Covid-19 has now killed over 439,000 people worldwide since the outbreak started in China last year, according to tracking websites. Here are the developments for June 16:
Covid-19 has killed more than 437,000 people worldwide since the outbreak started in China last year, according to tracking websites. Here are the developments for June 15:
Maria Ressa, 56, and her news site Rappler have been the target of legal action and probes after publishing stories critical of Duterte's policies, including his drug war that has killed thousands.
The UN human rights office called on the Philippine government in a new report to end all violence targeting suspected drug offenders and to disband private and state-backed paramilitary groups.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has suspended his decision to scrap troop deployment agreement with the United States due to political and other developments in the region,
President Duterte has repeatedly threatened to impose military rule in the Philippines where the mere words evoke the worst rights abuses of the Ferdinand Marcos dictatorship.
The virus has killed more than 80,000 people and has spread to 209 countries and territories. Here are the latest updates for April 7:
The Philippines’ president bluntly announced the country would unilaterally terminate an agreement with the US. Is a collaboration with China or Russia on the cards?
The ceremony at the indoor Philippine Arena, 25 kilometres (15 miles) north of the capital Manila, kicked off with a medley of vibrant routines set to traditional folk music, with dozens of performers dancing or wielding machetes, daggers and sticks.
General Oscar Albayalde's resignation came after he was accused of involvement in the selling of confiscated drugs, an allegation he denies.
"I am a Filipino. We have our courts here ... you have to bring me somewhere else? I would not like that. I have my country. It's working," Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said over being tried in an international court on drug war killings.
The resolution had faced strong resistance from President Rodrigo Duterte's government, which says that the death toll reported by the rights body has been exaggerated.
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