News Philippines Justice: Philippines Has Little Power Against China, Duterte Tells Lawmakers
criticized Mr. Duterte’s speech as “warmongering,” saying that protecting the interests of the Philippines should be a matter of national policy. “Nobody wants to have a war with any country,” Mr. ...
News Philippines Justice: Carpio fact-checks Duterte: China not occupying West Philippine Sea
MANILA, Philippines — Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Monday refuted President Rodrigo Duterte’s claim that China is in possession of the West Philippine Sea. ...
News Philippines Justice: Philippine police file sedition case against four bishops and other critics of the president
A legal group critical of President Duterte, the National Union of Peoples' Lawyers, said the allegations "smack of political persecution and shotgun repression on its face using again the legal system as a potent political weapon through the law of rulers."
News Philippines Justice: Philippines Police Target Duterte's Opponents With Mass Sedition Charges Over Anonymous Videos Accusing Leader of Narcotics Ties
Philippines police filed charges of cyber libel and sedition ... the controversial leader and his family of links to the illicit drugs trade. The Filipino justice department is now investigating the ...
News Philippines Justice: Philippine police file sedition case against vice president
Philippine officials say police have filed sedition and other criminal complaints against the vice president, three opposition senators and others for allegedly conniving to destabilize Duterte’s administration
News Philippines Justice: Philippine President's War On Drugs Criticized As Crimes Against Humanity
MCCARTHY: These are the stories that the U.N. Human Rights Council is seeking. Bequelin says it's the proper venue because Amnesty found that the Philippines' justice system is broken. BEQUELIN: The ...
News Philippines Justice: Philippines' Duterte accepts China's proposal to jointly investigate collision
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has accepted China's proposal to jointly investigate allegations that a Chinese fishing vessel abandoned 22 Filipinos after it sank their boat in the South China Sea, his spokesman said on Saturday. "We are by no means relinquishing any inch of our sovereign
News Philippines Justice: Duterte: Philippines faced with ‘modern problems’
MANILA, Philippines — The country’s heroes faced ... citing the execution of former Chief Justice Jose Abad Santos. “A true patriot even to the last moment, he told his son to be brave ...
News Philippines Justice: Duterte wants truly independent Philippines
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — President Duterte yesterday called on Filipinos ... the Vice President led the Independence Day rites at Rizal Park in Manila. For his part, Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin ...
News Philippines Justice: After 2 years, kin of Bohol mayor still await justice
CEBU CITY, Cebu, Philippines — Justice remains elusive to the family of Mayor Gisela Bendong Boniel of Bien Unido town in Bohol province, who was believed to have been killed by her husband. ...
News Philippines Justice: Philippine women struggle to find justice for World War II horrors
More than seven decades after the Japanese Imperial Army invaded the Philippines and raped hundreds of girls, the survivors still want to be heard. ...
News Philippines Justice: Human rights experts push for UN probe on Philippine violations
“The (Philippine) Government has shown no indication that they will step up to fulfill their obligation to conduct prompt and full investigations into these cases, and to hold perpetrators accountable ...
News Philippines Justice: Handle chat scandal with ‘highest standards of justice, human dignity’, UST told
MANILA, Philippines—The University of Sto ... s private photos and videos are handled in the “highest standards of justice” and with “human dignity in mind.” This, according to the ...
