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Filipino rebel commanders to become officials under peace deal that sets up Muslim autonomous region
Some of the fiercest Muslim rebel commanders in the southern Philippines are in Manila to be sworn in Friday as administrators of a new Muslim autonomous region in a delicate milestone to settle one of Asia's longest-raging rebellions. President Rodrigo Duterte will lead a ceremony ...
Philippines says 136 people, mostly kids, have died in measles outbreak amid vaccination fears
The Philippine health secretary said Monday that 136 people, mostly children, have died of measles and 8,400 others have fallen ill in an outbreak blamed partly on vaccination fears. A massive immunization drive that started last week in hard-hit Manila and four provincial regions may ...
Journalist and critic of Duterte posts bail after libel arrest
The award-winning head of a Philippine online news site that has aggressively covered President Rodrigo Duterte's administration was freed on bail Thursday after her arrest in a libel case. National Bureau of Investigation agents served the warrant against Maria Ressa late Wednesday afternoon and escorted ...
Philippine agents arrest award-winning online journalist critical of Duterte
The award-winning head of a Philippine online news site that has aggressively covered President Rodrigo Duterte's administration was arrested Wednesday by government agents in a libel case. Maria Ressa, who was selected by Time magazine as one of its Persons of the Year last year, ...
Rodrigo Duterte and Kim Jong Un impersonators spark frenzy at Hong Kong church
A Rodrigo Duterte impersonator sparked frenzy and confusion during Sunday Mass when he walked into a Hong Kong church popular with the city's Filipino community. Accompanied by Howard X — the Hong Kong-based impersonator of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un — the Filipino actor ...
Rodrigo Duterte visits site of cathedral bombings that killed 20; Abu Sayyaf suspected
President Rodrigo Duterte and his top security officials on Monday visited a Catholic cathedral in the southern Philippines where suspected Islamic militants set off bombs that killed at least 20 people and wounded more than 100. The first blast sent people, some of them wounded, ...
Islamic State affiliate suspected as shopping mall bomb kills two in restive south Philippines
Two people were killed and around 35 others wounded Monday after a bomb went off outside a shopping mall in the southern Philippine city of Cotabato, police said. The explosion prompted officers to search the mall, leading to the discovery of another suspected bomb which ...
'I tried to touch what was inside the panty': Duterte's teen confession
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte drew outrage Sunday after saying he "touched" his maid when he was a teenager, with women's rights groups accusing him of attempted rape and encouraging sexual abuse. Duterte frequently sparks uproar with his comments on women, including rape jokes and boasting ...
After 117 years, U.S. returns war trophy bells to Philippines
Church bells seized from the Philippines by U.S. troops as war trophies over a century ago were returned on Tuesday in a bid to turn the page on a difficult chapter between the historical allies. Giving back the three so-called "Bells of Balangiga" meets a ...
A Philippine court on Thursday sentenced three police officers to up to 49 years in jail for the murder of a 17-year-old high school student, the first to be convicted in President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war. The Caloocan City regional trial court declared the three ...
Philippine government ministers met with a top adviser of Japan's prime minister on Wednesday, in a effort to move forward major infrastructure projects, just hours after a visit by the Chinese president pledging to do the same. Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte has made a $180 ...
Xi's Manila visit yields raft of deals as Duterte furthers embrace of China
Xi Jinping sealed a raft of deals Tuesday during a trip to Manila as Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's administration shrugs off U.S. warnings about accepting Chinese cash. Xi's two-day trip marks the first state visit to the Philippines by a Chinese president in 13 years. ...
