Former president Rodrigo Duterte's overwhelming victory in the Davao City mayoral race signals a total rejection of the Marcos administration's efforts to erase the former president's legacy, according to his lead counsel before the International Criminal Court (ICC),

It is up to the Department of the Interior and Local Government to say who will exercise the functions of mayor of Davao City while former President Rodrigo Duterte is detained in The Hague, the Commission on Elections said on Tuesday.

For the first time in its 88-year history, this city will have a mayor who is based in The Hague, the Netherlands, detained at a facility of the International Criminal Court (ICC), where internet access is restricted.

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Meanwhile, the Davao City Police Office declared a successful, safe, and peaceful conduct of the elections in Davao City.

By Sui-Lee Wee Reporting from Davao City, the Philippines Six weeks ago, a van piled high with flowers pulled up at the International Criminal Court’s detention center in The Hague. The court ...

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