カテゴリー: Rodrigo Duterte
Sara Duterte will stand alongside son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos in 2022 elections in move that has alarmed rights activistsThe Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte’s daughter has registered her candidacy for vice-president in next year’s elec…
Up to 30,000 are believed to have died since the president urged police to start killing drug users – now their families want justiceOn 11 May 2017, Crisanto Lozano set off early in the morning from his home in Manila. He was going to renew his securit…
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…
Frontrunners 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…
Popular 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…
Sara 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…
‘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 …
Frustration 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…
President’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 …
Philippine 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…
President 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…
Police 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…
Incident 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…
Virgilio 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, …