Rodrigo Duterte

Manila Mayor Isko Moreno, center, gestures as he greets his supporters during a motorcade promoting his presidential bid in the 2022 national elections in Manila, Philippines, Feb. 8, 2022.
Elections
Campaign season in the Philippines ramps up 
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
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
Protesters hold signs and yell during a protest.
Environment
The Philippines identified as the deadliest country for environmental activists
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?
A closeup of Maria Ressa with her hand up in front of her face.
Media
Maria Ressa says journalism is democracy’s ‘first line of defense’ and Rappler won’t back down
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The Philippine leader apparently just confessed extrajudicial killings. Opponents want an investigation.
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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
Residents are seen outside their shanties in Navotas, Metro Manila, Philippines, where Jazmine Durana lives, Oct. 28, 2017.
Conflict
Teen ‘widows’ of Duterte’s drug war face a bleak economic future
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Conflict
In the Philippines, is ISIS here to stay?
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