Philippines plans Russian coronavirus vaccine clinical trials in October
President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to be inoculated as early as May 2021. Russia is the first country to grant regulatory approval for a COVID-19 vaccine.…
Philippines journalist Maria Ressa found guilty in high-profile libel case
A Philippines court has found a veteran journalist and staunch critic of President Rodrigo Duterte guilty of cyber libel. Ressa told DW "we must do all we can to protect press freedom,…
Philippine Catholics protest drug killings, death penalty
Around a thousand Philippine Catholics in Manila marched in protest of President Rodrigo Duterte's bloody war on drugs and his efforts to reinstate the death penalty.…
At least 80 dead after escalation in Philippines war on drugs
Police kill at least 13 people in Manila on the third night of an escalation in President Rodrigo Duterte's ruthless war on drugs and crime, taking the toll for one of the…
Philippines’ Duterte threatens martial law
President Rodrigo Duterte threatens to impose martial rule to prosecute his deadly war on drugs, three decades after the nation shed dictatorship with a famous "People Power" revolt.…
Victims of Duterte’s war on drugs
Since Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was sworn in six months ago, more than 6,000 people have been killed in his war on drugs. Most of the victims come from impoverished communities.…
2016: The year in review
2016 has been a year that changed the status quo - from the UK's historic Brexit shock to Donald Trump's surprise win in the US presidential election. Al Jazeera looks back at…
The popular president hating on Obama, UN, and the Pope
Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte has become notorious for his fiery, expletive-laden tirades against foreign leaders.…
Hackers and whistleblowers, Clinton’s health and Trumps ‘birther’ theory
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Hundreds killed in Philippines drugs crackdown
The war on drugs in the Philippines is tearing families apart. President Rodrigo Duterte has promised to be tough on crime. But rights groups say police have killed more than 300 suspects,…