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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte will not deploy Philippine troops to the Middle East unless the national interest requires it. This is according to President Duterte himself, who spoke to reporters on Tuesday, Jan. 7. “(It’s) out of the question. Unless the national interest would demand it and it will be decided not by me but me and Congress,” Duterte said. According to the President, the Philippines would honor its Mutual Defense Treaty with […]
(Eagle News)~President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, June 5, said he was not aware of the purported harassment of Filipino soldiers by the Chinese in Ayungin Shoal. Speaking upon his arrival from his three-day visit to South Korea, Duterte said when asked by a reporter that it was “the first time I’ve heard of it.” “It would be dangerous for me to answer questions without really having the slightest idea of what it is all about,” […]
