Philippine Foreign Secretary Dumped Over US Citizenship
Philippine lawmakers on Wednesday rejected the appointment of Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay after ruling he lied to them about being ...
Tag: Government of the Philippines
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 a sexual advance on ...
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 on drugs, ...
Naked Prisoners In Philippine Jail Cause Uproar
Photos showing hundreds of prisoners in a Philippine jail sitting naked while being searched for contraband have triggered accusations of ...
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 defence ...
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 brutal war ...
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 charges. Senator ...
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 an overnight vigil at ...
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 ...
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 war on drugs, outraging ...
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 whistleblower testimony this ...
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 ...
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 extrajudicial killings ...
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, a rights group ...
How the Philippines Drugs War Was Slowed
When Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte summoned his security chiefs to an urgent meeting one Sunday night last month, his mind ...
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 terror". In its ...
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 Thursday, contradicting a ...
Philippine President Tells US
The Philippine President vowed Friday to keep up his controversial campaign against drugs as long as he remains in office. ...
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 ...
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 his top critics ...