Rodrigo Duterte

The "near death experience," as former Senator Leila de Lima characterized it, highlights the peril she has faced since her imprisonment on spurious drug charges in 2017.

The leader promised to emphasize education and rehabilitation, but repeated that he would not cooperate with an ICC probe into extrajudicial killings.

Manila has repeated its claim that The Hague-based court has no jurisdiction over anti-drug killings committed under President Rodrigo Duterte.

He came to office in 2016 with a promise to "Build, Build, Build." How do Duterte's economic achievements stack up?

The announcement came after the Hague-based ICC sought to restart its investigation into former President Rodrigo Duterte's "war on drugs."

If the past month is anything to go by, the new administration is poised to carry on the legacy of Rodrigo Duterte.

The president has solidified his reputation as a leader who enabled the rapid deterioration of human rights in the Philippines.

Rodrigo Duterte has pledged to retire to his home in Davao City, Mindanao. But don't rule out another political chapter.

The May 12-13 summit will take place just days after millions of Filipinos go to the polls to elect Duterte's successor.

The call forms a neat bookend to Duterte's six years of controversial rapprochement with China.

So far the Philippine leader has refrained from anointing a successor. But he could just be waiting for the right moment.

The declaration by the president's faction of PDP-Laban will add further wind to the frontrunner's sails ahead of the May 9 election.