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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday he had ordered the justice ministry to launch a sweeping investigation into graft across all government agencies, conceding that his country continued to be "plagued with corruption.
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Philippine president supports public outrage over corruption but says protests should be peaceful
The Philippine president has encouraged the public to express their outrage over massive corruption that has plagued flood-control projects in one of Asia’s most typhoon-prone countries but says street protests should be peaceful.
Former President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested in March by Philippine authorities on a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court. He is now being held at an ICC facility in the Netherlands.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Friday his government will pay the 931 million pesos ($19.25 million) it owes the Red Cross after the humanitarian agency stopped conducting COVID-19 tests.
Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Wednesday formally awarded eight new Service Contracts (SCs) covering exploration areas in the Sulu Sea, Cagayan, Cebu, northwest Palawan, east Palawan and central Luzon, with combined investments potentially totalling $207 million over a seven-year term.
President Donald Trump has nominated Florida businessman Lee Lipton to serve as the next United States Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines,
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has decided to retain the 1 metre (three feet) social distance requirement on public transport to reduce coronavirus infecions, rejecting moves to reduce it to 30 centimetres (12 inches),
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