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Duterte
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Philippines: Youth Protest Drug War ‘Dictatorship’
Some 7,000 protesters marched on the Philippines’ House of Representatives in the Batasan district of Manila on Monday as ultra-hardline President Rodrigo Duterte gave his…
July 25, 2017
Philippine Strongman’s Bloody Drug War: Year 1
This Friday, June 30, marks one year since the ultra-hardline President Rodrigo Duterte took office in the Philippines, on a pledge…
June 28, 2017
Philippines: Protests Against Martial Law
Protests are emerging in the Philippine against ultra-hardline President Rodrigo Duterte‘s declaration of martial law in the southern island of Mindanao…
June 12, 2017
Trump, Belief and the Drug War
The president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, likes to kill drug dealers and users, or, at least, he’s…
May 30, 2017
Martial Law Declared in South Philippines, Trump Praises Duterte’s Drug War
After threatening to do it for months, on Tuesday, the Philippines’ ultra-hardline President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law on the conflicted southern island of Mindanao.…
May 24, 2017
China: The Philippines’ Drug War is Good And You Should Support It
China and the United States are locked in a sort of cold war for influence in the Philippines,…
May 18, 2017
Philippine Lawmakers Kill Impeachment Case Against Duterte
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine lawmakers on Monday killed an impeachment complaint accusing President Rodrigo Duterte of crimes…
May 15, 2017
President Trump’s Troubling ‘Bromance’ with Philippines’ Drug War Strongman
The Philippines’ inimitable President Rodrigo Duterte is being his usual charming self. The United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings, Agnes…
May 8, 2017
Philippines: Legal Challenge to Deadly Drug War
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte remains intransigent on his ultra-murderous “drug war,” which has unleashed police and paramilitary terror on low-level dealers and…
April 25, 2017
Impeachment Proceedings Begin Against Philippine Drug-War Strongman
A lawmaker in the Philippines filed impeachment proceedings on Thursday against President Rodrigo Duterte over killings carried out in the name of…
March 16, 2017