Philippine Drug War

Witness Says Philippine President Ordered Killings

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A former Filipino militiaman testified before the country’s Senate on Thursday 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. Edgar Matobato, 57, told the nationally televised Senate committee hearing that … Read more

Obama Scraps Talks After ‘whore’ Jibe

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US President Barack Obama has cancelled a meeting with controversial Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who had earlier called him a “son of a whore”. Mr Obama had said he would raise the issue of drug-related extrajudicial killings in the Philippines. But Mr Duterte, who has sanctioned the killing of drug dealers, said if that happened: … Read more