On March 11, 2025, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant of arrest against former Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte – six years after the Philippines formally withdrew ...

Duterte said he cracked down on drug dealers to rid the country of street crimes. However, rights groups allege that the campaign was rife with police abuse, targeting young men from the urban poor.

Duterte made his first appearance before the court on Friday. After confirming his identity, age and place of birth via video link, Judge Iulia Antoanella Motoc set the next hearing, which will ...

Duterte was once feared for his brutal anti-crime crackdowns and reviled for his irreverence while in office — he called Pope Francis a “son of a bitch” at one time and said that U.S ...

THE HAGUE, March 11 - Following a request from the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Philippines arrested former President Rodrigo Duterte due to an investigation into thousands of killings ...

Duterte, 76, won the presidency by a wide margin in 2016 on a platform of anti-corruption and law and order. The firebrand leader is constitutionally barred from seeking re-election next year.

Nation & World Politics Philippine ex-leader Duterte is being flown to The Hague to face charges of crimes against humanity March 10, 2025 at 8:27 pm Updated March 11, 2025 at 8:31 am By JIM GOMEZ ...

Allies of Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte are outperforming in the early count for the Senate election, an unexpected setback for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. that boosts his deputy’s ...

Duterte-Carpio, 44, was the running mate of Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who also won in the May 9 elections and will be sworn in as the country's president on June 30, when their six-year term begins ...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday gave the strongest hint yet that he might seek the vice presidency in next year’s election, saying he was now “seriously thinking” about ...

Sara Duterte-Carpio, who has been widely tipped to run to succeed her father, did not say why she was withdrawing from the mayor contest, but told supporters on Facebook that further announcements ...

MANILA, Nov 13 (Reuters) - The Philippines' presidential race got more crowded with the last-minute entry of Rodrigo Duterte's long-time aide, in another twist to an election likely to be ...