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Supporters of Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo gesture as they wait for her to declare her bid to run for president in next year's elections in Quezon city, Metro Manila, Philippines on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. 
Elections
A star-studded list of candidates files for president in the Philippines
United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Philippines Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana shake hands after a bilateral meeting with their counties' flags behind them
Global Politics
Philippine president reverses threat to void long-standing defense deal with the US
Photo of ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda wearing a blue, green and orange outfit
Human rights activists hope international court will help end Duterte’s deadly war on drugs in the Philippines
A sole woman waits in an empty movie theater-turned vaccination hub for her vaccine at a mall
COVID-19
Filipinos hesitant about getting COVID jab after dengue fever vaccine debacle
Protesters shout and wear a colorful boat on their heads with the words "oust Duterte" painted on it.
Critical State
Federalism in violence: Part I
An abandoned mask, strewn on the wet stone ground next to a puddle with the reflection of the US capitol building.
Top of The World
Coronavirus case totals surge with colder temperatures; More foreign leaders call President-elect Biden; Typhoon Vamco strikes the Philippines
A woman with short hair wearing a face mask and grey suit and waves to cameras
Media
Duterte’s ‘weaponization of the law’ is a threat to democracy, says journalist Maria Ressa
Two NASA astronauts in spacesuits in front of a rocket launch pad
Top of The World
NASA, SpaceX to launch rocket; EU, Japan plan huge stimulus efforts; Twitter marks Trump tweets with fact-check label
Protesters hold signs and yell during a protest.
Environment
The Philippines identified as the deadliest country for environmental activists
protesters carry blue and red signs saying 'defend our sovereignty'
Global Politics
Philippines security at risk over escalating tensions between US and China in South China Sea
Philippine's President Rodrigo Duterte speaks from a balcony
Duterte’s wild proposal: Changing the name of the Philippines
Members of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) hold stencils made by French street artist C215 representing portraits of emprisonned Turkish journalists,
FBI is dismantling its war crimes unit
Philippine's President Rodrigo Duterte speaks behind a blue podium in a white shirt
Does Duterte’s wrath against the Catholic Church have no limit?
Close-up of woman in kitchen, looking at phone
Politics
A bill to allow divorce in the Philippines could mean freedom for some women in New York
A sand sculpture reads Boracay April 8, 2018, as tourists wander by.
Economics
As deadline for closing island nears, Boracay’s workers worry about their livelihood
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Global Politics
Duterte, rejecting talk of dictatorship, suggests he will step down early
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Global Politics
US intelligence report: Philippines’ Duterte a threat to democracy
U.S. President Donald Trump takes part in a welcoming ceremony with China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing, China, November 9, 2017.
Global Politics
Donald Trump says his Asia trip was a win for US global influence. This journalist says it’s the opposite.
The entrance of Trump International Hotel
Justice
Commentary: Americans should demand reforms that ensure government serves the people
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Conflict
In the Philippines, is ISIS here to stay?
A relative of a victim cries behind the police line at the site of a recent drug-related shooting by unidentified men riding on motorcycles in Manila.
Conflict
Philippine President Duterte praises the police killings of 32, urges more
Remy Fernandez
Conflict
The Catholic Church defies Philippine President Duterte
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte checks the scope of a 7.62 mm sniper rifle
Global Politics
Critics call him ‘serial killer.’ But Duterte is still a hit in the Philippines.
Marawi residents are evacuated from their city in the southern Philippines on May 24, 2017.
Conflict
The truth about those ISIS-style flags waving in the Philippines
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Global Politics
White House defends Trump inviting Rodrigo Duterte to Washington
There are close to 1,100 patients at Manila's Bicutan Rehabilitation Center, double its maximum capacity.
Justice
How to rehabilitate addicts in the Philippines’ vicious drug war?
Yolanda Ampoan is hugged by her children after learning of the death of her son Sandrex Ampo. Ampo was killed by unknown assailant on September 23, 2016 in Punta Sta Ana, Manila.
Justice
When half a million drug users surrendered in the Philippines, authorities sent some of them to Zumba
Jennelyn Olayres hold her husband’s dead body, Michael Siaron, an alleged drug pusher killed by unidentified gunman in Pasay City south of Manila.
Conflict
The war on drugs in the Philippines is leaving hundreds dead in the streets
Jennelyn Olayres hold her husband’s dead body, Michael Siaron, an alleged drug pusher killed by unidentified gunman in Pasay City south of Manila.
Conflict
The war on drugs in the Philippines is leaving hundreds dead in the streets
A boy pushes his bike through a flooded road after heavy rain in Candaba, Pampanga province, Philippines on Dec. 17, 2015.
Global Politics
Rich countries need to stop being hypocrites on climate change, Philippines president says
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Global Politics
The Philippines’ new president vows to ‘butcher’ criminals. Here’s his plan.
Brothers stand in front of polling place signs, against green wall
Global Politics
Two Trumps? Filipino Americans can vote in two (remarkably similar) elections this year