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Philippine opposition Senator Antonio Trillanes IV gestures during a news conference as he continues to be holed up in the Philippine Senate Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, in suburban Pasay city south of Manila, Philippines. Senator Trillanes, who is the president's fiercest critic in Congress has remained holed up in the Senate to avoid what he considers an illegal arrest after the president voided his amnesty as a rebel military officer. Also on Wednesday, Trillanes IV told reporters his lawyers would file a petition to the Supreme Court to challenge the legality of President Rodrigo Duterte's proclamation voiding his 2011 amnesty for taking part in failed coup attempts years ago. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Senator asks court to declare Duterte arrest order illegal

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Philippine opposition Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV gestures during a hastily-called news conference at the Philippines Senate Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018 in suburban Pasay city, south of Manila, Philippines. President Rodrigo Duterte voided an amnesty given to the former rebel military officer and ordered the arrest of the man who as a senator has been one of the president's fiercest critics. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Philippine senator defies Duterte’s arrest order in standoff

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Philippine opposition Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV presides over a committee hearing on Civil Service Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018 in suburban Pasay city, south of Manila, Philippines. President Rodrigo Duterte voided an amnesty given to the former rebel military officer, who has been elected senator and is now one of his fiercest critics, and ordered his arrest in a move opponents call illegal and a part of a political crackdown. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Duterte voids amnesty of critical senator, orders his arrest

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, stands next to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte during their meeting in Jerusalem on Monday, Sept. 3, 2018. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool Photo via AP)

Duterte calls Hitler ‘insane’ at Israeli Holocaust memorial

By ARON HELLER - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 19, 2018 file photo, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, right, jokes to photographers as he holds an Israeli-made Galil rifle which was presented to him by former Philippine National Police Chief Director General Ronald &quot;Bato&quot; Dela Rosa at the turnover-of-command ceremony at the Camp Crame in Quezon city northeast of Manila. The first-ever visit to Israel of a leader of the Philippines is sure to be touted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as another stirring success in his campaign to reverse years of isolation and enhance Israel's relations with various countries across the globe. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

Duterte in Israel for first visit by a Philippines president

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte salutes at the Tomb-of-the-Unknown-Soldier during wreath-laying rites to mark National Heroes Day at the Heroes Cemetery Monday, Aug. 27, 2018, in suburban Taguig city east Manila, Philippines. Duterte last week said he opposed an offer by the U.S. defense chief and other top American officials to buy F-16 fighter jets, saying such an acquisition would be &quot;utterly useless&quot; because his country needs lighter combat aircraft to fight insurgents. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Israel readies for upcoming visit of Philippines president

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Duterte faces new ‘crimes against humanity’ complaint

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 13, 2016, file photo, Filipino Catholic priest Father Amado Picardal gestures during an interview at the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines office in Manila, Philippines. Picardal, who is one of the earliest critics of the Philippine president's deadly crackdown on drugs, has gone into hiding due to what he says were signs that he's being targeted by motorcycle-riding hitmen. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

Catholic priest says life in danger for criticizing Duterte

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Duterte says buying US F-16 jets ‘utterly useless’

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Philippine president to visit Israel, meet Netanyahu

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A member of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, PDEA, collects packs of Methamphetamine Hydrochloride also known as &quot;Shabu&quot; which they found hidden inside a steel cylinder in one of the biggest drug hauls in Manila, Philippines, on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018. Officials estimate the drug seizure to weigh more or less500 kilos with street value of about US$ 64M and is said to be one of the biggest under the government of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Duterte berates, threatens to kill corrupt police on live TV

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, center, looks at a smartphone during a selfie after delivering his third State of the Nation Address at the House of Representatives in Quezon city, metropolitan Manila, Philippines Monday, July 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Row delays Duterte speech, rebel deal; Arroyo named speaker

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, June 11, 2018, file photo, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures while addressing the crowd at the 120th Philippine Independence Day celebrations south of Manila, Philippines. Duterte, notorious for having insulted the pope and former U.S. President Barack Obama, has sparked outrage for calling God "stupid" in Asia's bastion of Catholicism. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

Rodrigo Duterte, Philippine president, slammed for calling God ‘stupid’

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte addresses troops during the 120th anniversary of the Philippine Navy, Tuesday, May 22, 2018, in suburban Pasay city south of Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) ** FILE **

Mouth gets Rodrigo Duterte in trouble again, this time for kiss

Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, April 19, 2018, file photo, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte jokes to photographers as he holds an Israeli-made Galil rifle at Camp Crame in suburban Quezon city northeast of Manila, Philippines. The author of the first biography of Rodrigo Duterte says the maverick Philippine president is gravitating toward China partly because of a personal animosity toward the United States and its criticism of his human rights record. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

Biographer: Animosity toward US drives Philippine president

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Australian Roman Catholic nun Sister. Patricia Fox is interviewed by the media a day after the Bureau of Immigration forfeited her missionary visa and given 30 days to leave the country Thursday, April 26, 2018 in suburban Quezon city northeast of Manila, Philippines. The Australian nun whose missionary visa in the Philippines was revoked after the president complained about her joining opposition rallies said Thursday that social advocacy and human rights are part of church teachings. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Australian nun ordered to leave Philippines has no regrets

Associated Press

Philippine rebels reject terror tag but still open to talks

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 23, 2016, file photo, members of the New People's Army communist rebels with face painted to conceal their identities, march with their firearms before a news conference held at their guerrilla encampment tucked in the harsh wilderness of the Sierra Madre mountains southeast of Manila, Philippines. Justice officials have asked a court to formally designate the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing, the New People's Army, as terrorist groups in a move that could further damage chances of a resumption of stalled peace talks. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

Philippines to court: Declare communist groups as terrorists

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Duterte orders halt to purchases of Canada choppers, US arms

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Protesters carry torches as they march toward the Presidential Palace in Manila to mark the United Nations Declaration of International Human Rights Day Sunday, Dec. 10, 2017 in Manila, Philippines. Thousands of protesters accused President Duterte of human rights violations in his more than a year in office and are demanding his ouster. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Rodrigo Duterte extends martial law in the Philippines’ south over fears of ISIS return

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times