcers seized from the suspects almost 20 kilos of agarwood valued at P3.2 million. The suspects, identified […]

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SUSPECT IN SURIGAO DEL SUR RADIOMAN’S MURDER ARRESTED – SY EGCO

Rolly Mahilum, the main suspect in the murder of DXBF Prime Broadcasting Network operations manager and anchor Christopher “Chris Rapido” Lozada in October 2017 has been arrested by the Surigao Del Sur Police Provincial Office. A report sent to the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) Secretariat in Malacañang said Mahilum was arrested on March […]

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P10M BOUNTY FOR ACIERTO A WELCOME DEVELOPMENT – GORDON

Senator Dick Gordon has welcomed the efforts exerted by Malacañang and the Department of Justice, in offering a P10 million bounty for the arrest of former police officer Eduardo Acierto who is one of the accused in the smuggling of shabu inside magnetic lifters. Gordon, chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, said the offer […]