Here's an excerpt of the report by the Inquirer:
The country has lost its bid for a seat in the International Court of Justice to Somalia, the Philippine Mission to the United Nations said in an e-mailed statement to media.
"Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago's bid for a seat in the ICJ came to an unsuccessful end on Thursday (Friday morning in Manila) but not after the Philippine candidate came up with a good fight that forced voting to go on for the entire day," the Mission said.
That's too bad...
The Philippines would have done away with a big headache had Miriam left the Senate for the ICJ....
Sayang.
