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Ninety-four percent of the victims of the bloody war on drugs of the Duterte administration support the findings of former International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda that the drug war and its perpetrators should be probed by the ICC for alleged crimes against humanity, an ICC report showed Monday.
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'Part of the failure here may be traced to the President’s penchant for appointing non-reformists, as part of a continuous effort to consolidate political support notably among key political clans and the national security sector'
(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview with ANC, Dr. Edilberto de Jesus noted that corruption, illegal drugs, and human trafficking “have long been standing problems in the Philippines.” “From his own assessment, his legacy agenda that he has placed priority on has not been fulfilled. He made promises that were completely unrealistic. Even for campaign promises,” said De Jesus, author of the study “Duterte at 5: The Duterte Administration By The Numbers.” “It’s not credible that you would have all of these long-standing problems of the country resolved within six to sev...
Published July 23, 2021, 8:18 AM The P68.2-billion Metro Rail Transit Line 7 (MRT-7) is 60.93 percent complete and will partially operate in April 2022, over two decades after the project’s unsolicited proposal was submitted. The 22-kilometer railway running from North Avenue in Quezon City to San Jose Del Monte in Bulacan will be fully operational in the fourth quarter of 2022, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) yesterday (July 22) announced. Earlier, the DOTr projected MRT-7 will be partially operational by December 2021 and fully operational in December 2022 but has now set back the...
Press Release July 16, 2021 De Lima likens China to a rogue state for calling arbitral award a mere piece of paper Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has likened China to a rogue state for its tendency to be selective in its acceptance of the rule of law, particularly in the international setting. De Lima made the statement after Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian recently stated that the historic July 12, 2016 ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague that rejected its excessive claims in the South China Sea (SCS), including the West Philippine Sea (WPS)...