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Philippines’ Duterte threatens to end military deal with US
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte warned the United States on Thursday he would repeal an agreement on deployment of troops and equipment for ... World News -
President Duterte to lift military law in southern Philippines: Aide
President Rodrigo Duterte will lift martial law in the southern Philippines by year’s end, his spokesman said Tuesday, more than two years after ... World News -
Philippines’ Duterte strips Vice President Robredo from drugs post
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte fired Vice President and arch-critic Leni Robredo from her post as overseer of his deadly drug war on Sunday, an ... World News -
Philippine leader says to ban ‘toxic’ e-cigarettes and arrest users
The Philippines will outlaw the use and importation of e-cigarettes and arrest anyone using them, its president said on Tuesday, joining a growing ... Healthy Living -
Philippines’ Duterte reveals new health problem
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has disclosed that he suffers from an autoimmune disease that can potentially have serious complications, the ... World News -
Philippines halts aid talks with backers of UN rights probe into drug war
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration has ordered the suspension of all loan and grant talks with foreign governments that ... World News -
Philippines ‘open’ to dengue vaccine as outbreak kills hundreds
As hundreds die in a severe dengue outbreak in the Philippines, many of them children, President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday that he was open to ... Healthy Living -
Duterte ‘seriously considering’ cutting ties with Iceland
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is “seriously considering” cutting diplomatic ties with Iceland, which spearheaded a resolution that ... World News -
Philippine journalist Maria Ressa arrested on fraud charge
Philippine journalist Maria Ressa was arrested Friday on a fraud charge, her second detention in what press freedom advocates have said is retaliation ... Digital -
Explainer: What’s behind autonomy vote in the Philippines’ Muslim Mindanao?
Predominantly Muslim areas of the mainly Catholic Philippines took part in a plebiscite on Monday to decide whether power should be devolved to a ... Features -
With China in vicinity, Philippine turns to US, seeks review of defense treaty
With China’s new structural presence in the South China Sea, the Philippine government through Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro ... Features -
Can Duterte’s new council build borderless trading zone with ASEAN countries?
Believing in the potential economic relations of ASEAN member-nations, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte signed an Executive Order creating the ... Features -
Is Philippines the first country to win war against illicit drugs?
While human rights groups are questioning the drastic reforms of the Philippine government to eliminate drugs, the Philippine government claims it has ... Features -
Philippines’ Duterte offers troops to Amman to fight ISIS
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has offered to send troops to Jordan to help combat ISIS, after agreeing to deepen military cooperation with the ... Middle East -
Netanyahu warmly welcomes Philippines’ Duterte to Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu extended a warm welcome to controversial Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday at the start of an ... Middle East -
Philippines bombing kills one, wounds over a dozen
A bomb ripped through an internet cafe in the southern Philippines on Sunday, killing one person and wounding 15 in the second deadly blast to strike ... World News -
WATCH: Philippines’ President destroys luxury cars worth $5.4mln
More than 60 luxury vehicles and motorcycles were smashed up by a bulldozer in the Philippines’ Cagayan province on Monday in compliance with a ... Variety -
Who are the Moros whom Philippines’ Duterte granted expanded autonomy?
Muslim communities living in the archipelago of the Mindanao, Palawan, Solo and other islands of the Philippines are called Moros. The Moro people, ... Features -
Duterte says Kuwait work ban ‘permanent,’ describes situation as a ‘calamity’
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has urged all Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to leave Kuwait, saying the temporary ban on Filipinos going to ... Gulf -
Philippines demands explanation as Kuwait expels envoy
Manila demanded an explanation Thursday after its ambassador to Kuwait was expelled, shocking Philippine authorities and deepening a diplomatic row ... Gulf -
UN rights chief says Philippines president needs ‘psychiatric evaluation’
The UN human rights chief said Friday that Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who has launched profanity-laced diatribes against United Nations ... World News -
US investor transfers interests in Filipino news site Rappler
A Silicon Valley investment firm has transferred its investment in the Philippine news website Rappler to the site’s local managers to stave off ... Digital -
Philippines police in pursuit of murdered Filipina worker’s recruiters
The Philippines Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) is on the hunt for the recruiting company of Joanna Demafelis, the Filipina ... World News -
Duterte slammed for barring Rappler news site from his events
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s move to ban a critical news website from covering the presidential palace is a threat to press freedom, ... Digital -
Duterte expands ban for Filipino workers in Kuwait amid murder, abuse reports
The Philippines Monday expanded a ban on its citizens working in Kuwait after President Rodrigo Duterte angrily lashed out at the Gulf state over ... Gulf -
Filipinos in Kuwait rush to avail amnesty after Duterte ‘rape’ comments
Hundreds of undocumented Filipino workers in Kuwait gathered at their embassy on Monday to take advantage of a general amnesty for foreign violators ... Gulf -
Journalists protest Philippine move to close news website Rappler
Philippine journalists took to the streets Friday in support of a news website facing state-enforced closure, accusing President Rodrigo Duterte of ... Digital -
Duterte says may ban sending Filipinos to work in Kuwait
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is considering banning workers being sent to Kuwait because of abuses he said were being inflicted on Filipino ... Gulf -
Philippines’ main airport fires contractor over baggage thefts
Manila airport fired a major contractor and announced a raft of new security measures on Friday after a spate of baggage thefts at the main Philippine ... World News -
Duterte considers autonomy for restive Muslim province
Since the time of former dictator President Ferdinand Marcos to the term of the immediate predecessor of the present president Benigno Aquino III, ... Middle East