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Philippines VP Duterte hit by third impeachment complaint
4 days, 7 hours ago

Philippines VP Duterte hit by third impeachment complaint

Raw Story  

Philippine Catholic priests filed an impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte on Thursday, the third bid to oust her following an explosive feud with President Ferdinand Marcos. The 46-year-old was tipped to succeed her father Rodrigo Duterte in 2022 elections but stepped aside to back Marcos, and later ran for vice president on his ticket. It accused her of …

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Filipina on Indonesia death row arrives home to 'new life'
5 days, 7 hours ago

Filipina on Indonesia death row arrives home to 'new life'

Raw Story  

A Filipina who spent nearly 15 years on Indonesia's death row tearfully reunited with family members Wednesday after arriving in Manila, where she now awaits a hoped-for pardon in a women's prison. She flew home without handcuffs alongside Filipino correctional officials on an overnight commercial flight after a Jakarta ceremony marking "the end of a harrowing chapter in Veloso's life", …

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Mary Jane Veloso, Filipina nearly executed in Indonesia, arrives home
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5 days, 18 hours ago

Mary Jane Veloso, Filipina nearly executed in Indonesia, arrives home

Al Jazeera  

Mother of two, who became a poster child for anti-trafficking groups, now awaits potential pardon in a Manila prison. Mary Jane Veloso, 39, landed at Manila airport early on Wednesday following a repatriation deal between the two countries that eliminated the threat of her execution, as the Philippines has long abolished the death penalty. She flew home without handcuffs alongside …

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Duterte parties as Philippines probes her alleged plot to kill Marcos
1 week, 5 days ago

Duterte parties as Philippines probes her alleged plot to kill Marcos

Raw Story  

Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte partied with journalists Wednesday as she thumbed her nose at an official inquiry into allegations she plotted to assassinate President Ferdinand Marcos, her estranged ally. Duterte, 46, had been subpoenaed following a November 23 press conference where she claimed to have told someone to kill Marcos should an alleged threat against her own life be carried …

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Syria greets new dawn as Bashar al-Assad flees amid rebel uprising: List of leaders who fled their countries
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Syria greets new dawn as Bashar al-Assad flees amid rebel uprising: List of leaders who fled their countries

Live Mint  

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad boarded a plane and left for an unknown destination, as reported by Reuters citing officials. Dhaka: In this Monday, Aug. 5, 2024 file photo, Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves the country in a helicopter as protesters storm the prime minister's palace, according to reports, in Dhaka. Rajapaksa President Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Fled Sri Lanka in July …

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Activists file second impeachment complaint against embattled Philippine Vice President Duterte
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Activists file second impeachment complaint against embattled Philippine Vice President Duterte

Associated Press  

MANILA, Philippines — A group led by left-wing activists filed a second impeachment complaint against the Philippine vice president on Wednesday over her alleged misuse of government funds and demanded that she be permanently barred from holding public office. The impeachment complaint filed by at least 74 activists, including human rights, labor and student leaders, before the House of Representatives …

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Activists file second impeachment complaint against embattled Philippine vice president
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Activists file second impeachment complaint against embattled Philippine vice president

LA Times  

House Secretary General, Reginald Velasco, left, receives a second impeachment complaint filed against Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday at the House of Representatives in Quezon City, Philippines. A group led by left-wing activists filed a second impeachment complaint against the Philippine vice president on Wednesday over her alleged misuse of government funds and demanded that she be permanently …

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Philippine president says Russian submarine 'worrisome'
3 weeks ago

Philippine president says Russian submarine 'worrisome'

Raw Story  

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos on Monday described as "very worrisome" the presence of a Russian attack submarine off the country's coast in the disputed South China Sea. The UFA 490 submarine was spotted 148 kilometers west of Cape Calavite on Thursday, the Philippine military said. The Philippines dispatched a plane and a warship to the submarine, where the crew said …

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Philippines: Impeachment complaint against VP Duterte for threatening President Marcos
3 weeks ago

Philippines: Impeachment complaint against VP Duterte for threatening President Marcos

Firstpost  

The impeachment bid filed by several prominent opponents and activists in the House of Representatives accuses Duterte of violating the country’s Constitution, massive corruption and other ‘high crimes’, including the death threats she made against the president, his wife and the speaker of the House of Representatives A received copy of an impeachment complaint filed Monday, Dec. 2, 2024 against …

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Impeachment complaint filed against Philippine Vice President Duterte after she threatened president
3 weeks ago

Impeachment complaint filed against Philippine Vice President Duterte after she threatened president

Associated Press  

MANILA, Philippines — An impeachment complaint was filed Monday against Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte, who is facing a legal storm over a death threat she made against the president and her alleged role in extra-judicial killings of drug suspects, corruption and failure to stand up to Chinese aggression in the disputed South China Sea. The impeachment bid filed by …

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24 ships, 40 aircraft to be on display at Puri beach on Navy Day celebrations
3 weeks ago

24 ships, 40 aircraft to be on display at Puri beach on Navy Day celebrations

India Today  

The Indian Navy will present a grand Operational Demonstration at Puri's Blue Flag Beach on December 4, 2024, as part of Navy Day celebrations. Highlights include aerial manoeuvres by MiG-29K and Hawk fighter jets, combat exercises by MARCOS, demonstrations of submarine operations, amphibious landings, and rocket firing from warships. Visitors are requested to maintain cleanliness on the Blue Flag Beach …

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Philippine president says impeaching the vice president, his rival, would be a waste of time
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Philippine president says impeaching the vice president, his rival, would be a waste of time

Associated Press  

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Friday that filing impeachment complaints against the vice president, who is facing a legal storm after publicly threatening to have him killed, would be a waste of time for Congress. It was unclear whether Marcos’ remark would stop plans by several groups to file impeachment complaints against Duterte over a number …

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Philippine VP's bodyguards swapped out amid investigation
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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Philippine VP's bodyguards swapped out amid investigation

Raw Story  

Philippine security forces said Wednesday they had replaced Vice President Sara Duterte's bodyguards, days after the justice department launched a probe into her alleged death threat against President Ferdinand Marcos. But the decision to swap out Duterte's security detail, a mix of soldiers and police officers, was related to a separate investigation, a police spokeswoman and the country's military chief …

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Philippine police file criminal complaints against Sara Duterte and her security aides
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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Philippine police file criminal complaints against Sara Duterte and her security aides

Associated Press  

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine police officials on Wednesday filed criminal complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte and her security staff for allegedly assaulting authorities and disobeying orders in a recent altercation in Congress. A presidential adviser, Larry Gadon, separately filed a Supreme Court petition on Wednesday to disbar the vice president as a lawyer, citing her assassination threats, which he …

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Criminal complaints filed against Philippines Vice President Duterte and her security aides
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Criminal complaints filed against Philippines Vice President Duterte and her security aides

LA Times  

Philippine police officials on Wednesday filed criminal complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte and her security staff for allegedly assaulting authorities and disobeying orders in a recent altercation in Congress. A presidential advisor, Larry Gadon, separately filed a Supreme Court petition on Wednesday to disbar the vice president as a lawyer, citing her assassination threats, which he said were “illegal, …

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Philippine VP denies assassination plot against Marcos
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Philippine VP denies assassination plot against Marcos

Raw Story  

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte on Tuesday denied she was plotting to kill President Ferdinand Marcos, saying her comments that sparked a government probe only reflected "consternation" with her one-time ally. But Duterte appeared to walk those comments back Tuesday, describing them as an expression of "consternation" at the Marcos administration's "failure to serve the Filipinos while it masterfully persecutes …

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Philippine president and vice president clash in a feud that’s testing an Asian democracy
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Philippine president and vice president clash in a feud that’s testing an Asian democracy

Associated Press  

MANILA, Philippines — A major political storm set off by a bitter feud between the Philippine president and the vice president is testing an Asian democracy that has long been troubled by rowdy politics, poor law enforcement and bareface impunity. Just over two years ago, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte won in landslide electoral victories on …

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Philippine investigators summon VP Duterte over her public threats against President Marcos
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Philippine investigators summon VP Duterte over her public threats against President Marcos

Associated Press  

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine authorities handed a subpoena to Vice President Sara Duterte’s office Tuesday, inviting her to answer investigators’ questions after she publicly threatened to have the president, his wife and the House of Representatives speaker assassinated if she were killed in an unspecified plot herself. The subpoena ordered Duterte to appear before the National Bureau of Investigation on …

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Philippine VP Duterte denies assassination plot against President Marcos Jr
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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Philippine VP Duterte denies assassination plot against President Marcos Jr

Al Jazeera  

Relations between powerful vice president and president continue to deteriorate, as investigators summon Duterte. Duterte told reporters on Tuesday that her instruction to have her estranged ally President Ferdinand Marcos Jr killed was a “plan without flesh”. The daughter of former President Rodrigo Duterte criticised the Marcos administration’s “failure to serve the Filipinos while it masterfully persecutes political enemies”. The …

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Philippine president and vice president clash in a feud that’s testing an Asian democracy
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Philippine president and vice president clash in a feud that’s testing an Asian democracy

LA Times  

A major political storm set off by a bitter feud between the Philippine president and the vice president is testing an Asian democracy that has long been troubled by rowdy politics, poor law enforcement and barefaced impunity. Just over two years ago, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte won in landslide electoral victories on a campaign battle …

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Philippine VP Duterte 'mastermind' of assassination plot: justice department
4 weeks ago

Philippine VP Duterte 'mastermind' of assassination plot: justice department

Raw Story  

The Philippines justice department on Monday labelled Vice President Sara Duterte the "mastermind" of a plot to assassinate the country's president, giving her five days to respond to a subpoena. "The government is taking action to protect our duly elected president," Justice Undersecretary Jesse Andres told reporters Monday. Duterte, who is facing potential impeachment hearings, told reporters early Saturday that …

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Philippine President Marcos says he’ll fight vice president’s plot to have him killed
4 weeks ago

Philippine President Marcos says he’ll fight vice president’s plot to have him killed

Associated Press  

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday described a public threat by the vice president to have him killed by an assassin as a criminal plot and vowed to fight it, in a looming showdown between the country’s two top leaders. The vice president is the daughter of Marcos’ predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte, whose police-enforced anti-drug crackdown when …

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Philippines’s Marcos vows to fight ‘troubling’ threat of VP Sara Duterte
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4 weeks ago

Philippines’s Marcos vows to fight ‘troubling’ threat of VP Sara Duterte

Al Jazeera  

President says in a recorded national address that ‘criminal plans’ against him and first lady should not be overlooked. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has said he would fight back against what he described as a “troubling” threat against him, just days after his estranged ally Sara Duterte said she had asked someone to assassinate the president if she was …

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Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos vows to fight back after vice-president makes public assassination threat
4 weeks ago

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos vows to fight back after vice-president makes public assassination threat

ABC  

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos has vowed to fight back against what he called reckless and troubling threats against him, speaking out after his estranged vice-president said he would be assassinated if she herself were killed. In a strongly-worded video message addressing the nation on Monday, Mr Marcos did not name Vice-President Sara Duterte, his presidential running mate, but said, "such …

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