Rodrigo Duterte arrest petition cites Bato dela Rosa’s drug war role

Jane Bautista - Reporter / @janebautistaINQ 03/17/2025

MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, chief enforcer of the deadly drug war that claimed thousands of lives, has emerged as a repeatedly cited figure in the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecution’s urgent application for…

Rodrigo Duterte’s children ask SC: Return our father from The Hague

Jane Bautista - Reporter / @janebautistaINQ 03/13/2025

MANILA, Philippines — The children of former President Rodrigo Duterte are invoking the right to due process to compel the government to “produce” his body before the Supreme Court. The very same right that is said to…

SC to House, Senate on VP Duterte impeachment complaint: 10 days to reply

Jane Bautista - Reporter / @janebautistaINQ 02/26/2025

MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives, its Secretary General Reginald Velasco, and the Senate has been directed by the Supreme Court to respond to Vice President Sara Duterte’s petition to stop the impeachment case pending against…

VP Duterte petition vs impeachment may be tackled by SC

Jane Bautista - Reporter / @janebautistaINQ 02/25/2025

MANILA, Philippines — The petition filed by Vice President Sara Duterte seeking to halt her impending impeachment trial at the Senate, which she said was based on an unconstitutional complaint may be taken up by the Supreme…

Degamo murder: Teves brother implicated in killing

Jane Bautista - Reporter / @janebautistaINQ 02/18/2025

MANILA, Philippines — Pryde Henry Teves, the brother of expelled lawmaker Arnolfo Teves Jr., has been implicated by the police’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) in the murder cases linked to the the 2023 killing of…

US deports 24 Filipinos for crimes – PH envoy

Jane Bautista - Reporter / @janebautistaINQ 01/27/2025

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez said that US President Donald Trump’s mass deportation policy was already taking effect. According to Romualdez, that 24 Filipinos had already been deported for alleged…

Veloso homecoming on Dec. 18, says Indonesian official

Jane Bautista - Reporter / @janebautistaINQ 12/17/2024

MANILA, Philippines — After 14 years behind bars in Indonesia, nine of which she spent on death row for a drug trafficking conviction, Mary Jane Veloso, is finally returning to the Philippines.  This was announced by an…

SC clarifies: Scores of bar topnotchers to be displayed

Jane Bautista - Reporter / @janebautistaINQ 12/13/2024

MANILA, Philippines —The names of those, who passed the bar exams, as well as the topnotchers and their scores, would be displayed publicly on wide screen at its compound in Padre Faura, Manila, the Supreme Court (SC)…

PWD discount: It only applies if group meal consumed by cardholder

Jane Bautista - Reporter / @janebautistaINQ 10/15/2024

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Justice (DOJ) has given its legal opinion on whether the 20-percent discount and value-added tax (VAT) exemption will apply to the total cost of a group meal. According to the DOJ,…

Deadly Castillo hazing: 10 frat men get 40 years

Jane Bautista - Reporter / @janebautistaINQ 10/02/2024

MANILA, Philippines — A Manila court has found 10 Aegis Juris upperclassmen guilty on Tuesday for the death seven year ago of University of Santo Tomas (UST) law freshman Horacio “Atio” Castillo III due to fraternity hazing…

PWDs: They must be given priority, even in concert ticket queue

Jane Bautista - Reporter / @janebautistaINQ 09/30/2024

PWDs: They must be given priority, even in concert ticket queue MANILA, Philippines — The law mandates that all establishments should provide express lanes for persons with disabilities (PWDs). This is regardless of the type of transactions they…

Ong, 53 others tagged by 10 Chinese for trafficking via Porac Pogo

Jane Bautista - Reporter / @janebautistaINQ 09/11/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Lucky South 99 representative Cassandra Li Ong and 53 others have been accused by 10 Chinese nationals of trafficking and forcing them to work at the illegal Philippine offshore gaming operator (Pogo) in Porac,…

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