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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 645

Rodrigo Duterte

This handout photo shows former Philippines' president Rodrigo Duterte (C) inside the Villamor Air Base in Pasay, Metro Manila, after arriving from Hong Kong, March 11, 2025. (Handout / PARTIDO DEMOKRATIKO PILIPINO LAKAS NG BAYAN/ AFP)
March 11, 2025, 8:52 am
Ex-Philippine president Duterte arrested on ICC warrant for crimes against humanity
Former president detained at airport in Manila over campaign of mass killings during severe crackdown on illegal drugs
By Jim Gomez
The Philippines' then-Vice President-elect, Sara Duterte, daughter of the outgoing populist president, speaks during her oath-taking rites in her hometown, Davao City, in the southern Philippines, June 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Manman Dejeto)
November 23, 2024, 3:26 pm
VP of Philippines says she’s hired assassin to kill president and his wife if needed
Security stepped up for President ‘Bongbong’ Marcos after ex-ally Sara Duterte tells reporters she contracted assassin to carry out hit in case she is killed: ‘No joke, no joke’
By Jim Gomez
Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) with a bouquet of flowers and then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 30, 2020. (Maxim Shemetov/Pool/AFP)
October 4, 2022, 10:27 pm
Before leaving office, Obama claimed Netanyahu ‘subscribes to Putinism’
In newly declassified remarks to reporters, then-outgoing US president placed ex-Israeli PM in same basket with Erdogan, Duterte and Trump in war of ideas against liberal democracy
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative: Russian-made Polish Army helicopters MI-17 take part in the NATO military exercise 'Flaming Sword 2022' at a training range near the village Maisiejunai, some 96 km (59 miles) west of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania, May 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
July 27, 2022, 2:30 pm
Fearing US sanctions, Philippines cancels deal to purchase Russian helicopters
According to the scrapped agreement signed in November, the first batch of multi-purpose helicopters would have been delivered by Russia in about two years
By Jim Gomez
In this image from video posted on the Bongbong Marcos Facebook page, presidential candidate and former senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. issues a statement to the media on May 9, 2022, in Manila, Philippines (Bongbong Marcos Facebook page via AP)
May 10, 2022, 10:55 am
Marcos Jr. wins Philippine presidency by landslide, unofficial count shows
Running mate Sara Duterte, the daughter of outgoing president, has lead in separate VP race; alliance of scions of authoritarian leaders compounds worries of human rights activists
By Jim Gomez
Nobel Peace Prize winner European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, left, speaks during the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in the City Hall, Oslo, December 10, 2012 (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)
October 27, 2021, 1:09 am
Nobel Peace Prize ceremony to be held in person this year
Investigative reporters Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia will pick up prestigious award next month in Oslo for their work promoting freedom of expression
By AFP
This file combination of pictures created on October 08, 2021, shows Maria Ressa (L), co-founder and CEO of the Philippines-based news website Rappler, speaking at the Human Rights Press Awards at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Hong Kong on on May 16, 2019 and Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-Chief of Russia's main opposition newspaper Novaya Gazeta gestures as he speaks during a news conference in Moscow, on December 11, 2012 (AFP)
October 8, 2021, 12:35 pm
Nobel Peace Prize goes to journalists from Philippines, Russia
Winners Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov cited for their fight for freedom of expression, protecting ‘against abuse of power, lies and war propaganda’
By AP
In this September 15, 2021 file photo, provided by the Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures as he meets members of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines. (Karl Alonzo/Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division via AP, File)
October 2, 2021, 8:25 pm
Philippines’ Duterte says he’ll retire, citing views that ‘I’m not qualified’
President surprisingly drops plan for vice presidential run next year, amid talk that his politician daughter may make a bid for the top post
By AP and ToI Staff
Tom Burgis, author of "Kleptopia" (Photo by Charlie Bibby)
November 10, 2020, 8:34 am
Dirty, anonymous money is destroying democracies, ‘Kleptopia’ author charges
Tom Burgis says financial secrecy has made the world safe for kleptocrats, and warns Israel is no exception
By Simona Weinglass
President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte meets with President Reuven Rivlin (unseen) at the president residence in Jerusalem on September 4, 2018. (Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool/Yedioth Ahronoth/Flash90)
August 12, 2020, 6:27 pm
Philippines’ Duterte says he’ll be Russia vaccine ‘guinea pig’
Strongman president offers ‘to be experimented on’ as Southeast Asian country, with some 27 million people under lockdown, pushes to be candidate for overseas clinical trials
By AFP
Police officers prepare a drone to find residents who fail to comply with the stay-at-home order implemented due to the coronavirus pandemic in Szolnok, Hungary, April 13, 2020. (Janos Meszaros/MTI via AP)
April 16, 2020, 2:34 pm
Coronavirus being used by some leaders to silence critics and tighten control
Around the world, emergency measures are being exploited to restrict press freedoms, quell dissent and crush opponents
By AP
Filipino women hold a protest rally during the celebration of International Women's Day in Manila on March 8, 2020. (Maria TAN / AFP)
March 8, 2020, 12:00 pm
Thousands rally in Asia for International Women’s Day despite virus fears
Many feminist groups hold online campaigns instead of street marches to raise awareness of inequality; protesters in Manila burn effigy of president they accuse of misogyny
By AFP
Filipino Roman Catholic devotees jostle to get the rope that pulls the carriage of the Black Nazarene during a raucous procession to celebrate its feast day, Jan. 9, 2020, in Manila, Philippines (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
January 9, 2020, 10:14 am
Filipino Catholics pray for Mideast peace in huge gathering
Philippines faces a massive crisis if hostilities between the US and Iran escalate and embroil other countries that host many Filipinos, such as Saudi Arabia and Israel
By Jim Gomez
Illustrative: A Filipino caregiver walks with an Israeli man sitting in a wheelchair on April 22, 2009. (Abir Sultan/Flash90)
January 6, 2020, 1:59 pm
Amid tensions, Philippines readies to evacuate citizens from Israel, Iraq, Iran
Other Asian nations with large populations of expatriate labor may face similar decisions amid the rapidly escalating tensions between US and Iran
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of a satellite dish (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
September 15, 2019, 1:35 pm
Police arrest spy-tech firm officials suspected of fraud, money laundering
Arrests made in Ability defense contractor case after the firm’s subsidiaries’ licenses were suspended six months ago
By Judah Ari Gross
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