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Duterte rules out Christmas truce with communist rebels

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

U.S. National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien speaks during the turnover ceremony of defense articles at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Pasay City, Philippines, Monday, Nov. 23, 2020. (Eloisa Lopez/Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

US provides missiles, renews pledge to defend Philippines

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte attends a meeting at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines on Monday Oct. 19, 2020. The Philippine president has said he could be held responsible for the thousands of killings under his anti-drugs crackdown and was ready to face charges, except crimes against humanity, that could land him in jail. (Robinson Ninal Jr./Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division via AP)

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte: Hold me responsible for killings in drug crackdown

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

Representative Lord Allan Velasco speaks after being sworn in as the new house speaker by supporters at the Celebrity sports club in Quezon city, Philippines on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. A large faction of Philippine legislators in the House of Representatives elected Velasco Monday but the incumbent speaker declared the vote &quot;a travesty&quot; in a tense political standoff between two allies of the president. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippine Congress enters crisis over leadership standoff

By JIM GOMEZ and AARON FAVILA - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte speaks at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines on Thursday Oct. 8, 2020. The Philippine president warned Thursday he will intercede and resolve a leadership row in the House of Representatives if the impasse threatens to stall the passage of next year's budget during the coronavirus crisis. (Albert Alcain/Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division via AP)

Duterte warns he’ll intercede if House squabble risks budget

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In this photo provided by the Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte meets members of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines on Monday Oct. 5, 2020. Duterte says that like his fierce critics, he also suspects extrajudicial killings may have happened under his drug crackdown. He said in televised remarks that he once inquired into the brutal deaths and was told some drug dealers may have been killed due to rivalry among syndicates or for stealing drug money.(Albert Alcain/Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division via AP)

Duterte suspected extrajudicial killings in drug crackdown

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

In this image made from UNTV video, Rodrigo Roa Duterte, president of the Philippines, speaks in a pre-recorded message which was played during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, at UN headquarters. The U.N.'s first virtual meeting of world leaders started Tuesday with pre-recorded speeches from some of the planet's biggest powers, kept at home by the coronavirus pandemic that will likely be a dominant theme at their video gathering this year. (UNTV via AP)

Duterte gets rare praise for raising sea feud ruling at UN

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

In this image made from UNTV video, Rodrigo Roa Duterte, president of the Philippines, speaks in a pre-recorded message which was played during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, at UN headquarters. The U.N.'s first virtual meeting of world leaders started Tuesday with pre-recorded speeches from some of the planet's biggest powers, kept at home by the coronavirus pandemic that will likely be a dominant theme at their video gathering this year. (UNTV via AP)

In UN speech, Duterte defends drug war but tempers tone

By JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte wears a protective mask as he meets members of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases in Davao province, southern Philippines on Monday Sept. 21, 2020. Duterte says he has extended a state of calamity in the entire Philippines by a year to allow the government to draw emergency funds faster to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and harness the police and military to maintain law and order. (Albert Alcain/Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division via AP)

Asia Today: Duterte extends virus calamity status by a year

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In this photo provided by Atty. Rowena Garcia-Flores, U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton, right, poses for a selfie while showing the headlines of a newspaper beside his lawyer Rowena Garcia-Flores on Tuesday Sept. 8, 2020 in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon city, Philippines. The Philippine president recently pardoned Pemberton in a surprise move that will free him from imprisonment in the 2014 killing of a transgender Filipino woman that sparked anger in the former American colony. (Atty. Rowena Garcia-Flores via AP)

Philippines deports US Marine in transgender killing

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

In this handout photo provided by the Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures as he meets members of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines on Monday Aug. 30, 2020. Duterte publicly ordered the country's top customs official to shoot and kill drug smugglers in one of his most overt threats during a deadly four-year campaign that has been the centerpiece of his presidency. (King Rodriguez/Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division via AP)

Duterte orders customs chief to shoot, kill drug smugglers

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Health workers perform a rapid test on a patient at a parking lot that has been converted into an extension of the Gat Andres Bonifacio Memorial Medical Center in Manila, Philippines on Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is reimposing a moderate lockdown in the capital and outlying provinces after medical groups appealed for the move as coronavirus infections surge alarmingly. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippine capital returning to lockdown as virus surges

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

People pass by an empty coffin placed outside a public market to remind people to stay home as the government relaxes quarantine measures against the COVID19 on Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020 in Manila, Philippines. Coronavirus infections in the Philippines continues to surge Sunday as medical groups declared the country was waging "a losing battle" against the contagion and asked the president to reimpose a lockdown in the capital. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Rodrigo Duterte, Philippine president, reimposes lockdown in Manila

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Parishioners wearing masks as a measure to prevent the spread of COVID19 pray during a Mass at the Our Lady of Consolation Parish on Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020, in Quezon city, Philippines. Coronavirus infections in the Philippines continues to surge Sunday as medical groups declared the country was waging &quot;a losing battle&quot; against the contagion and asked the president to reimpose a lockdown in the capital. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippines virus cases top 100,000 in ‘losing battle’

By JIM GOMEZ and AARON FAVILA - Associated Press

Protesters hold a picture of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, center, as they march to protest against the 5th State of the Nation Address of Duterte in Manila, Philippines, Monday, July 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Duterte threatens criminals, seeks death penalty for drugs

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Supporters of the country's largest TV network ABS-CBN shout slogans during a rally outside the House of Representatives in metropolitan Manila, Philippines on Thursday, July 9, 2020. ABS-CBN was shut down by the government's telecommunications regulator in May after its 25-year franchise expired. Congress has been hearing the network's request for a franchise renewal. The shutdown has been criticized as it cut off a major source of information on the COVID-19 pandemic in a Southeast Asian hot spot of the disease. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Lawmakers vote to shut down Philippines’ largest TV network

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Men who were arrested for violating quarantine health protocols have their temperatures checked at the Amoranto Sports Complex in Manila, Philippines on Wednesday, July 8, 2020. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte eased one of the world's longest lockdowns in the Philippine capital of more than 13 million people on June 1 after the economy shrank in the first quarter in its first contraction in more than two decades. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippines virus cases soar past 50,000 as lockdown eases

By JIM GOMEZ and AARON FAVILA - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 28, 2020, file photo provided by the Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, talks during his speech at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines. The U.N. human rights office called on the Philippines government in a new report Thursday, June 4, to end all violence targeting suspected drug offenders and to disband private and state-backed paramilitary groups which have caused serious human rights violations in the country.(Ace Morandante/Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division via AP, File)

UN office denounces human rights violations in Philippines

By JAMEY KEATEN and JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

An activist holds a slogan outside the headquarters of broadcast network ABS-CBN corp. on Tuesday, May 5, 2020 in Quezon city, Metro Manila, Philippines. A Philippine government agency has ordered the country's leading broadcast network, which the president has targeted for it's critical news coverage, to halt operations after its congressional franchise expired, sparking shock over the loss of a major news provider during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippine TV network’s shutdown amid pandemic sparks uproar

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

A vehicle enters the property of the broadcast network ABS-CBN on Tuesday, May 5, 2020, in Manila, Philippines. A government agency has ordered ABS-CBN, the country's leading broadcast network, which the president has targeted for its critical news coverage, to halt operations. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Leading TV network goes off air under Philippine gov’t order

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press