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SINGAPORE (Reuters) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte met with his Singapore counterpart Tony Tan on Thursday (December 15) in the city state. During the state visit, Duterte, who has been criticised abroad for his ‘war on drugs’, reaffirmed the importance of ASEAN countries not interfering in each others’ internal affairs. “We are committed to make the ASEAN region and beyond safe and secure from traditional and emerging transnational threats,” Duterte said. Duterte has retained a […]
PHILIPPINE President Rodrigo Duterte praised China on Wednesday (October 19), setting aside its maritime dispute as the combative leader reconfigures his country’s diplomatic alliances. The Asian giant was “good”, he said. “It has never invaded a piece of my country all these generations,” Duterte added in an apparent comparison to the Philippines’ former colonial ruler the United States. “During the Cold War, China was portrayed as the bad guy,” he added. “And all of […]
By Kanupriya Kapoor and Enrico Dela Cruz MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is set to sign a regulation this month banning smoking in public across Southeast Asia’s second-most populous country, rolling out among the toughest anti-tobacco laws in the region. Public health campaigners who have long battled against the country’s hefty tobacco lobby welcomed the push to end smoking in public places and said they believed Duterte, with his tough anti-vice record, was […]
(REUTERS) The Philippines expressed “grave concern” on Sunday and demanded an explanation from China’s ambassador over what it said was an increasing number of Chinese boats near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. A Philippines air force plane flew over the rocky outcrop on Saturday and spotted more boats than usual in a flotilla China has maintained since seizing the shoal after a tense standoff in 2012, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana […]
(Eagle News)– Kabayan party-list Representative Harry Roque proposed a measure to rename Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB) to Libingan ng mga Bayani at mga Dating Pangulo” so that it can “defer from judging whether a former President was or was not a hero.” This measure was proposed following President Rodrigo Duterte’s command of giving late strongman Ferdinand Marcos a hero’s burial at the said cemetery. “The planed burial is causing massive unrest among Filipinos who […]
(Eagle News)– A great number of netizens want President Rodrigo Duterte to stand his ground to allow the burial of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, based on a poll posted by Eagle News. The question posed to respondents was: “Should President Rodrigo Duterte push through with the burial of former President Ferdinand Marcos despite their protests?” According to the poll results, 96% (730) of the respondents agreed to […]
CCTV — China welcomes the positive statements on the South China Sea issue made by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and hopes that China and the Philippines can go back to negotiation table to settle the disputes, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin said in Beijing at a press conference Wednesday. Liu said that China and the Philippines are neighbors facing each other across the sea with over 1,000 years of friendship. Though the Philippines is […]
