"The whole world is watching. We reiterate our calls: stop the killings. End impunity. Pursue a public health approach to problematic drug use."

Today's development came a day before new quarantine classifications across the country take effect until the end of June. 

Filipino Nurses United said the deployment halt is "unjust and irrational" that would not address the lack of health workers at home.

"By her act, the outgoing Prosecutor likewise undercuts the attractiveness of the Rome Statute to States that may be considering accession," the foreign affairs department said. 

Japan will be donating an unspecified number of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Philippines, its envoy to Manila announced.

The Philippines will not cooperate with any International Criminal Court investigation into alleged crimes against humanity committed during the course of the "war on drugs" as long as President Rodrigo Duterte is in power, Malacañang said.

Vice President Leni Robredo’s wealth grew threefold in 2020 largely due to her inheriting cash and other properties after her mother’s death.

The Senate holds a hearing on Tuesday morning on the National COVID-19 Vaccination Program as the government rolls out the inoculation of workers this month.

ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, has asked the court for permission to proceed with an investigation into alleged extrajudicial killings in the Philippines.

The Department of Education has deferred the decision of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases and the Department of Health on the vaccination of school children against COVID-19.