Tag: Rodrigo Duterte

Philippines plans to take drug war to schools with searches, testing

MANILA: The Philippines is planning to take President Rodrigo Duterte’s ferocious drugs war to schools with the inspection of bags and lockers, as well...

Philippines’ top court ousts Duterte-critic chief justice

MANILA: The Philippines' top court voted on Friday to remove its own chief justice, who faced ouster efforts after battling with President Rodrigo Duterte...

Duterte to withdraw Philippines from the ICC

MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will withdraw from the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) Rome Statute, officials said on Wednesday, due to what he said...

Philippines’ Duterte says ‘not in a million years’ does ICC have...

MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said there is no chance of him going on trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC), because “not...

More than 100 killed since Philippine police returned to Duterte’s drug...

MANILA: More than 100 drug suspects have been killed since Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the police to rejoin his "war on drugs", an...

Philippines’ Duterte says police can kill ‘idiots’ who resist arrest

Duterte unleashed the anti-drugs war after taking office in June last year following an election campaign in which he vowed to use deadly force to wipe out crime and drugs.