Following former president Rodrigo Duterte’s calls for an independent Mindanao, a YouTube video claimed that the island has now seceded from the Philippines. This is not true.
The House of Representatives has not moved to oust its leader, Speaker Martin Romualdez. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has not called for his cousin's replacement with Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
There are four Filipinos on the list of lawyers admitted to practice as counsel before the International Criminal Court, and one as assistant to counsel