In a scenario once considered unthinkable for a head of state who presided over the public and brutal killings of thousands of civilians, Rodrigo Duterte, the former president of the Philippines, appeared at an International Criminal Court hearing via a video link on Friday. Mr. Duterte’s arrest this week on charges of crimes against humanity, … Read more
There are, the hit man said, many ways to kill. A string tied between two sticks strangles with a tug of the wrists. A butcher’s blade, long and thin, slices into the heart. Edgar Matobato said he fed a man to a crocodile, but only once. Mostly, he said, he ended people’s lives with a … Read more
In this photo provided by the Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs, Philippine Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Ma. Theresa P. Lazaro, right, and Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Nong Rong shake hands as they co-chaired the 8th Philippines-China Bilateral Consultation Mechanism on the South China Sea in Shanghai, China on January 17, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP China … Read more
Japan’s PM Fumio Kishida addresses a special joint session of the Philippine Congress at the House of Representative in Quezon City on November 4, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Saturday his country, the Philippines and the United States were cooperating to protect the freedom of the South China Sea as he … Read more
A Philippine supply boat, center, maneuvers around Chinese coast guard ships as they tried to block its way near Second Thomas Shoal, locally known as Ayungin Shoal, at the disputed South China Sea on August 22, 2023. FILE | Photo Credit: AP The Philippines condemned “illegal” actions by Chinese vessels on Friday after the boats … Read more
Journalists take pictures of a car with diplomatic plates and Chinese flag leaves the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila, Philippines on Monday, Aug. 7, 2023. The Philippine government summoned the Chinese ambassador on Monday to convey a diplomatic protest over the Chinese coast guard’s use of a water cannon against a Filipino supply … Read more
File photo of members of the Philippine Coast Guard taking part in a simulation during a trilateral maritime exercise with Japan and U.S. Coast Guard | Photo Credit: Getty Images The National Security Advisers of the United States, Japan and the Philippines held their first joint talks on June 16 and agreed to strengthen their defence … Read more
File photo of U.S. President Joe Biden with Philippines President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. in New York | Photo Credit: Reuters President Joe Biden is set to host President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines for White House talks on May 1 as concerns grow about the Chinese navy’s harassment of Philippine vessels in the … Read more
U.S. Marine Corp MGEN Eric Austin, U.S. Exercise Director Representative and Philippine Army MGEN Marvin Licudin, Philippine Exercise Director shake hands at the opening ceremonies of a joint military exercise between the United States and the Philippines on April 11, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP More than 17,000 Philippine and U.S. soldiers began their largest-ever … Read more
The death toll from Christmas flood and rain in the Philippines has gone up to 26, Manila Times reported citing the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) on Thursday. Northern Mindanao accounted for sixteen fatalities, followed by Bicol with five, Eastern Visayas with two, and Zamboanga city with two. According to the Disaster Management … Read more