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LATVIA OFFERS TO HOST ICC SENTENCED CONVICTS

©2025 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (PhilaMessenger.net) THE AMBASSADOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA H.E. MS. SOLVITA ABOLTINA AND ICC PRESIDENT JUDGE TOMOKO AKANE SIGN AN AGREEMENT ON ENFORCEMENT OF SENTENCES ON MARCH 28, 2025 CHICAGO (PM) – LATVIA, a country that lies in Northern Eur...

JGL Eye: SILENCING OF VOICE OF AMERICA A “'GIGANTIC GIFT' TO AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES"

©2025 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (PhilaMessenger.net) VOA MAY SOON BECOME A VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS CHICAGO (PM) –- During martial law in the Philippines when all mass media outlets, including my Pilipino Star and Daily Star, were padlocked by President Marcos, the one voice that was ...

CAN GOVERNORS DO AN OLIVER CROMWELL AND SELF-DECLARE AS U.S. COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS?

©2025 BY BOBBY M. REYES PART III OF "COMMONWEALTH OPTION FOR U.S.A." SERIES THE PHILIPPINES WAS ONCE A COMMONWEALTH OF THE U.S. LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- History buffs and sites like Wikipedia remember well the saga of Oliver Cromwell (April 1599 – S...

CAN GOVERNORS DO AN OLIVER CROMWELL AND SELF-DECLARE AS U.S. COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS?

The Straphanger By Bobby M. Reyes Part III of "Commonwealth Option for U.S.A." Series History buffs and sites like Wikipedia remember well the saga of Oliver Cromwell (April 1599 – September 1658), He was an English statesman, military lea...

OTP HAS 7 DAYS TO DISCLOSE DETAILS OF DUTERTE’S “EXTRAORDINARY RENDITION”

©2025 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (PhilaMessenger.net) FROM EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLING TO EXTRAORDINARY RENDITION? CHICAGO (PM) – Former Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s able counsel, Salvador “Bingbong” C. Medialdea, should have educated the French speaking Presiding Judge Iuli...

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...

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

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...