Rodrigo Duterte on drug war: ‘I did what I had to do’
Oct 28, 2024 · Aside from the Senate, the House of Representatives has also been investigating the previous administration’s drug war. Eight police officers have so far been prosecuted for killings in Duterte’s drug war, and in none of those cases did the former president’s lawyers offer any help.. The killings under the Duterte administration are currently the focus of an International Criminal Court ...
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Vietnamese monk leaves Laos, enters Thailand. Thich Minh Tue, who was an internet hero earlier this year, is on a pilgrimage by foot to India.
EXPLAINED: Al-Arqam, the Malaysian sect implicated in a child …
Sep 13, 2024 · Al-Arqam, a banned Islamic sect in Malaysia, is in the spotlight again after 402 children – including some as young as 1 – were rescued from welfare homes during police raids on Sept. 11. Many of these minors are believed to have been trafficked as well as physically and sexually abused, authorities said. At least 159 people …
Inside Southeast Asia’s shuttered nuclear power plant west of …
Nov 13, 2024 · The coconut fronds sway to a steady breeze from the South China Sea at the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) compound west of the Philippine capital Manila – Southeast Asia’s only nuclear facility that has been shuttered for four decades.
Pacific leaders, Japan agree on Fukushima radioactive water …
Jul 18, 2024 · Leaders of Pacific island nations and territories pose for a group photo during the 10th Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM10) in Tokyo on July 18, 2024.
As world population surpasses 8B, Philippines achieves 5-decade …
Nov 29, 2022 · As the world welcomed its 8 billionth person this month, the Philippines saw its fertility rate dip to its lowest in five decades, a development that experts said could increase economic productivity and basic services in the country.
Philippine Senate orders Pastor Apollo Quiboloy’s arrest over …
Mar 5, 2024 · Supporters of Apollo Quiboloy, founder of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ church, hold a prayer rally at a park in Manila, March 4, 2024, as the Philippines said it would file sexual abuse charges against the pastor, who is wanted in the United States on suspicion of …
Malaysian ex-youth minister sentenced to 7 years, caning for …
Nov 9, 2023 · A Malaysian court sentenced a lawmaker who was the country’s youngest ever minister and a rising star in national politics to seven years in prison on Thursday for embezzling more than U.S. $200,000 from a political party’s funds.
Marcos: Philippines could face drought conditions, food shortages …
Dec 15, 2023 · President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday sought to allay fears about a food shortage in the Philippines that could be brought on by a potentially moderate to severe drought expected as a result of the El Niño weather phenomenon.
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Year in pictures: Momentous political upheaval, grim anniversaries – and leaving past behind. Images taken by BenarNews photographers show democracy was tested to its limit in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines.