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Business Mirror
April 11, 2018
IT can now be said with absolute certainty that the current trade war that the United States has started has had absolutely no impact on the Philippines. Of course, considering that the only products on which US tariffs have been raised is steel and aluminum, that conclusion is a no-brainer since theÃâà...
Asian Correspondent
April 11, 2018
THE PHILIPPINES and China are a united front in the fight against illegal drugs, terror and corruption, President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday at the opening of a global economic forum in Beijing. “The Philippines is showing how complex relations are not a bar to a positive and mutually beneficialÃâà...
Dazed
April 11, 2018
The war on drugs in the Philippines is relatively unspoken about in the mainstream Western media, despite the persistent violence and killings that have been occurring since Rodrigo Duterte was elected as president in 2016. Setting out to explore the effect that Duterte's war on drugs is having today,Ãâà...
CNN Philippines
April 10, 2018
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 10) — President Rodrigo Duterte said China stands with the Philippines in its flagship campaign against illegal drugs and terrorism. "With China, we stand together in the war on criminality and illegal drug trade. We are shoulder to shoulder in the fight against terrorismÃâà...
Telegraph.co.uk
April 8, 2018
The first ever Philippine production on the global streaming giant Netflix will debut on 9 April, in a gritty portrayal of the controversial and bloody war on drugs being waged by President Rodrigo Duterte. The divisive crackdown against drugs, which has killed thousands of Filipinos since 2016, will be tackledÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
March 31, 2018
Some of the most vulnerable in the Philippines have turned to religion in the uncertainty of Duterte's drug war and there are signs that the Catholic church is starting to voice its opposition to the crackdown. by Jamela Alindogan. 31 Mar 2018Ãâà...
Newsweek
March 28, 2018
Updated | Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has added a new target to his controversial war on drugs—fake over-the-counter prescription medicines. Duterte's chief presidential legal counsel, Salvador Panelo, said that the new policy is designed to stop the spread of fake acetaminophen—orÃâà...
Variety
March 22, 2018
Mendoza is The Philippines' best-known film director, with credits that include “Service,” “Kinatay” and “Thy Womb.” The most recent of his three Cannes competition titles “Ma Rosa” similarly probes the milieu of small time drug dealers and the endemic violence and corruption of the police. A timelyÃâà...
The Week UK
March 22, 2018
The killings are the latest in a long and bloody war on drugs waged by President Rodrigo Duterte since he came to power in 2016. Duterte has authorised police to crack down on illegal drug use, urging them to kill suspects and promising to protect them from prosecution. He has also endorsed murderousÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 22, 2018
SANDUSKY, Ohio - The last thing Jim Cundari had on his mind while fighting Japanese in the Philippine mountains during World War II was gathering a few battlefield souvenirs. Combat, for soldiers of the 161 Infantry Regiment in 1945 was costly and fierce, and as Cundari, 99, recently recalled, "I wouldÃâà...
Global Journalist
March 17, 2018
Recently Sumulong traveled to the Philippines last year to try to capture the trauma of President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drug users and drug dealers. Since Duterte took office, that war has claimed the lives of at least 12,000 people, many of them urban poor who have been killed by uniformed police orÃâà...
BBC News
March 14, 2018
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has said he plans to withdraw his country from the International Criminal Court (ICC) after it began examining the country's drugs war. "It is apparent that the ICC is being utilised as a political tool against the Philippines," Mr Duterte said. He also condemned "baseless"Ãâà...
Channel NewsAsia
March 2, 2018
MANILA: More than 100 drug suspects have been killed since Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the police to rejoin his "war on drugs", an official said Saturday (Mar 3). Duterte was elected in 2016 on a promise to eradicate drugs, and launched an unprecedented campaign in which - rightsÃâà...
Axios
February 27, 2018
Why it matters: The most controversial aspect of Duterte's presidency has been the drug war that has seen thousands summarily killed with, at a minimum, his tacit support. Police say about 4,000 people have been killed, but most observers think that's far too low. Filipino senator Antonio Trillanes says the death toll hasÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
February 24, 2018
Demonstrators have taken to the streets of Manila to protest Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war, which has left thousands of people dead, and to express their opposition to plans to change the Constitution. Catholic groups held a predawn "walk for life" on Saturday against the drug killings,Ãâà...
