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Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles (File photo) MANILA - The Duterte administration will still not waive its position that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has no jurisdiction over the Philippines to authorize an investigation into the killings linked to the illegal drug campaign, Malacanang said Thursday. Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles, however, said this did not mean that the administration of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte will stop com...

Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles (File photo) MANILA - The request of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for proof from the Duterte administration regarding its probe into deaths linked to the Philippine government's drug war "validates" ICC mandate as a "court of last resort", Malacanang said Wednesday. This, after ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan said his office will ask the Philippine government to provide "substantiating information" on proceedin...