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Philippines Slams US Drama For President’s Sexual Advance

Manila on Tuesday "strongly protested" an American television drama for showing a fictional Philippine president making...

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Philippine Police ‘reload’, Rejoin Drug War

The Philippine police chief said Monday his forces had "reloaded" and were back fighting their president's deadly war...

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Naked Prisoners In Philippine Jail Cause Uproar

Photos showing hundreds of prisoners in a Philippine jail sitting naked while being searched for contraband have...

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Philippine Envoy Vows To ‘destroy Criminals’ In UN Speech

The Philippine foreign minister told the UN rights council on Monday that Manila would "destroy criminals" in a defiant...

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Hundreds On Philippine Streets As Duterte Jails Top Critic

More than 1,000 people took to the streets of Manila on Saturday to protest Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's...

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Top Duterte Critic Arrested On Drug Charge

A leading critic of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, Senator Leila de Lima, has been arrested on drug trafficking...

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Top Philippine Drug War Critic Arrested At Senate

The highest-profile critic of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's deadly drug war was arrested on Friday following...

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From High-Flying Lawyer To Rights Crusader

Philippine drug war critic Leila de Lima was a highly paid lawyer who switched focus mid-career to human rights, a...

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Philippines Issues Arrest Warrant For Top Drug War Critic

An arrest warrant was issued Thursday for the highest-profile opponent of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's brutal...

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New Witness Is Key To Duterte Death Squad Probe

A probe into whether Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ran a death squad is making progress following crucial...

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Philippines’ Duterte A Serial Killer

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is a "serial killer" who should be forced out of office, one of his chief critics...

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Philippine Church In ‘show of Force’ Against Drug Killings

Thousands of Catholic faithful gathered in the Philippine capital on Saturday in a "show of force" to stop...

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More Murders In Philippine Drug War Despite Police Pull-Back

Shadowy assassins are still killing poor Filipinos, despite a police withdrawal from Rodrigo Duterte's deadly drug war,...

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How the Philippines Drugs War Was Slowed

When Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte summoned his security chiefs to an urgent meeting one Sunday night last...

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Duterte’s War On Drugs A ‘reign of Terror’, Church Says

The Philippines' Catholic Church has blasted President Rodrigo Duterte's "war on drugs" for creating a "reign of...

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Philippines’ Rodrigo Duterte Denies Throwing Person Off A Helicopter

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte denied throwing a person off a helicopter in an interview with CNN Philippines...

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Philippine President Tells US

The Philippine President vowed Friday to keep up his controversial campaign against drugs as long as he remains in...

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Death Toll Nearing 6,000 In the Philippines Drug War

A 6-year-old Manila boy killed in his sleep is among the latest victims in the ongoing violence against suspected drug...

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Philippines President Duterte Should Be Impeached For ‘mass Murder’

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte should be impeached after he admitted to personally killing drug suspects, one of...