There is no place where earth’s sorrows are felt more than in heaven.

The defense team of former president Rodrigo Duterte has received details of the first set of evidence that will be presented in the crimes against humanity case filed against him before the International Criminal Court.

Detained former president Rodrigo Duterte will spend his 80th birthday on March 28 with his common-law wife Honeylet Avanceña and daughter Veronica, Vice President Sara Duterte said on Monday, citing a family decision.

President Marcos merely smiled when asked whether the Philippines would rejoin the Rome Statute, the treaty that created the International Criminal Court, which now has custody of former president Rodrigo Duterte.

The leadership of the House of Representatives has granted another request of former president Rodrigo Duterte’s congressman-son, Paolo Duterte, to extend the original April 15 travel authority it gave him, by extending this up to May 10, covering 17 countries.

Former senator Leila de Lima has condemned Vice President Sara Duterte’s remarks comparing her father, former president Rodrigo Duterte, to former senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr.