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Palace says PH won't work with ICC on drug war probe

October 15, 2024

FOR THE ENVIRONMENT Environment Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga (center), joined by Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. and Presidential Communications Office Senior Undersecretary Emerald Ridao, leads a toast to open the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction on Monday. —RICHARD A. REYES

Hi there. Palace says PH won't work with ICC on drug war probe

No, the Marcos administration will not work with the International Criminal Court and give it access to findings of the House quad committee probe into the bloody Duterte drug war, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said Monday.

It's one of the world's most disaster- prone countries, but PH also serves as "a lighthouse to the rest of the [Asia-Pacific] region and the world" when it comes to disaster risk reduction efforts, said a UN official on the eve of a major environmental meet in Manila.

Unshockingly, yet another policeman —assigned to the PNP headquarters Camp Crame in QC no less —has been charged with murder, along with three others, this time for the killing of Bulacan official Ramilito Capistrano and his driver early this month.

First, chocolate and sugar, now butter: Prices for the commodity have spiked across Europe in recent months due to strong demand and tight butter stocks —bad news for bakers and pastry makers as they prepare for Christmas celebrations.

Columnist Cielito Habito poses an urgent question in Opinion: "Do we really need to ask for huge additional budgets year after year? Or shouldn't we first demand much better quality spending from government to get far more pop for the pesos we pay in taxes?"

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