Duterte Says He Regrets Slur after Talk Is Called off ; Obama Canceled Meeting with Philippine Leader Who Issued Crass WarningMr. Duterte used coarse language in warning President Obama notto ask him about killings when...Hauser, Christine
This has alarmed the political establishment, which fears that Duterte will squander the hard-won economic progress under outgoing PresidentBenigno Aquino III. Aquino has called Duterte a threat to democracy, and likened him to Adolf Hitler. His campaign manager says the brash image, the ob...
On Thursday afternoon, the Philippines Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, 74, was tested for COVID-19 disease after some Cabinet members and senators have gone on self-quarantine because they interacted with people who have the viral disease. The result of the test will be known after 48 hour...
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Now Trump, 36, and Kushner, 37, are being criticized on social media for celebrating the opening amid the bloodshed.Comedian Chelsea Handler and others tweeted about the chilling juxtaposition while also raising concerns over Trump and Kushner, two of the president’s most senior advisers...
The Philippine economy is humming. Whatever human rights misgivings the world may have about president Rodrigo Duterte and whateverenvironmental concernsabout his ‘Build, Build, Build’ agenda, the numbers are good. Fitch, which belatedly raised the sovereign credit rating to triple...
In August, a Philippine court dismissed a libel case against Ressa, one of several lawsuits filed against the journalist who says she has been targeted because of her news site's critical reports on President Rodrigo Duterte. The plight of Ressa, one of several journalists named Time Magazine ...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) started issuing Philippine passports with 10-year validity pursuant to Republic Act 10928 signed by President Rodrigo Duterte beginning January 2018. Every Filipino who desires to apply for a passport orrenew their passportsmay now secure their appointments online...
The Caraga police said the arrest is also part of operations under President Rodrigo Duterte's Executive Order No. 70, which seeks to end the country's decades-long problem of insurgency. Police said Consad was not arrested for being a member of ACT but nonetheless alleged...
Viet Minh Leader Ho Chi Minh Ho Chi Minh, the Viet Minh leader, was very popular and would have become the president of all of Vietnam in free and fair elections. However, in negotiations at the Geneva Conference in the summer of 1954, the Americans and other powers decided that Vietnam...