DOJ: No ICC warrant yet vs Bong Go

The Department of Justice dispels rumors on the alleged issuance of an International Criminal Court warrant against Senator Bong Go and two other police officers on Thursday, June 18.

“We confirm that we have not received any official communication from the ICC regarding the alleged issuance of a warrant of arrest against Sen. Bong Go. This information was verified with the PCTC as of 10AM this morning,” said the DOJ.

This comes after Davao City 1st District Representative Paolo Duterte claimed that a warrant had been issued against his ally.

An high-level source also tells Rappler that a warrant has yet to be issued against Go and others, who were named as former president Rodrigo Duterte’s co-perpetrators in the ICC case.

WATCH: The International Criminal Court Trial Chamber III will hold the second status conference on former president Rodrigo Duterte’s crimes against humanity case on Tuesday, June 23. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1NU1rONDlk

Good afternoon! The 2nd status conference on former president Rodrigo Duterte's ICC case has already started.

Duterte is absent again after waiving his right to appear.

https://www.rappler.com/philippines/video-icc-status-conference-duterte-case-june-2026/

Today's status conference ended in less than 20 minutes. The ICC says this is normal during hearings, especially if the parties have no objections on matters being discussed.

PNP probes parents, aunt of minors tagged in Tacloban school shooting

The Philippine National Police is investigating the accountability of the parents and aunt of the two minors involved in the fatal school shooting in Tacloban City.

Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla says the adults' negligence led to the access of the two minors, aged 14 and 15, to guns used in the shooting at the San Jose National High School. | via @Jelo Mantaring - Rappler

LOOK: Karapatan, along with families and supporters of desaparecidos, or victims of enforced disappearances, stages a symbolic protest action in UP Diliman on Friday, June 26, calling for the surfacing of all desaparecidos and commemorating the 20th year since the disappearance of Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño.

IN PHOTOS: Human rights advocates laid out 1,908 articles of clothing across the Sunken Garden on Friday, June 26, calling for the surfacing of victims of desaparecidos (victims of enforced disappearances) since the martial law period.

According to cultural worker Ides Josepina Macapanpan, each piece of clothing in the installation was collected from the families and supporters of the disappeared to keep their stories visible amid continuing calls for truth and justice.

The establishment of the installation also marks the 20th anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Karen Empaño and Sherlyn Cadapan.

Here are some of Rappler's stories on the disappearance of Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño, along with other cases of enforced disappearances in the Philippines:

https://www.rappler.com/moveph/137781-battle-not-over-mothers-desaparecidos/k/podcasts-videos/desaparecidos-longing-relatives-missing-loved-ones/paran-continues-years-after-arrest-conviction/

https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/podcasts-videos/desaparecidos-longing-relatives-missing-loved-ones/

https://www.rappler.com/moveph/137781-battle-not-over-mothers-desaparecidos/

BREAKING: The Office of the Ombudsman files non-bailable plunder case against Senator Rodante Marcoleta with the Sandiganbayan on Friday, July 3.

This stems from questions on Marcoleta's P75-million campaign donation in 2025.

Once arrested, Marcoleta can't be released from detention since plunder is non-bailable.

Ombudsman on plunder case vs Marcoleta: ‘Utang na loob’ no place in public office

The Office of the Ombudsman says that the Filipino value of “utang na loob” has no place in public office as it files a plunder case against Senator Rodante Marcoleta.

“The moment gratitude is used to explain away P75 million in undisclosed money, it stops being ‘utang na loob’ and becomes exactly what our plunder and bribery laws were written to prevent,” it says.

The Office of the Ombudsman says the facts in the case against Marcoleta are indisputable and have been publicly confirmed by the senator.

JUST IN: The Office of the Ombudsman orders the dismissal of former Senate sergeant-at-arms Mao Aplasca, Ombudsman Jesus Crispin "Boying" Remulla confirms to Rappler.

Aplasca, Senator Bato dela Rosa's classmate, was the former official tagged in the shooting incident inside the Senate building last May. He was under the Ombudsman's investigation.