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Fears that controversial leader is lining up his daughter as his successorPhilippine president Rodrigo Duterte has announced that he will retire from politics and abandon his bid to become vice-president in next year’s election, fuelling speculation th…
Read MoreFrontrunners to succeed president Rodrigo Duterte in May vote include his daughter and Ferdinand Marcos’s son, with boxing star Manny Pacquia also in mix The Philippines’ election season has kicked off with TV celebrities, political scions and at least…
Read MorePopular senator pursues anti-corruption crusade, threatening jail for dishonest officialsThe boxer Manny Pacquiao has said he will run for president of the Philippines next year, after railing against corruption in government and President Rodrigo Dute…
Read MoreSara Duterte ahead in the polls despite refusing to commit to presidential raceIt was a decade ago, before her father had become Philippine president, that Sara Duterte attracted national attention. A local sheriff had ignored orders issued by her, the…
Read More‘Reasonable basis’ to believe crime against humanity committed in Philippines crackdown, say judgesThe international criminal court has authorised a full investigation into the Philippine president’s “war on drugs”, saying it resembled an illegitimate …
Read MoreFrustration mounts as Rodrigo Duterte rejects a pilot reopening of schools for fear children could pass coronavirus to elderly relativesSee all our coronavirus coverageClassrooms in the Philippines were silent on Monday as millions of schoolchildren h…
Read MorePresident’s ‘sacrifice’ paves way for leader to stay in power beyond June next yearThe Philippine president, Rodrigo Duterte, has agreed to be the ruling political party’s vice-presidential candidate in next year’s elections, laying the groundwork for …
Read MorePhilippine president Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to jail people who refuse to be vaccinated against the coronavirus as the country battles one of Asia’s worst outbreaks, with a cumulative total of more than 1.3 million cases and 23,000 dea…
Read MorePresident says he is ‘exasperated’ by reports of vaccine hesitancy in the capital amid slow rolloutSee all our coronavirus coveragePresident Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to jail people who refuse to be vaccinated against the coronavirus as the Philip…
Read MorePolice are accused of unlawfully killing thousands of civilians between 2016 and 2019 during drug crackdownThe international criminal court’s chief prosecutor has sought authorisation to open an investigation into crimes against humanity during the Phi…
Read MoreEx-CNN reporter and founder of the news site Rappler on life under the relentless social media assault of the Duterte regimeAs terrible as the events were that played out on Capitol Hill on 6 January, Maria Ressa admits to feeling “a small amount of re…
Read MoreIncident intensifies criticism of President Duterte, accused of allowing police to act with impunityThe brazen killing of a mother and her son at close range by an off-duty officer has caused outrage in the Philippines and reignited calls for reform of…
Read MoreVirgilio Maganes shot outside his home in what NUJP says is 18th such killing under DuterteA Filipino journalist who survived a previous attempt on his life by pretending to be dead has been killed outside his home, police have said..Virgilio Maganes, …
Read MoreIn televised address, Rodrigo Duterte says he would ‘gladly’ go to jail over drugs killings carried out during drug warPhilippine president Rodrigo Duterte has said he has no problem with being held responsible for the thousands of killings under his g…
Read MoreThe Philippine president pardoned a US marine on Monday in a surprise move that will free him from imprisonment for the 2014 killing of a transgender Filipino woman. Rodrigo Duterte said he had decided to pardon L/Cpl Joseph Scott Pemberton because the…
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