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Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, left, listens beside former senator Leila de Lima during a joint committee hearing of the House of Representatives investigating the war on drugs during his administration in Quezon City, Philippines on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippines says it will cooperate if ICC seeks Duterte’s custody over drug killings

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures during a Senate investigation on the war on the drugs during his administration at the Philippine Senate, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024, in Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Duterte’s jarring testimony into drug killings in Philippines relives a nightmare for many

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during a senate inquiry on the so-called war on drugs during his administration at the Philippine Senate Monday, Oct. 28, 2024, in Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippine ex-President Duterte says he kept a ‘death squad’ as mayor to kill criminals

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

FILE - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures during a speech at the anniversary of the proclamation of the Philippine independence rites on Saturday, June 12, 2021, at the Provincial Capitol of Bulacan province, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, file)

Rights groups ask Filipinos to reject ex-Pres Duterte and detained preacher in upcoming elections

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

Apollo Quiboloy, center, a Filipino preacher accused of sexual abuse and human trafficking in the Philippines and similar charges in the United States, is escorted beside Philippine Secretary of Interior and Local Government Benhur Abalos, left, during a press conference at the Camp Crame police headquarters in Quezon City, Philippines Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

How did a popular Philippine televangelist land on the FBI’s most-wanted list?

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

Maria Ressa, 2021 Nobel Peace Prize co-winner and founder of Rappler, an online news outfit, speaks to the media at the Rappler office in Manila, Philippines, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Joeal Calupitan)

Philippine court blocks government’s effort to close news outlet that criticized former president

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

Former Senator Leila de Lima reacts after she goes out of the Muntinlupa City trial court on Monday, Nov. 13, 2023 in Muntinlupa, Philippines. A Philippine court on Monday ordered the release on bail of the former senator jailed more than six years ago on drug charges she said were fabricated to muzzle her investigation of then-President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal crackdown on illegal drugs. Two other non-bailable drug cases against de Lima have been dismissed. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

A long-jailed former Philippine senator who fought Duterte’s brutal drug crackdown is freed on bail

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., right, walks with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, during the arrival ceremony at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines, Monday, July 31, 2023. (Rolex dela Pena/Pool Photo via AP)

EU leader warns Europe won’t tolerate aggression: ‘Not in Ukraine, not in the Indo-Pacific’

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

Detained ex-senator Leila de Lima reacts as she goes out of the Muntinlupa trial court to attend her trial on May 12, 2023 in Muntinlupa, Philippines. A Philippine court rejected on Wednesday June 7, 2023 a bail petition by a former Filipino senator and top human rights enforcer, who opposed then President Rodrigo Duterte's deadly anti-drugs crackdown but was instead accused by his administration of drug dealing and locked up in jail more than six years ago. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

Philippine court rejects bail request by former opposition senator who opposed deadly drug campaign

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa of the Philippines gestures as she speaks during the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony at Oslo City Hall, Norway on Dec. 10, 2021. A Philippine tax court on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, cleared Ressa and her online news company of tax evasion charges she said were part of a slew of legal cases used by former President Rodrigo Duterte to muzzle critical reporting. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Nobel winner Maria Ressa, news outlet cleared of tax evasion

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Philippine Ambassador to the U.S. Jose Manuel Romualdez speaks during a U.S. Trade and Development Agency Offshore Wind Grant Signing at Ayala Triangle Gardens in Manila, Philippines, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. Philippine officials are considering a U.S. offer to provide heavy-lift helicopters like its widely used Chinooks after Manila scrapped a deal to buy military choppers from Russia due to fears of Western sanctions, Romualdez said Monday Aug. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool, FILE)

Philippines eyes U.S. helicopters after scrapping Russian deal

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

Presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. celebrates outside his headquarters in Mandaluyong, Philippines on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. Filipino voters overwhelmingly elected Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., as president during the May 2022 elections, completing a stunning return to power for the family of the late President Ferdinand Marcos, Sr., who ruled the country for more than two decades until being ousted in 1986 in the nonviolent "People Power" revolution. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila,File)

Philippines’ Marcos set to toe careful line between U.S. and China

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this photo taken from video shown at United Nations headquarters, Rodrigo Roa Duterte, president of the Philippines, remotely addresses the 76th session of the U.N. General Assembly in a pre-recorded message, Tuesday Sept. 21, 2021. (UN Web TV via AP)

Philippine leader asks officials to ignore corruption probe

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte talks during a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila on Tuesday Aug. 24, 2021. The Philippines' tough-talking president has confirmed rumblings that he will run next year for vice president, in what critics say is an attempt at an end-run around constitutional term limits. (King Rodriguez/ Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division via AP)

Duterte confirms he’ll run for Philippines VP next year

By Kiko Rosario and David Rising - Associated Press

United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, and Philippines Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana shake hands after a bilateral meeting at Camp Aguinaldo military camp in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines Friday, July 30, 2021. Austin is visiting Manila to hold talks with Philippine officials to boost defense ties and possibly discuss the The Visiting Forces Agreement between the US and Philippines. (Rolex dela Pena/Pool Photo via AP)

Philippine leader retains pact allowing U.S. war exercises

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

A motorcycle delivery driver is inoculated with China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine at a drive-thru vaccination center in Manila, Philippines, Tuesday, June 22, 2021. The Philippine president has threatened to order the arrest of Filipinos who refuse COVID-19 vaccination and told them to leave the country for hard-hit countries like India and the United States if they would not cooperate with massive efforts to end the pandemic. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte: Get vaccinated for COVID-19, or go to jail

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A health worker inoculates a man with China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine at a temporary vaccination center in Manila, Philippines, Tuesday, June 22, 2021. The Philippine president has threatened to order the arrest of Filipinos who refuse COVID-19 vaccination and told them to leave the country for hard-hit countries like India and the United States if they would not cooperate with massive efforts to end the pandemic. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Duterte threatens to arrest Filipinos who refuse vaccination

Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, right, holds a vial containing the Sinovac vaccine from China as it arrives at the Villamor Air Base in Manila, Philippines on Sunday Feb. 28, 2021. The Philippines received its first batch of COVID-19 vaccine Sunday, among the last in Southeast Asia to secure the critical doses despite having the second-highest number of coronavirus infections and deaths in the hard-hit region. (Toto Lozano/Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division via AP)

Philippine president fires ambassador seen assaulting staff

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Philippine president approves amnesty program for rebels

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press