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Rodrigo Duterte to run for mayor in southern Philippines stronghold

The 79-year-old former president bids to return as mayor of Davao City, which he previously led for two decades.

Al Jazeera

Former Philippine President Duterte Runs For Mayor Despite Controversial Legacy

Former President Duterte registers to run for mayor amidst ICC investigation and family political dynamics in the Philippines.

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Celebrity ‘son of God’ pastor surrenders in Philippines after two-week manhunt

Apollo Quiboloy, who is also wanted in US on child trafficking charges, surrenders to police after ultimatum

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Philippines Arrests Pastor Wanted By US For Child Sex Trafficking

The Philippines said it arrested Sunday a pastor wanted in the United States for child sex trafficking, two weeks into a massive police manhunt for the self-proclaimed "Appointed Son of God".

International Business Times

As Philippines’s Marcos addresses nation, economy, Duterte rift loom large

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr is to deliver his third State of the Nation address amid protests over living conditions.

Al Jazeera

Former Philippine leader Duterte and aide accused of steering government contracts to cronies

A former Philippine opposition senator accused ex-President Rodrigo Duterte of plundering state coffers in a criminal complaint filed, alleging that he conspired with aide Christopher Lawrence Go to award government infrastructure contracts worth millions of dollars to cronies

The Independent UK

Philippine VP Sara Duterte Quits Cabinet Ahead Of Midterm Election

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said Wednesday she has resigned from the cabinet of President Ferdinand Marcos, with tense relations between the two families turning into a public rift in recent months.

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The Philippine vice president resigns from posts in Marcos' Cabinet as alliance flounders

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte has resigned from her posts of education secretary and head of an anti-insurgency body as her whirlwind alliance with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. unraveled over key differences

The Independent UK

Philippine President Seizes Largest Meth Haul Without Casualties

President Marcos Jr. shifts Philippines' drug war tactics, seizes large meth haul without violence, diverging from Duterte's approach.

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Duterte calls Philippine president ‘a drug addict’ as rift deepens

Ferdinand Marcos Jr hits back with fentanyl insult amid breakdown in relations between political families

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International Business Times

Marcos, Duterte Supporters Rally In Philippines As Family Rift Deepens

Supporters of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos and his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte gathered for rival rallies on Sunday, with a battle over the country's constitution highlighting a deepening rift between the powerful clans.

Al Jazeera

Q&A: ‘I need to be vindicated’: Leila de Lima on Duterte and the drug war

Freed after six years, the former Philippines senator spoke to Al Jazeera about her ordeal and her hopes for the future.

WEKU

Families of victims await justice as the ICC reopens Philippines drug war probe

An International Criminal Court investigation puts President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in a tough spot. His vice president is the daughter of the leader who launched the drug war at the heart of the probe.

Reuters

High Philippine inflation dents Marcos' approval ratings

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr's approval ratings edged lower due to public dissatisfaction over his government's handling of inflation, but he remains popular, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday.

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Philippines' Marcos to shut out ICC after losing drugs war appeal

Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Tuesday said he would cut off contact with the International Criminal Court (ICC) after it rejected an appeal asking it to stop investigating his predecessor's lethal war on drugs.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Martial law in the Philippines was no ‘golden age’

The numbers — 70,000 detained, 35,000 tortured, 3,200 killed — represent the victims of President Ferdinand E. Marcos’ era of martial law, from 1972 to 1986. They mark one of the darkest periods in the Philippines’ history.

The Independent UK

Philippine police chief offers to quit over drug-linked cops

The Philippine national police chief says he has offered to resign to encourage nearly a thousand other police officials to heed an official appeal for them to resign en masse to regain public trust after some enforcers were implicated in drug trafficking

The Independent UK

Philippine police: New drug crackdown leads to less killings

The Philippine police chief says law enforcers have killed 46 drug suspects and arrested more than 22,000 under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., figures he says shows efforts to avoid lethal force

The Independent UK

Marcos Jr. reaffirms US ties in first 100 days of presidency

Saturday marks Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s 100th day in office

The News Lens

Marcos Government Slashes Funding for Historical Preservation

Amid accusations of historical distortion, the Marcos government has stoked fears of re-writing history books as it cuts the budget for archiving and culture.

The News Lens

Philippines: ‘Communist’ Book Bans Raise New Censorship Fears

Free speech advocates are concerned the new government of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will continue cracking down on independent media in an attempt to whitewash the history of his father’s brutal dictatorship.

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