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FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 22, 2019, file photo, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, left, and Moro Islamic Liberation Front chairman Murad Ebrahim, right, flash peace signs following oath-taking ceremony for the creation of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) at the Presidential Palace in Manila, Philippines. The Philippine president has warned he would declare a revolutionary government and arrest his detractors and outlaws if he says he's pushed to the wall. President Rodrigo Duterte made the threat late Thursday, April 4, in a speech where he expressed his exasperation with criticism even while he's trying to fight irregularities.(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

Duterte warns of ‘revolutionary government’ and arrests

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Rappler CEO and Executive Editor Maria Ressa is recorded on a smartphone as she talks to reporters after posting bail at the Pasig Regional Trial Court, metropolitan Manila, Philippines on Friday March 29, 2019. The head of a Philippine online news site, among media agencies deemed critical of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, was arrested again Friday, this time over an alleged investment violation. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Journalist critical of Duterte arraigned on tax charges

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Philippine Supreme Court orders release of drug war evidence

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 23, 2016 photo, a woman New People's Army guerrilla with her face painted to conceal her identity holds her firearm inside a shelter at a rebel encampment tucked in the harsh wilderness of the Sierra Madre mountains, southeast of Manila, Philippines. Communist guerrillas are marking half a century of their rural rebellion in the Philippines with threats of more attacks, possibly spreading into cities, as a negotiated settlement remained elusive with peace talks repeatedly stalling. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

Philippine communist rebels mark 50th year with new attacks

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2019, file photo, Maria Ressa, the award-winning head of a Philippine online news site Rappler that has aggressively covered President Rodrigo Duterte's policies, shows an arrest form after being arrested by National Bureau of Investigation agents in a libel case in Manila, Philippines. Rappler Inc. reported on Friday, March 29, 2019, its CEO Ressa has been arrested again, this time over an alleged investment violation. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

Journalist at site critical of Duterte arrested in 2nd case

By AARON FAVILA - Associated Press

In this Sunday, March 24, 2019, photo, former Police Senior Superintendent Eduardo Acierto gestures during a clandestine news conference for the first time with a select group of journalists in Manila, Philippines. Acierto, who was assigned in various units of the police anti-illegal drugs for 18 years, is now in hiding after being included in President Rodrigo Duterte's so-called &quot;matrix&quot; list of persons allegedly involved in the illegal drug trade. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Duterte asks why critical ex-police officer ‘is still alive’

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

In this Sunday, March 24, 2019, photo, former Police Senior Superintendent Eduardo Acierto gestures during a clandestine news conference for the first time with a select group of journalists in Manila, Philippines. Acierto, who was assigned in various units of the police anti-illegal drugs for 18 years, is now in hiding after being included in President Rodrigo Duterte's so-called &quot;matrix&quot; list of persons allegedly involved in the illegal drug trade. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Ex-official: Duterte photographed with drug-linked Chinese

By JIM GOMEZ and BULLIT MARQUEZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2018, file photo, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte addresses congressmen and Government officials during the presentation of Republic Act bills in a ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Manila, Philippines. Duterte on Thursday, March 14, publicly named 46 government officials, including three congressmen, he said are involved in illegal drugs, and added that criminal investigations against them are underway.(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

Duterte publicly names 46 officials under drug investigation

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Filipino Catholic priest Robert Reyes gestures as he talks to reporters in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines, Monday, March 11, 2019. Three priests say they, along with some church leaders in the largely Roman Catholic Philippines who are critical of the president's bloody crackdown against illegal drugs, have received death threats from unknown people. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

3 Philippine priests say they, Catholic bishops under threat

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2018, file photo, Rappler CEO and Executive Editor Maria Ressa gestures during an interview at their office in metropolitan Manila, Philippines. The Court of Appeals has upheld a decision that the online news site critical of President Rodrigo Duterte violated a constitutional ban on foreign ownership of news media. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

Philippine news site critical of Duterte loses court appeal

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Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebel chairman Murad Ebrahim, right, flashes a peace sign as he is greeted at a hotel in metropolitan Manila, Philippines on Friday, March 8, 2019. Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has met Murad, a Filipino Muslim rebel leader who has become a regional governor under a Malaysian-brokered peace deal, telling him while it's easier to shoot and kill than to develop a nation, prosperity can only happen in peace. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Mahathir meets Philippine Muslim rebel chief-turned-governor

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, left, greets U.S. State Secretary Mike Pompeo upon arrival at Villamor Air Base in suburban Pasay city southeast of Manila, Philippines, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. Pompeo, who joined U.S. President Donald Trump in the second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Vietnam, is here for talks on the two countries' relations as well as the mutual defense treaty. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, POOL)

Pompeo: US worried over Chinese moves threatening navigation

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (right) met with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday for private talks on a range of subjects, including "ways to improve cooperation on regional security and counterterrorism," according to the State Department. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

China rivalry hovers over Mike Pompeo’s Manila stop

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Maria Ressa, the award-winning head of a Philippine online news site Rappler that has aggressively covered President Rodrigo Duterte's policies, shows an arrest form after being arrested by National Bureau of Investigation agents in a libel case Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019 in Manila, Philippines. Ressa, who was selected by Time magazine as one of its Persons of the Year last year, was arrested over a libel complaint from a businessman which Amnesty International has condemned as &quot;brazenly politically motivated.&quot; Duterte's government says the arrest was a normal step in response to the complaint. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Journalist and Duterte critic posts bail after libel arrest

By BULLIT MARQUEZ - Associated Press

Maria Ressa, center, the award-winning head of a Philippine online news site Rappler, listens to a reporter's question after posting bail at a Regional Trial Court following an overnight arrest by National Bureau of Investigation agents on a libel case Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019 in Manila, Philippines. Ressa was freed on bail Thursday after her arrest in a libel case. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

AP Interview: Philippine journalist sees threat to democracy

By KIKO ROSARIO and VICENTE GONZALES - Associated Press

In this Jan. 22, 2018, file photo, Maria Ressa, CEO of the online news agency Rappler, talks to the media after attending the summons by the National Bureau of Investigation on the cyber libel complaint filed against Rappler five years ago in Manila, Philippines. Philippine authorities have arrested Ressa, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019, over a libel complaint that Amnesty International has condemned as &quot;brazenly politically motivated.&quot; (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

Philippine agents arrest journalist critical of President Rodrigo Duterte

By Bullit Marquez - Associated Press

Soldiers attend the scene after two bombs exploded outside a Roman Catholic cathedral in Jolo, the capital of Sulu province in southern Philippines, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019. Two bombs minutes apart tore through a Roman Catholic cathedral on a southern Philippine island where Muslim militants are active, killing at least 20 people and wounding more than 80 others during a Sunday Mass, officials said. (AP Photo/Nickee Butlangan)

Philippine troops battle Muslim militants after church blast

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

In this photo provided by WESMINCOM Armed Forces of the Philippines, a soldier views the site inside a Roman Catholic cathedral in Jolo, the capital of Sulu province in the southern Philippines after two bombs exploded Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019. The Philippine government says it will &quot;pursue to the ends of the earth the ruthless perpetrators&quot; behind bomb attacks that killed over a dozen people and wounded many more during a Sunday Mass at a cathedral on the restive southern island. (WESMINCOM Armed Forces of the Philippines Via AP)

Duterte sees bombed church, tells army to crush Abu Sayyaf

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Philippine rebels abduct 2 soldiers, several militiamen

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Protesters clench their fists during a rally at the Lower House to coincide with the joint Senate and Congress vote for the third extension of Martial Law in southern Philippines Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018 in suburban Quezon city northeast of Manila, Philippines. In their statement, various opposition groups condemned the extension of Martial Law which allegedly will &quot;lead to untimely death of more community leaders, human rights defenders, Indigenous Peoples, and Muslim opposition groups.&quot; (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Philippine Congress votes to extend martial law in south

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press