The International Criminal Court unsealed an arrest warrant for Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, accusing former President Rodrigo Duterte’s enforcer of driving an antidrug campaign that left thousands dead.

If convicted in a Senate trial, which is uncertain, she will be disqualified from running for president.

Bar Association president Peter Haynes was named as the new counsel of former President Rodrigo Duterte, who has been

The International Criminal Court has unsealed an arrest warrant for a prominent Philippine senator linked to the deadly “war on drugs” overseen by ex-President Rodrigo Duterte, which allegedly involved the extrajudicial killings of suspects.

By Karen Lema and Nestor Corrales MANILA, May 12 (Reuters) - Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte has again been impeached by the lower house, a little over a year after an earlier impeachment against her was voided on constitutional grounds.

Once the dominant political party that swept Rodrigo Duterte to the presidency in 2016, the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino (PDP) now finds itself reduced to a shadow of its former identity — a decline marked by its inability to mobilize lawmakers despite issuing a stern warning over the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte.

MANILA, Philippines — Former President Rodrigo Duterte has hired British barrister Peter Haynes — the lawyer who secured a Congo leader's surprise 2018 acquittal at the International Criminal Court — as his new lead counsel for the trial phase of his crimes against humanity case.