Duterte

I can be held responsible for drug killings, says Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte

• 1 week ago
• International

Nearly 6,000 killings of drug suspects have been reported by police but rights watchdogs suspect the death toll is far larger.   The

Philippines' Duterte scores record high rating, despite virus crisis

• 4 weeks   ago
• International

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s approval rating has hit a record high, an opinion poll showed on Monday, despite a stubborn

Philippine President Duterte blasts Facebook after military, police pages taken down

• 1 month ago
• International

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte criticized Facebook Inc. for taking down accounts supposedly linked to the military and police, and

Duterte extends COVID-19 state of calamity by 1 year

• 1 month ago
• Updates

President Duterte has extended for one more year the declaration of a state of calamity in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, effective Sept. 13

Philippine president in ‘humanitarian’ plea to Malaysia over virus-stranded 3000 Filipinos

• 1 month ago
• International

Duterte’s appeal follows war of words over disputed territory of Sabah where 3,000 Filipinos are trapped.   Philippine

U.S. Marine deported from Philippines after presidential pardon for killing of transgender woman

• 2 months   ago
• International

A United States Marine convicted of killing a transgender woman has been released from prison and deported from the Philippines on Sunday, after

Philippine's Duterte orders customs chief to 'shoot and kill' drug smugglers

• 2 months   ago
• International

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte publicly ordered the country's top customs official to shoot and kill drug smugglers in one of his most

Philippine president pledges free coronavirus vaccines for poorest 20 million citizens

• 3 months   ago
• International

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday announced that 20 million of the country’s poorest citizens will receive free COVID-19

Rodrigo Duterte: 'I'm not joking - clean masks with petrol'

• 3 months   ago
• International

Philippines to ramp up coronavirus testing as Duterte warns of arrests

• 3 months   ago
• Updates

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Philippine president defends new anti-terror law

• 4 months   ago
• International

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday defended the country’s new anti-terror law, saying that law-abiding citizens had no reason

Duterte’s anti-terror law seen as threat to peace in Mindanao

• 4 months   ago
• International

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday signed a controversial anti-terrorism law, despite opposition and fears that it will worsen the

Sa tulong ni President Duterte at Sen. Go: OFW sa Bahrain na bibitayin nakalaya na!

• 5 months   ago
• International

Nakabalik sa bansa at nakauwi na rin sa wakas sa kanyang pamilya ang isang overseas worker o OFW na nakulong ng apat na taon sa kasong pagpatay sa

Philippines' Duterte eases lockdown in capital from Jun 1

• 5 months   ago
• Updates

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is relaxing a lockdown in the capital in a tightrope move as the economy weakens and the government spends

Duterte confident China will be first to come up with COVID-19 vaccine

• 5 months   ago
• Updates

President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday expressed confidence that China will be the first country to be able to develop a vaccine against the

No school until vaccine is found, 'If nobody graduates, so be it:' Philippine President Duterte

• 5 months   ago
• International

Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte has declared children won't go back to school until a coronavirus vaccine is found.

Philippine President Duterte tells government to process thousands of repatriated Filipino workers stuck for weeks

• 5 months   ago
• Updates

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has given his government a week to process some 24,000 repatriated Filipino workers stuck for weeks on cruise

Manila stays in lockdown as Duterte eases curbs

• 6 months   ago
• Updates

The Philippines will begin easing coronavirus restrictions in areas of the country except the capital Manila and two other densely populated

President Duterte to make health insurance voluntary for Filipino expats

• 6 months   ago
• International

Amid mounting pressure from expats in the Qatar and around the world, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has issued a directive to make the