Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will deliver a speech at Malacanang Palace in Manila on June 1, 2017. Noel Celis | AFP | Getty Images Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte could thus be injected with the coronavirus vaccine from Russia in May 2021, according to the official news source of the government, …
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President Rodrigo Duterte will deliver his annual speech in the Philippines on Monday, after having consolidated his power with firm control over Congress and a majority in the Supreme Court, but under increasing pressure on his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. With 23 months remaining of his six-year term, Duterte …
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Filipino lawyer groups and a senior congressman on Monday called on the Supreme Court to overturn the president’s controversial new anti-terrorism law, or parts of it, calling it unconstitutional for infringing on civil liberties. Three petitions filed by opposition Congressman Edcel Lagman and two groups of lawyers also called for …
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