カテゴリー: Rodrigo Duterte
In 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…
The 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…
Many countries that believed they were past the worst are grappling with new outbreaks, says WHOCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMexico has recorded more than 9,000 daily coronavirus cases for the first time, as the country o…
ABS-CBN denied licence after repeatedly clashing with President Rodrigo DuterteLawmakers in the Philippines have voted against the renewal of a 25-year franchise for the nation’s biggest broadcaster, ABS-CBN, ensuring a media conglomerate that has clas…
Legal challenges mount against new law, which allows warrantless arrests and could affect delivery of coronavirus aidAn anti-terrorism law that grants sweeping powers to president Rodrigo Duterte’s government is facing mounting legal challenges, as rig…
Case against editor of influential news website has been condemned as part of a ‘pattern of intimidation’One of the Philippines’ most prominent journalists, Maria Ressa, has been found guilty of cyber libel charges, a verdict that could lead to six yea…
Campaign of encouragement by high-level officials may have been seen by police as ‘permission to kill’, says damning reportTens of thousands of people may have been killed in the war on drugs since mid-2016 in the Philippines, amid “near impunity” for …
Report says crackdown appears to have resulted in systematic extrajudicial killingsTens of thousands of people may have been killed during Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs in the Philippines, according to a damning UN report that warns of “persistent imp…
President disapproves of alliance and made decision after ally’s visa was rescindedRodrigo Duterte, the president of the Philippines, has given formal notice to the US of his decision to scrap a bilateral agreement covering visiting American troops, fo…
Action against ABS-CBN denounced as worst attack yet on press by Rodrigo DuterteActivists and media organisations in the Philippines have denounced Rodrigo Duterte’s government after its lawyers moved to strip the nation’s biggest media group of its fr…
Action against ABS-CBN denounced as worst attack yet on press by Rodrigo DuterteActivists and media organisations in the Philippines have denounced Rodrigo Duterte’s government after its lawyers moved to strip the nation’s biggest media group of its fr…
Justice department says 13 other police officers will also be charged with corruption and drug offencesThe former chief police enforcer of Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly war on drugs will be charged with corruption for allegedly protecti…
Law imposed two and a half years ago to try to stop Islamic State gaining presenceRodrigo Duterte will lift martial law in the southern Philippines by the end of the year, his spokesman has said, more than two years after it was imposed in an attempt t…
Leni Robredo says ‘if I can save even one innocent life’ from deadly Philippines crackdown it will be worth the political priceThe vice-president of the Philippines, Leni Robredo, has accepted President Rodrigo Duterte’s offer for her to play a lead ro…