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The Latest: Attorney: US priest lived with multiple boys

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In this Dec. 5, 2018, photo released by the Bureau of Immigration Public Information Office, an American Roman Catholic priest, the Rev. Kenneth Bernard Hendricks, poses for his mugshot at the Bureau of Immigration in Manila. Philippine immigration authorities say they have arrested Hendricks accused of sexually assaulting altar boys in a church in Naval town in the island province of Biliran, in a case one official described as &quot;shocking and appalling.&quot; (Bureau of Immigration PIO via AP)

Philippines arrests U.S. priest accused of abusing altar boys

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

Maria Ressa, CEO of Rappler, an online news service, who has been critical of the government of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, shows documents after posting bail at the Pasig Regional Trial Court in metropolitan Manila, Philippines, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. Ressa along with Rappler has been sued for tax evasion. She has declared her innocence and been freed on bail after reporting herself for arrest. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippine journalist contesting tax charges freed on bail

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FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2018, file photo, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte listens to a speech during a ASEAN Plus China Summit meeting in Singapore. Duterte, whose controversial war on drugs has cost thousands of lives, said Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, he uses marijuana to keep awake at long regional meetings, but later disavowed his assertion as a joke. Duterte made the comment at an awards ceremony where he talked about attending a recent summit meeting in Singapore of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and how the daylong schedules of such gatherings is grueling. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

Philippine leader jokes he used marijuana at SE Asia meeting

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BOOK REVIEW: ‘Rampage’ by James M. Scott

By Thomas W. Schaaf Sr.

Former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos arrives at an anti-graft court Sandiganbayan to explain her side for not attending last week's promulgation of the graft charges against her Friday, Nov. 16, 2018 in suburban Quezon city northeast of Manila, Philippines. A Philippine court found Imelda Marcos guilty of graft and ordered her arrest last week in a rare conviction among many corruption cases that she's likely to appeal to avoid jail and losing her seat in Congress. (AP Photo/Maria S. Tan)

Imelda Marcos posts bail for graft conviction in Philippines

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In this Nov. 8, 2018 photo, Venezuelan born Andrea Diaz, Miss Chile, takes part in a runway class in Santiago, Chile, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018. &quot;I represent the new Chile,&quot; the 26-year-old said as she was training at a local gym in Santiago for the upcoming competition. &quot;This is an inclusive country where immigrants come in search of opportunities.&quot; (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Venezuelan beauty queens migrate for shot at stardom abroad

By MANUEL RUEDA and EVA VERGARA - Associated Press

Mattis send-off as US war-booty bells return to Philippines

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Australian Roman Catholic nun Sister Patricia Fox receives flowers from children of informal settlers as she arrives for a visit to the Redemptorist Church prior to her departure for Australia Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018 in suburban Paranaque city, south of Manila, Philippines. Sister Fox decided to leave after 27 years in the country after the Immigration Bureau denied her application for the extension of her visa. The Philippine immigration bureau has ordered the deportation of Fox who has angered the president by joining anti-government rallies. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Aussie nun who angered Duterte forced to leave Philippines

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

In this image provided by the Department of Public Works and Highways, Mountain Province District Engineering Office, rescuers dig through the earth to search for survivors after a massive landslide in Natonin township, Mountain Province in northern Philippines Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018. A massive landslide set off by a typhoon crashed down on two government buildings in a northern Philippine mountain province, officials said Wednesday. (DPWH MPDSEO via AP)

4 dead, 19 missing in landslide-hit buildings in Philippines

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

This photo released by Edwin Propst shows a man repairing damage to a home from Super Typhoon Yutu in Saipan, an island of the Northern Mariana Islands, Monday, Oct. 29, 2018. Elections are being postponed by a week in a Pacific U.S. territory still without electricity after a super typhoon destroyed homes, toppled trees, utility poles and left a woman dead. (Edwin Propst via AP)

Typhoon leaves 6 dead in Philippines, more feared trapped

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EU drug agency urges approval for dengue vaccine

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Philippine forces pressed their offensive to drive out militants linked to the Islamic State group after days of fighting left corpses in the streets and hundreds of civilians begging for rescue from a besieged southern city of Marawi last year. (Associated Press/File)

ISIS fighters in Philippines threaten U.S. anti-terror plan

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Rescuers continue search operations at the site where victims are believed to have been buried by a landslide triggered by Typhoon Mangkhut as it lashed across Itogon, Benguet province, northern Philippines, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. Philippine mayor said that it's unlikely any of the dozens of people thought buried in a huge landslide will be found alive, though rescuers were still digging through the massive mound of mud and debris covering a chapel where they had sheltered. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippine policeman: Villagers refused advice to flee storm

By AARON FAVILA and JOEAL CALUPITAN - Associated Press

People clean up debris caused by Typhoon Mangkhut outside a housing estate on the waterfront in Hong Kong, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. Hong Kong and southern China hunkered down as strong winds and heavy rain from Typhoon Mangkhut lash the densely populated coast. The biggest storm of the year left at least 28 dead from landslides and drownings as it sliced through the northern Philippines. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

The Latest: Life normalizing in south China after typhoon

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A girl stands against strong wind caused by Typhoon Mangkhut at a pier on the waterfront of Victoria Habour Hong Kong, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. Hong Kong and southern China hunkered down as strong winds and heavy rain from Typhoon Mangkhut lash the densely populated coast. The biggest storm of the year left at least 28 dead from landslides and drownings as it sliced through the northern Philippines. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

The Latest: Typhoon death toll now 69 in Philippines, China

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Militants free 3 Indonesian hostages in southern Philippines

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Residents stand by a flooded road following the onslaught of Typhoon Mangkhut in Tuguegarao city in Cagayan province, northeastern Philippines, Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018. The typhoon slammed into the Philippines northeastern coast early Saturday, it's ferocious winds and blinding rain ripping off tin roof sheets and knocking out power, and plowed through the agricultural region at the start of the onslaught. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Mangkhut weakens to tropical storm after plowing into China

By VINCENT YU and JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

A farm house is surrounded by flooded fields from tropical storm Florence in Hyde County, N.C., Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

US hurricane, Asian typhoon: 1 brings water, the other, wind

By SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

A farm house is surrounded by flooded fields from tropical storm Florence in Hyde County, N.C., Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

2 storms, Florence and Mangkhut, different as water and wind

By SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press