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3 ALL-WOMAN PANEL OF JUDGES TO PRESIDE OVER DUTERTE’S FIRST APPEARANCE IN COURT TODAY (FRIDAY)

© 2025 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (PhilaMessenger.net) CHICAGO (PM) – THREE women veteran human rights judges will preside over the first appearance of former Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterter at the Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Th...

DUTERTE TO BE TRIED SOON

© 2025 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (PhilaMessenger.net) CHICAGO (PM) – The Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) under Mr. Karim A. A. Khan KC (United Kingdom) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said Wednesday (March 12) that former Philippine President Rodrigo Ro...

RSF ASKS 4 GOV’TS TO FREE 4 WOMEN JOURNALISTS

©2025 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (PhilaMessenger.net) CHICAGO (PM) -- INVESTIGATIVE journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, host of local radio station Aksyon Radyo-Tacloban DYVL in the Philippines, was 21 years old when she was arrested in 2020 during the Duterte administration for alle...

JGL Eye: SHOW NO MERCY TO YOUR RIVAL

©2025 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (Philamessenger.net) “A Viper crushed beneath your foot but left alive, will rear up and bite you with a double dose of venom. An enemy that is left around is like a half-dead viper that you nurse back to health. Time makes the venom grow stronger.” ...

The Straphanger: IN THIS YEAR OF THE SNAKE, SNAKE BITE VACCINE IS PROPOSED

The Straphanger By BOBBY M. REYES* Editor, Mabuhay Radio THIS IS A PART OF A SYNDICATED SERIES ON “ABRAHAM SQUARE PROPOSAL (ASP)” FOR A BOOK THAT WILL PROBABLY BE FOREWORDED BY GOV. ANDY BESHEAR OF KENTUCKY Part 15: "Snake Year" Starts Today. It Marks 12th Anniversary of "Snake-bit Coin" ...

TRACES OF TRUTH: WILL DUTERTE FACE LITIGATION BEFORE THE ICC?

By TRACY CABRERA* (This column, which was originally posted in Senior Times PH, is used with permission.) WILL DUTERTE BE TREATED WITH KID GLOVES LIKE NETANYAHU & PUTIN AT ICC? MANILA -- SIGNALING a softer stance on an International Criminal Court (ICC) probe of the dr...

JGL Eye: US REP CANNOT BE HAPPIER AT TRUMP’S RETURN

©2025 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (PhilaMessenger.net) CHICAGO (PM) — When I met my friend last Jan. 9th, he was a happy camper on the heels of the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump on Monday (Jan. 20). I am referring to senior Republican Congressman Darin M. LaHood (District ...

JGL Eye: WHY JESUS IS GOD?

2025 © By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (PhilaMessenger.net) PROBABILITY OF FULFILLING 48 PROPHECIES WAS ONE CHANCE IN A TRILLION, TRILLION, TRILLION, TRILLION, TRILLION, TRILLION,TRILLION, TRILLION, TRILLION, TRILLION, TRILLION, TRILLION, TRILLION OR 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000...