Windows26: Gov’t ‘obliged to follow’ Interpol on Duterte arrest

March 10, 2025

Hello, reader! This Monday, we're covering calls to investigate Chinese shore leaseholds, upcoming fuel price cuts, and Malacañang's stance on Interpol's role in Duterte's possible arrest.

Gov't 'obliged to follow' Interpol on Duterte arrest

Malacañang on Sunday reiterated its earlier position that it is ready to cooperate with the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol), once the International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant on former President Rodrigo Duterte for alleged crimes against humanity.

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Duterte to Hong Kong supporters: 'If I'm detained, so be it'

"If this is really my fate in life, that's okay, I will accept it. There's nothing we can do." So said former President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday when he addressed a crowd of OFWs (overseas Filipino workers) in Hong Kong.

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Bringing perpetrators to justice: The extent of what the ICC can do

Asserting the need to arrest a suspect or an accused, the International Criminal Court (ICC) said "failure to execute arrest warrants breeds a climate of impunity."

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Lawmaker seeks probe of Chinese shore leaseholds

Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers on Sunday asked Malacañang to look into the lease by some 80 Chinese-owned firms of shoreline properties in Bataan, Zambales, and Pangasinan from where local fisherfolk were reportedly being shooed away and deprived of their livelihood.

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Fuel price cut: P1.70/L for gasoline, 90¢/L for diesel starting March 11

Savings await motorists this week as oil companies announced a hefty decrease in local pump prices this Tuesday, March 11.

These high-end cars are a symbol of economic status and there are individuals who are predisposed to flaunting their wealth. But despite their apparent affluence, they patronize smuggled luxury cars to save on cost by evading the payment of the taxes due them. They should be made as guilty as the smugglers themselves.

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