Duterte's latest salvo ups the ante in his war on drugs, which has already left more than 400 suspected dealers and pushers dead and more than 4,400 arrested in more than a month since he took office. Nearly 600,000 people have surrendered to authorities, hoping to avoid getting killed. ...
MANILA, Philippines-- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s popularity has soared during his first three months in office, an independent survey showed Thursday, in an apparent endorsement by Filipinos of his brutal crime crackdown. The unprecedented purge has left more than 3,000 people dead and ...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (4th L) and Singapore's President Tony Tan Keng Yam (3rd L) attend the official welcome ceremony at Singapore's Istana, Dec. 15, 2016. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte began his two-day state visit to Singapore on Thursday. (Xinhua/Bao Xuelin) SINGAPORE...
President Duterte of the Philippines has launched a wide-ranging campaign of extra judicial killings, directed at criminals and drug traffickers, in violation of constitutional norms and legal procedures. Bolstered by wide popular support he has also initiated a strategic shift of his country away ...
The complaint includes accusations of unexplained wealth and claims that Duterte enabled the continuation of extra-judicial killings initiated by her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, during her tenure as mayor of Davao City. The charges come amid Duterte's escalating feud with President Marco...
President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines has a bit of a reputation. The global community has come to know the Philippine's 16th president as a man of contentious quips and often offensive quotes. But while Duterte has been the inspiration for protest marches against the ...
MANILA, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte continues to enjoy high performance and trust ratings three years into his six-year presidential term, according to an independent poll released on Monday. A survey by Pulse Asia Research Inc. conducted from Sept. 16 to 22, 2019...
FILE - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., center right, and Vice President Sara Duterte, daughter of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, raise hands during the inauguration ceremony at National Museum on Thursday, June 30, 2022 in Manila, Philippines....
Filipinos are gradually turning against President Rodrigo Duterte amid fatigue with a drug war that has distracted the government from other reforms.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has made another offensive comment by wrongly citing the number of Jews killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust and comparing the statistics to his anti-drug fight. SEE ALSO:Rodrigo Duterte's string of outrageous and offensive statements ...