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"No Apologies, No Excuses": Rodrigo Duterte On Philippine Drug War
Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte strongly defended his deadly drug war as he testified on Monday at a senate probe of the crackdown.
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Former Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja Rejects Magsaysay Award
Senior CPI(M) leader and former Kerala health minister KK Shailaja has declined to receive the Ramon Magsaysay Award as the late President of the Philippines was known for his alleged brutality against the Communists.
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Late US President George HW Bush Secretly Sponsored Filipino Child
Former US President George H.W. Bush, who passed away in November, has sponsored a seven-year-old boy in the Philippines for 10 years under a pseudonym, a non-profit who connected them has revealed.
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Rodrigo Duterte May Quit If Ex-Dictator's Son Becomes Vice President
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte could step down if the son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos succeeds in overturning his 2016 vice presidential election defeat, Duterte's spokesman said on Thursday.
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Philippines' Rodrigo Duterte Uses Monica Lewinsky Affair To Slam Chelsea Clinton
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte denounced the daughter of former US President Bill Clinton for criticising him over a joke about rape, and questioned whether she was just as outraged by her father's affair with a White House intern.
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Exhume Ferdinand Marcos, Philippine Court Asked After Hero Burial
Campaigners launched legal action on Monday to exhume the body of former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos, just three days after his burial in a national heroes' cemetery triggered street protests.
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Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte Killed Justice Official: Hitman
A former Filipino militiaman testified before the country's Senate today that President Rodrigo Duterte, when he was still a city mayor, ordered him and other members of a liquidation squad to kill criminals and opponents in gangland-style assaults that left about 1,000 dead.
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Philippine Rights Victims Want Supreme Court To Block Ferdinand Marcos Burial
Leftist activists and victims of human rights abuses in the Philippines urged the Supreme Court today to block the burial of former President Ferdinand Marcos at a cemetery for national heroes, saying it would be unconstitutional.
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Ex-Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Freed From Jail: Police
Former Philippine President Gloria Arroyo was freed from detention from a military hospital today, after the Supreme Court dismissed her corruption charges, her lawyer said.
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Philippine Top Court Dismisses Graft Case Against Ex-Leader Gloria Arroyo
The Philippine Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a long-running corruption case against jailed former president Gloria Arroyo and ordered her immediate release after almost five years in detention.
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Philippines' Gloria Arroyo Home for Christmas in Nod to Pope Francis
Detained former Philippines president Gloria Arroyo will be allowed home for Christmas after a court decided to show "compassion" ahead of Pope Francis's visit to the country next month.
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Philippines Arrests ex-General Wanted for Rights Abuses
Philippine security forces arrested a fugitive army general and former congressman over the disappearance of two students in 2006, ending a three-year manhunt for a person human rights groups accuse of massive violations.
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Impeachment Move Filed Against Philippine Resident Benigno Aquino
A former Philippine congressman on Monday filed an impeachment complaint against President Benigno Aquino for bribery and violating the constitution, but analysts said the popular leader could defeat the motion, thanks to his grip on the legislature.
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Former Philippine president arrested in corruption case
Police arrested former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Thursday and temporarily detained her in a hospital on corruption charges, in her third indictment and second detention since stepping down two years ago.
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Philippines' Arroyo pleads not guilty to electoral fraud
Former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo pleaded not guilty to an electoral fraud charge on Thursday at the opening of a landmark trial.
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"No Apologies, No Excuses": Rodrigo Duterte On Philippine Drug War
Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte strongly defended his deadly drug war as he testified on Monday at a senate probe of the crackdown.
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Former Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja Rejects Magsaysay Award
Senior CPI(M) leader and former Kerala health minister KK Shailaja has declined to receive the Ramon Magsaysay Award as the late President of the Philippines was known for his alleged brutality against the Communists.
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Late US President George HW Bush Secretly Sponsored Filipino Child
Former US President George H.W. Bush, who passed away in November, has sponsored a seven-year-old boy in the Philippines for 10 years under a pseudonym, a non-profit who connected them has revealed.
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Rodrigo Duterte May Quit If Ex-Dictator's Son Becomes Vice President
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte could step down if the son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos succeeds in overturning his 2016 vice presidential election defeat, Duterte's spokesman said on Thursday.
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Philippines' Rodrigo Duterte Uses Monica Lewinsky Affair To Slam Chelsea Clinton
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte denounced the daughter of former US President Bill Clinton for criticising him over a joke about rape, and questioned whether she was just as outraged by her father's affair with a White House intern.
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Exhume Ferdinand Marcos, Philippine Court Asked After Hero Burial
Campaigners launched legal action on Monday to exhume the body of former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos, just three days after his burial in a national heroes' cemetery triggered street protests.
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Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte Killed Justice Official: Hitman
A former Filipino militiaman testified before the country's Senate today that President Rodrigo Duterte, when he was still a city mayor, ordered him and other members of a liquidation squad to kill criminals and opponents in gangland-style assaults that left about 1,000 dead.
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Philippine Rights Victims Want Supreme Court To Block Ferdinand Marcos Burial
Leftist activists and victims of human rights abuses in the Philippines urged the Supreme Court today to block the burial of former President Ferdinand Marcos at a cemetery for national heroes, saying it would be unconstitutional.
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Ex-Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Freed From Jail: Police
Former Philippine President Gloria Arroyo was freed from detention from a military hospital today, after the Supreme Court dismissed her corruption charges, her lawyer said.
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Philippine Top Court Dismisses Graft Case Against Ex-Leader Gloria Arroyo
The Philippine Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a long-running corruption case against jailed former president Gloria Arroyo and ordered her immediate release after almost five years in detention.
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Philippines' Gloria Arroyo Home for Christmas in Nod to Pope Francis
Detained former Philippines president Gloria Arroyo will be allowed home for Christmas after a court decided to show "compassion" ahead of Pope Francis's visit to the country next month.
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Philippines Arrests ex-General Wanted for Rights Abuses
Philippine security forces arrested a fugitive army general and former congressman over the disappearance of two students in 2006, ending a three-year manhunt for a person human rights groups accuse of massive violations.
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Impeachment Move Filed Against Philippine Resident Benigno Aquino
A former Philippine congressman on Monday filed an impeachment complaint against President Benigno Aquino for bribery and violating the constitution, but analysts said the popular leader could defeat the motion, thanks to his grip on the legislature.
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Former Philippine president arrested in corruption case
Police arrested former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Thursday and temporarily detained her in a hospital on corruption charges, in her third indictment and second detention since stepping down two years ago.
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Philippines' Arroyo pleads not guilty to electoral fraud
Former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo pleaded not guilty to an electoral fraud charge on Thursday at the opening of a landmark trial.
