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Former Sen. Antonio Trillanes shows documents to reporters after filing at the Department of Justice in Manila, Philippines on Friday July 5, 2024. Trillanes filed criminal complaints of economic plunder against ex-President Rodrigo Duterte Friday over alleged anomalies in the awarding of large numbers of government infrastructure projects worth billions of pesos (millions of dollars) to two companies when he was a southern city mayor and later as president. (AP Photo/Joeal Calupitan)

Former Philippine leader Duterte and aide accused of steering government contracts to cronies

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

A Manila City public worker removes the campaign posters, mostly that of incumbent Mayor and former President Joseph &quot;Erap&quot; Estrada around the Manila City Hall, a day after the country's midterm elections Tuesday, May 14, 2019 in Manila, Philippines. Estrada lost his third term mayoral bid along with four of his children who ran in local polls, ending his 50-year-dominance in two metropolitan cities in the country. Two of his sons, who ran for senators, are also clinging to the last senate slot in initial results, which were dominated by President Rodrigo Duterte's allies. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Duterte allies appear to have won Philippine Senate seats

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Philippine opposition Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV talks to the media outside his office in the Philippine Senate following a regional trial court order for his arrest Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018 in suburban Pasay city, south of Manila, Philippines. Trillanes who remained holed up in his office for three weeks now after President Rodrigo Duterte voided an amnesty given to the former rebel military officer, willingly went with police to post bail. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Arrested senator and Duterte critic: ‘Democracy lost today’

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Philippine National Police Chief Ronald dela Rosa walks after an anti-terror simulation exercise at a bus terminal in Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines on Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Dela Rosa said at least several people have been killed in battle between government forces and suspected Abu Sayyaf militants on a central resort island, far from the extremists' southern jungle bases and in a region where the U.S. government has warned the gunmen may be conducting kidnappings. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippines’ Duterte seeks U.S. help against Islamic State

By L. Todd Wood

Protesters are blocked by police as they attempt to march closer to the U.S. Embassy to denounce the U.S. military's role in the ongoing battle between Government forces and Muslim militants who laid siege to Marawi city in southern Philippines for three weeks now Monday, June 12, 2017 in Manila, Philippines. The protesters also denounced President Rodrigo Duterte's declaration of Martial Law in the whole region of Mindanao in southern Philippines.(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Philippines Mindanao longtime hotbed of Islamist insurrection, extremism

By L. Todd Wood

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose for photographers prior to their bilateral meeting held on the sidelines of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Monday, May 15, 2017. (Etienne Oliveau/Pool Photo via AP)

China to Philippines: ‘We’ll go to war’ over South China Sea

By L. Todd Wood

Philippines rejects rebels’ condition for cease-fire

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, center, gestures with a fist bump as he poses with Philippine Army officers during his visit to its headquarters in suburban Taguig city east of Manila, Philippines Tuesday Oct. 4, 2016. U.S. and Philippine forces opened their first large scale combat exercises under President Duterte in uncertainty Tuesday after he said the drills will be the last in his six-year presidency partly to avoid upsetting China.(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Philippines to buy weapons from Russia

By L. Todd Wood