Marcos calls for ‘unity, reconciliation’ on his first EDSA anniversary as president

by James Relativo Philstar.com

MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. sent his “warmest greetings” to all Filipinos here and abroad who solemnly recall the 37th EDSA People Power Anniversary, a popular uprising which ousted his father from power in 1986. Late Thursday, February

23, Marcos moved the February 25 regular holiday to Friday, February 24 as a special non-working holiday, with the Department of Labor and Employment calling Saturday, February 25 just an “ordinary working day.”

“As we look back at this moment in our country’s history, we remind ourselves

“We did discuss the South China Sea issue and I shared President Marcos Jr.’s concern that due to the complexity and sensitivity of the issue, we should try and engage and take the position at a multilateral level between ASEAN so that we have a comprehensive approach and achieve an amicable resolution

by KRixia subingsubing Inquirer.net

MANILA — Families who lost loved ones in the Duterte administration’s war on drugs have invoked the right to object formally to the Philippine government’s effort to stop the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) from investigating the thousands killed during the crackdown.

A Feb. 17 submission made public on Friday, Feb. 24 and filed on behalf of some 90 family members asked the ICC for the opportunity to “present views and concerns in the appeal by submitting a response to the appeal brief” to be submitted by the Philippine government this month.

It cited Article 68 (3) of the Rome Statute,