Authorities in the Philippines have ordered a criminal investigation into a fire at a shopping centre on Mindanao island over the weekened that killed 37 people... READ MORE›
President Rodrigo Duterte met victims at the scene, about 1,000km southeast of the capital Manila... READ MORE›
Published December 24, 2017 10 24 am A fire rages on at a shopping mall Saturday, Dec. 23, 2017, Davao city, southern Philippines... READ MORE›
Mindanao was annexed into the Philippines through the 1898 Treaty of Paris even though the American colonial government, and the Spaniards, never conquered the island... READ MORE›
All that may well go unmentioned in public by President Donald Trump when the leaders hold talks Monday... READ MORE›
Referencing human rights criticisms of his policies, Duterte said that he wasn't afraid to go to jail, and apparently used the anecdote to illustrate that... READ MORE›
Mr. Duterte is set to meet with President Trump on Sunday in Manila, part of the American president's 12-day tour to several Asian nations... READ MORE›
Speaking about human rights during his Vietnam visit, Mr Duterte proposed a world summit on the issue... READ MORE›
In his Manila brothel the police officer admits that he too contemplates that very point... READ MORE›
He prefers to go home to Davao City rather than stay in the sprawling presidential palace complex in Manila... READ MORE›
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered agencies to ensure that 6 million Filipino women have access to birth control... READ MORE›
On Tuesday, during a speech to local business executives in his hometown of Davao City, he took aim at the European Union with irreverent gusto... READ MORE›
Philippines' leader threatens to terminate a deal that allows American troops into country after US scraps aid package... READ MORE›
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Relatives and friends of victims of extrajudicial killings leave Manila's Baclaran Church for a vigil Feb. 17, 2017... READ MORE›
Duterte's war on drugs has been heavily criticised by the United Nations, the European Union, the United States, the Catholic Church and human rights groups... READ MORE›
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during a news conference in Davao city, in the southern Philippines, on Aug. 21... READ MORE›
Rodrigo Duterte says he's putting a stop to the profanities... READ MORE›
Aurora Moynihan UK peer's daughter shot dead in Philippines... READ MORE›
Another photo, widely shared Wednesday, shows a man clad in black raising a black flag on a building beside the same mosque... READ MORE›
Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, on Tuesday said Philippine judicial authorities should probe Duterte's accounts of having carried out killings... READ MORE›
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte backed off strong commentsA directed at Obama... READ MORE›
A combined military and police unit arrested their mother, Ominta Romato Maute, in the town of Masiu, an hours drive from Marawi... READ MORE›
'Accusations of madman' In a separate news report, Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte also denied the allegations, calling the witness a madman ... READ MORE›
Philippine president ran a 'liquidation squad' as mayor of Davao city targeting drug dealers, alleges former policeman... READ MORE›
Philippines' president reassures soldiers who might be accused of committing abuses under Mindanao island martial law... READ MORE›
At the South Cemetery, Mr. Rex, a security guard, explains President Duterte is strict on the implementation of the rules... READ MORE›
Tense meetings with world leaders await Obama in Asia... READ MORE›
You there in the United Nations, you do not know diplomacy, Mr. Duterte said... READ MORE›
Pigcawayan is in North Cotabato province in the centre of Mindanao island... READ MORE›
Noting that Hitler had murdered millions of Jews, Duterte said There are three million drug addicts in the Philippines ... READ MORE›
China claims more than 80 percent of the South China Sea, where it has constructed artificial reefs and built up its military presence... READ MORE›
Imprisoned group says it was asked to raise cash through drug sales to fund Senate campaign of Leila de Lima... READ MORE›
Mr Duterte has previously said that killing criminals is not a crime against humanity... READ MORE›
Philippines presidential hopeful Rodrigo Duterte has refused to apologize after his controversial comments on gang rape unleashed a storm of criticism... READ MORE›
This has prompted 114,833 people to turn themselves in, as either drug addicts or dealers, since Mr. Duterte took office, according to national police logs... READ MORE›
Abu Sayyaf fighters called for reinforcements from an allied group, the Maute, and dozens of gunmen managed to enter Marawi City and sweep through its streets... READ MORE›
Many slain journalists in the Philippines had been corrupt and had done something to warrant being killed, the country's president-elect said... READ MORE›
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