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Former President Rodrigo Duterte testifies at the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on extrajudicial killings, addressing alleged human rights violations from his administration’s war on drugs on October 28, 2024. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File

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Former President Rodrigo Duterte

Bea Cuadra

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17570271667401757027161047.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Former President Rodrigo Duterte testifies at the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on extrajudicial killings, addressing alleged human rights violations from his administration’s war on drugs on October 28, 2024. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File  </span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>MANILA — The prosecution and defense in the case against former president Rodrigo Duterte have reached a preliminary agreement on several key facts.</p><p>This agreement, outlined in a <a href="https://www.icc-cpi.int/court-record/icc-01/21-01/25-259-red">joint submission</a>, marks a step forward in the legal proceedings at the International Criminal Court (ICC).</p><p>The submission, dated September 1, 2025, details the initial points of consensus, fulfilling a directive from the Chamber.</p><p>On April 17, 2025, the Chamber instructed the parties to &quot;liaise with a view of reaching an agreement on alleged facts&quot; and to report back by September 1, 2025.</p><p>Following this instruction, the prosecution and defense began negotiations.</p><p>The process started on August 22, 2025, when the prosecution proposed an initial ten facts for agreement via email. Just four days later, on August 26, 2025, the defense responded, agreeing to four of the proposed facts.</p><p>The agreed-upon facts are foundational details about the former Philippine president.</p><p>The parties have confirmed that Rodrigo Roa Duterte was born on March 28, 1945, in Maasin, Southern Leyte, and is a national of the Philippines.</p><p>They also agreed that &quot;PRRD&quot; is a &quot;commonly used in the Philippines to refer to the initials of &#x27;President Rodrigo Roa Duterte.&#x27;&quot;</p><p>A final point of agreement clarifies the definition of a &quot;barangay,&quot; confirming it is the &quot;smallest political and administrative unit in the Philippines.&quot;</p><p>It also noted that a barangay serves as a &quot;primary planning and implementing unit of government policies, plans, programs and projects.&quot;</p><p>While this is a positive step, the document also indicates that the parties are not finished.</p><p>They have &quot;agreed to resume efforts to agree on further facts once the issue of [REDACTED] has been resolved.&quot;</p><p>The four agreed facts have been submitted to the Chamber, with the parties respectfully requesting that the Chamber &quot;consider the four agreed facts listed in paragraph 3 as proven.&quot; </p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qXBleBgGKkA?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>The parties have confirmed that Rodrigo Roa Duterte was born on March 28, 1945, in Maasin, Southern Leyte, and is a national of the Philippines.</p>

The parties have confirmed that Rodrigo Roa Duterte was born on March 28, 1945, in Maasin, Southern Leyte, and is a national of the Philippines.

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Duterte defense, prosecutors agree on key facts

Bea Cuadra,

ABS-CBN News

Published September 05, 2025 07:08 AM PHT

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Updated September 05, 2025 09:23 AM PHT

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