Rodrigo Duterte offers authoritarianism as Philippine panacea
Three turbulent decades after the Philippines shed dictatorship, President Rodrigo Duterte is offering a return to authoritarian rule as a solution to all the problems democracy has failed to fix.
Mar 29, 2017, 11:09 AM IST
Philippines communist rebels vow to revive ceasefire no later than March 31
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) said on Saturday that its armed units will declare a unilateral ceasefire no later than March 31.
Mar 25, 2017, 15:56 PM IST
Philippine troops rescue ship captain kidnapped by militants
Philippine soldiers on Saturday rescued one of two Filipino cargo ship crewmen taken captive just two days ago by suspected Abu Sayyaf militants, a security official said.
Mar 25, 2017, 11:34 AM IST
Philippines` Duterte calls European critics `crazies`
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has described European lawmakers as "crazies" in a salty-tongued rebuttal of criticism of his deadly drug war, while vowing again that all traffickers will be killed.
Mar 20, 2017, 13:43 PM IST
Philippine House Speaker weighs impeaching vice president for criticising war on drugs
The leader of the Philippine lower house of Congress and a staunch ally of President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday .
Mar 20, 2017, 13:40 PM IST
Philippines can't stop China moves in disputed sea: Rodrigo Duterte
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said today that his militarily inferior country can't stop China's actions in contested waters.
Mar 19, 2017, 18:07 PM IST
Philippine vice president decries Duterte's drug war tactics in video to UN
The vice president of the Philippines has issued a strong rebuke of President Rodrigo Duterte`s bloody war on drugs.
Mar 15, 2017, 15:20 PM IST
Philippine lawmakers postpone vote on embattled resources minister
Philippine lawmakers on Tuesday deferred a decision to confirm or reject an ardent environmentalist as the country`s resources minister, stoking uncertainty over the outlook for mining in the world`s top nickel ore supplier.
Mar 14, 2017, 14:29 PM IST
Philippine drugs war gets complex as Duterte creates new super-agency
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order creating a joint command to mobilise 21 state agencies behind his bloody war on drugs, prioritising "high-value" targets and going after all levels of the illicit trade.
Mar 10, 2017, 22:10 PM IST
Philippines' Rodrigo Duterte will pay price for drugs killings, detained senator says
A senator and detained critic of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte`s war on drugs has warned he and his "blind followers" will pay for ignoring alleged extrajudicial killings.
Mar 03, 2017, 16:16 PM IST
Philippines takes big step back towards death penalty
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte`s campaign to bring back the death penalty for drug-related crimes has cleared a major hurdle, with supporters backing it in congress but critics denouncing the planned killings as "inhumane".
Mar 02, 2017, 12:40 PM IST
Philippines` Rodrigo Duterte sorry for dead German hostage
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte apologised on Tuesday for failing to save an elderly German hostage who was beheaded by Islamic militants, but insisted ransoms should not be paid.
Feb 28, 2017, 16:49 PM IST
Philippine president says will call police back to drug war
More than 7,700 people have died since the campaign started eight months ago, some 2,500 in police operations.
Feb 28, 2017, 14:28 PM IST
Thousands protest in Manila as President Rodrigo Duterte jails top critic
Ex-Philippine leader Benigno Aquino joined thousands of people on the streets of Manila today as protests broke out against President Rodrigo Duterte's brutal war on drugs.
Feb 25, 2017, 17:08 PM IST
Rodrigo Duterte says China misunderstood Philippine minister's South China Sea remarks
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Friday he was not sure why China`s commerce minister had cancelled a trip to his country.
Feb 24, 2017, 14:42 PM IST
Top Philippine drug war critic arrested, but defiant
The highest-profile critic of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte`s brutal drug war was arrested Friday on charges she said were meant to silence her, but she vowed to keep fighting the "sociopathic serial killer".
Feb 24, 2017, 11:52 AM IST
China promised Philippines will not build in disputed shoal: Perfecto Yasay
Chinese President Xi Jinping promised Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte that Beijing will not build structures on a rocky outcrop in the South China Sea.
Feb 23, 2017, 13:25 PM IST
Retired Philippine policeman says worked for ''death squad'' under Duterte
Police carried out killings in the Philippine city of Davao under the instruction of then mayor Rodrigo Duterte, the current president, according to a former policeman who said he was part of a "Davao death squad" tasked with eliminating criminals.
Feb 20, 2017, 12:45 PM IST
Five killed as Philippine troops clash with communist rebels
Two soldiers and three communist rebels were killed while 15 other troops were wounded in a land mine attack and clashes in the southern Philippine city of Davao, President Rodrigo Duterte's hometown, a military official said today.
Feb 17, 2017, 14:16 PM IST
Death of a businessman: How the Philippines drugs war was slowed
Relations with South Korea are of huge importance to the Philippines for development aid, tourism, overseas employment and military hardware.
Feb 13, 2017, 08:52 AM IST
