DATELINE USA Marcos rejects ICC probe on Duterte

by CATHERINE S. VALENTE AND BELLA CARIASO ManilaTimes.net

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Saturday, February 18 rejected a move by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to resume its investigation into former president Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, saying the ICC has no jurisdiction and insisting that the

Disabled Fil-Am mother of 3 dies in San Francisco house explosion and re

SAN FRANCISCO – A horrific explosion and fire that demolished a San Francisco home killed a disabled Filipino American mother of three young children and left her caregiver hospitalized.

The body of Rita Evelyn Lopez Price, 51, was found amid the charred rubble of her family’s house in the city’s Sunset District.

The family’s two-story home in San Francisco’s Sunset District exploded Feb. 9, irreparably damaging two other adjacent homes.

Price had been disabled by a stroke and was wheelchair-bound. Her caregiver, Lisa,

MANILA — House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez has renewed his stern warning against suspected hoarders of onion and garlic and hailed the efforts of various law enforcement agencies in cracking down on the rampant practice.

Romualdez issued the warning after an inter-agency task force led by the Bureau of Customs and the Philippine National country has a “good” justice system.

Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the Philippine Military Academy’s alumni homecoming in Baguio City, the President maintained that the Philippines would not cooperate with the ICC investigation which, he said, would be an “intrusion into our internal matters” and “a threat to our sovereignty.”