Tag: Government of the Philippines

Philippine lawmakers on Wednesday rejected the appointment of Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay after ruling he lied to them about being ...

Manila on Tuesday "strongly protested" an American television drama for showing a fictional Philippine president making a sexual advance on ...

The Philippine police chief said Monday his forces had "reloaded" and were back fighting their president's deadly war on drugs, ...

Photos showing hundreds of prisoners in a Philippine jail sitting naked while being searched for contraband have triggered accusations of ...

The Philippine foreign minister told the UN rights council on Monday that Manila would "destroy criminals" in a defiant defence ...

More than 1,000 people took to the streets of Manila on Saturday to protest Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's brutal war ...

A leading critic of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, Senator Leila de Lima, has been arrested on drug trafficking charges. Senator ...

The highest-profile critic of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's deadly drug war was arrested on Friday following an overnight vigil at ...

Philippine drug war critic Leila de Lima was a highly paid lawyer who switched focus mid-career to human rights, a ...

An arrest warrant was issued Thursday for the highest-profile opponent of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's brutal war on drugs, outraging ...

A probe into whether Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ran a death squad is making progress following crucial whistleblower testimony this ...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is a "serial killer" who should be forced out of office, one of his chief critics ...

Thousands of Catholic faithful gathered in the Philippine capital on Saturday in a "show of force" to stop extrajudicial killings ...

Shadowy assassins are still killing poor Filipinos, despite a police withdrawal from Rodrigo Duterte's deadly drug war, a rights group ...

When Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte summoned his security chiefs to an urgent meeting one Sunday night last month, his mind ...

The Philippines' Catholic Church has blasted President Rodrigo Duterte's "war on drugs" for creating a "reign of terror". In its ...

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte denied throwing a person off a helicopter in an interview with CNN Philippines Thursday, contradicting a ...

The Philippine President vowed Friday to keep up his controversial campaign against drugs as long as he remains in office. ...

A 6-year-old Manila boy killed in his sleep is among the latest victims in the ongoing violence against suspected drug ...

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte should be impeached after he admitted to personally killing drug suspects, one of his top critics ...