nine activists on Sunday in coordinated raids in four provinces. Cristina Palabay, the leader of

MANILA( Reuters)-Philippines president-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr is all but certain to command a supermajority in Congress, a proclamation of winners showed on Wednesday, boosting chances of advancing his legislative agenda when he takes power next month.... All but two of the 12 candidates declared winners of Senate seats by the election commission were allied with Marcos's" Uniteam" political juggernaut, adding to a new lower house revealed last week that was dominated by parties that sided w

MANILA( Reuters)-Philippines human rights groups staged protests on Wednesday to denounce an attempt by the son and namesake of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos to return his family to power by vying for the presidency.... Bongbong Marcos ran for vice president in 2016 but lost to lawyer Leni Robredo, who is also expected to contest the presidency next year.... Some speculate Marcos and Duterte-Carpio could run on the same ticket....

MANILA( REUTERS)-Philippine activists and the families of victims in a drug war that has killed thousands view with dread the possibility of President Rodrigo Duterte staying on as vice-president for six more years after his time in the top job ends next year. The Constitution bars a re-election bid by Mr Duterte, 76, but he said on Tuesday( Aug 24) he would run for vice-president in 2022 in order to keep up his crusade on insurgency, criminal activities and drug dealers." For four years, we hav

Unbowed, he has said he will search for drug peddlers after he retires and" shoot them and kill them".At least 6, 200 people have been killed in the war on drugs during Duterte's six-year rule.... Worse, even as ex-president, he could still weigh in on policy," said Carlos Conde, senior Philippines Researcher at Human Rights Watch.... Marcos, during the campaign, has already intimated what he might do with the ICC investigators....

Trump again calls it ‘the China virus, ’ on a global stage.... Trump has been a longstanding critic of the United Nations and has challenged its multilateral diplomacy as an impediment to his “ America First ” policy.“ If the United Nations is to be an effective organization, it must focus on the real problems of the world, ” Mr.... Trump’s theme, China’s leader, Xi Jinping, addressed those accusations in his own prerecorded speech, played later....

Duterte, including the extrajudicial killing of more than 8, 000 people. Despite years of international and domestic criticism over rights abuses, Mr.... Duterte who has been imprisoned for more than three years.... Duterte has mused about placing the entire country under martial law and called Mr....