The ICC earlier said that it has jurisdiction in the Philippines over alleged crimes committed before the country withdrew as a member. But activists called the arrest a “historic moment” for those who perished in his drug war and their families, the International Coalition for Human Rights in...
Duterte's former lawyer and spokesperson, Salvador Panelo, asserted in a statement that the warrant came from "a spurious source," since the ICC has no jurisdiction in the Philippines, the Reuters news agency reported. The ICC says it has jurisdiction there over alleged crimes committed bef...
19. Philippines: http://www.bfad.gov.ph20. Republic of Korea: http://ezdrug.kfda.go.kr/21. Samoa: no website identified 22. Singapore: http://www.hsa.gov.sg/publish/hsaportal/en/home.html23. Solomon Islands: no website identified24. Tonga: no website identified 25. Tuvalu: no we...
Philippines' Duterte Fine With Assassinating Some Journalists Related: 10 Safest States in America "When were you here last time? Nothing. Never. Except to criticize," Duterte said. The U.N. Special Rapporteur on summary executions, Agnes Callamard, said in the report released Thurs...
MANILA, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said on Tuesday that it has noted a significant increase in the number of incidents of trafficking of illicit drugs using mail and parcel courier services. PDEA Director General Aaron Aquino said that in 2018 his offic...
Hundreds of infections have been reported in more than two dozen other countries and territories, but only two people have died from the virus outside mainland China - one in Hong Kong and another in the Philippines. China's latest figures also showed the number of deaths on...
The Chinese officials were from China's National Narcotics Control Commission and Ministry of Public Security while Philippine officials were from Philippines' Dangerous Drugs Board and Bureau of Customs. Noting that the anti-drug cooperation between China and the Philippines has gone through a long hi...
This came at a time when trade with the Philippines – the largest banana impor- ter to China – had already been restricted following disputes between the two countries over territorial rights in the South China Sea (Friis and Nielsen 2017). The search for new land frontiers for banana ...
SAN FRANCISCO CITY, the Philippines, April 8 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese government-financed drug treatment and rehabilitation center in southern Philippines' Agusan del Sur province was turned over to the local government on Monday. The 6,750-square-meter facility on a three-hectare lot is the seco...
In October 2016, Duterte visited Beijing and reached an agreement with China on the building of drug rehabilitation centers in the Philippines. China firmly supports the Philippine government's efforts in fighting against illicit drugs and drug-related crimes. In 2017, the Chinese and Philippine gove...