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SE Asia 4 years ago
Support for Dutertes declines in Philippines election survey
Sara Duterte-Carpio, who this month said she would not seek higher office, has topped all surveys on prospective candidates ahead of registration, which opens on Friday. Her father cannot run for a second term and will seek the vice presidency.
Asia & Pacific 4 years ago
Duterte's top aide declines Philippine presidential nomination
Senator Christopher "Bong" Go, in a letter to the PDP-Laban party, said he wanted to devote his attention to helping fight the pandemic, asking his allies to support candidates who will continue Duterte's policies and programmes.
SE Asia 4 years ago
Philippines sees record coronavirus infections, death rate climbs
The health ministry confirmed 17,231 new cases and 317 fatalities, the highest daily death toll in four months. Deaths reached more 1.8 percent of total cases, bringing the August average to 1.5 percent, versus 1.9 percent in July.
SE Asia 4 years ago
Duterte fully restores troop pact with United States
The Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) provides rules for the rotation of thousands of US troops in and out of the Philippines for war drills and exercises. It has assumed additional importance as the United States and its allies contend with an increasingly assertive China.
SE Asia 4 years ago
Philippines' Duterte 'seriously thinking' about running for vice president
Speaking at a televised meeting with his political party allies, Duterte, 76, who is not permitted to seek a second term as president, said he was "touched by the outpouring of sentiment" urging him to run for vice president.
SE Asia 4 years ago
Philippines' Duterte will not cooperate with ICC probe: spokesman
Outgoing ICC chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda on Monday asked judges at the world's only permanent war crimes court to authorise an investigation into allegations that Philippine police unlawfully killed as many as tens of thousands of civilians between 2016 and 2019.
