MANILA( Reuters)-Philippine activists held a protest on Thursday to mark the anniversary of the burial of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, whose son has emerged as an early frontrunner in the presidential race next year.... " We are here to inform the people that Marcos was no hero.... Sara Duterte-Carpio, the president's popular daughter, will be his the running mate Sara Duterte-Carpio, the president's popular daughter, will be the running mate of Marcos.( Writing by Karen Lema; Editing by Mi

MANILA( Reuters)-Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered members of his cabinet to get his consent before appearing at senate investigations, fuelling accusations from activists and some politicians of an attempt to stifle scrutiny.... " I will limit you to what you can do with the executive department," Duterte told the senators, but added if the invitation was reasonable and" in pursuant of the truth" then he would not stand in the way.... In a post on Twitter, activist Renato Reyes

MANILA – The Philippine police said on Oct 30 they would investigate revelations made by former president Rodrigo Duterte that he assembled a “ death squad ” to control crime when he was mayor of the southern city of Davao.Mr Duterte pointed at former police officers present at a Senate inquiry into his deadly “ war on drugs ” on Oct 28 as leaders of that death squad, the existence of which he and his allies had for years denied.Mr Duterte later said gangsters, not police, made up the hit team.

Police escort Dairo Antonio úsuga, also known as Otoniel, at a military airport in Bogota, Colombia.... úsuga and his lawyers sought to cast him as a product of his homeland’s woes — a man born into remote rural poverty, surrounded by guerrilla warfare, recruited into it at age 16 and hardened by decades of losing friends, fellow soldiers and loved ones to violence.... 23, 2021 “ We should leave armed conflicts in the past, ” he added. But U.S. District Judge Dora Irizarry, invoking her own ch