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Paula Bronstein/Getty Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte dismissed human rights activists as “just a noisey bunch” in a conversation with Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi, whose country is going through a crisis with 655,000 stateless Muslims fleeing to escape persecution. Human rights groups also strongly condem Duterte’s drug war which has killed a suspected 3,900. […]
The Philippines have struggled with communist rebels for almost half a century, and President Rodrigo Duterte just decided to scrap peace talks with them. Duterte will consider the rebels terrorists because hostilities continued during negotiations. The Philippines is also fighting an Islamist insurgency and a drug war that has resulted in thousands of deaths. MANILA […]
Thomson Reuters US President Donald Trump said he has a “great relationship” with the Philippines President, Rodrigo Duterte. Duterte is a controversial for his country’s war on drugs that has killed thousands of people. The two met for a bilateral meeting on Monday, on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit in Manila. MANILA (Reuters) – U.S. […]
Published time: 13 Nov, 2017 02:47 Edited time: 13 Nov, 2017 03:02 The Philippines president surprised his guests at an ASEAN summit gala dinner when he broke out in song, which Rodrigo Duterte joked he sang “upon the orders of the commander in chief of the United States.” Duterte hosted Trump and other leaders for […]
President Duterte says he’ll no longer lead the crusade against drugs after suspending the Philippine National Police operations against narcotraffic earlier this week. The country’s Drug Enforcement Agency will now singlehandedly lead the ‘War on Drugs’. On Tuesday, Duterte signed a memorandum, tasking the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) to be the “sole agency” to […]
Thomson Reuters MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s ferocious war on drugs will shift to a higher gear to target “big fish”, officials said on Thursday, moving away from street level operations to go after big networks and suppliers. Duterte issued a directive on Tuesday ordering the police to halt activities in the anti-drug […]
Published time: 2 Oct, 2017 03:56 Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has said he will not cooperate with a special investigation into his alleged wealth by the state’s anti-corruption agency, accusing the body of “selective justice” and prioritizing him over more serious violations. Last week the office of the Ombudsman confirmed it was investigating Duterte’s financial […]
Published time: 16 Sep, 2017 22:22 Are you a pedophile? This is how Philippines president launched his latest tirade against the country’s human rights commission chief, as Chito Gascon seemed to be only concerned about the teenage victims in the nation’s ongoing war on drugs, Rodrigo Duterte believes. Duterte posed the question to Commission on […]
Fearing backlash from the local Muslim community in Marawi, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte revoked his earlier permission for the military to bomb mosques on Mindanao island where government forces are battling an ISIS-linked insurgency. Saturday marks the 103rd day in the battle against terrorists in Marawi. On Wednesday, Duterte noted that the liberation of the […]
With the Philippines’ War on Drugs – so far claiming up to 7,000 lives – in its second year, firebrand President Rodrigo Duterte now says his nation cannot fix the problem due to lack of equipment, difficult terrain and the brevity of his presidential term. Duterte made the stunning remark while speaking to medical staff […]
