Philippine Senator evades ICC arrest, seeks refuge in Senate

COVERAGE [8]

1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Raissa Robles · 2026-05-18 12:51

   How fight for Philippine Senate presidency will shape Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial

   The Philippine Senate convened on Monday as an impeachment court for Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio, even as a fresh battle for control of the chamber threatens to shape the direction of her trial and the fallout from the crimes-against-humanity case against her father, forme…

2. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 Italiano(IT) · Raissa Robles · 2026-05-15 09:00

   Gunfire, farce and fugitive Philippine Senator Bato dela Rosa

   The Philippine Senate has witnessed political coups, scandals and the occasional shouting match. It had never, until this week, seen a sitting senator sprint down its corridors in a muddy olive shirt, knocking aside female investigators like bowling pins, to avoid an internationa…

3. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Bloomberg · 2026-05-15 05:06

   ‘I got really scared’: how the Philippine Senate shoot-out unfolded

   Tensions were already high on Wednesday night in the Philippine Senate, days after lawmakers abruptly ousted its leader and an ex-police chief wanted by the International Criminal Court showed up after six months in hiding. But few could guess at how suddenly terrifying things we…

4. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Reuters · 2026-05-14 01:09

   Who is Ronald dela Rosa, the ICC-wanted lawmaker holed up in the Philippine Senate?

   Philippine Senator Ronald dela Rosa called on the public to step in to prevent law enforcement agents ⁠from handing him over to the ⁠International Criminal Court as the sound of gunfire rattled through ⁠the Senate building on Wednesday evening. Dela Rosa stands accused by the ICC…

5. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Reuters · 2026-05-13 12:21

   Gunshots fired in stand-off at Philippine Senate over ICC suspect

   Gunshots broke out at the Philippine Senate on Wednesday and people ran for cover after a top politician wanted by the International Criminal Court said his arrest was imminent and security forces entered the building. There were no immediate reports of casualties, however, Senat…

6. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Sam Beltran · 2026-05-12 12:27

   Dela Rosa’s flight turns Philippine Senate into battleground for ICC accountability

   A clip of Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa running through the Senate halls to evade an International Criminal Court arrest warrant has become one of the most startling images in recent Philippine politics. By Tuesday, the former national police chief was still inside the Senate u…

7. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Agence France-Presse · 2026-05-11 14:22

   Philippine lawmaker holes up in Senate as ICC confirms drug war warrant

   A sitting Philippine senator wanted by the International Criminal Court for his role in former president Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war took refuge inside the Senate on Monday to avoid arrest by government agents. Senator Ronald Dela Rosa, the country’s one-time police chief, was und…

8. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Alan Robles · 2026-05-06 03:00

   ICC fugitive? Duterte ally’s paid Philippine Senate vanishing act draws fire

   Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa was once one of the most visible faces of Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly war on drugs, a tough-talking national police chief who was seen as the hatchet man carrying out the former Philippine president’s crackdown against alleged criminals of the narcotics trade…