Tag: Philippines
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Duterte could resign if Marcos Jr becomes VP: Spokesman
President Rodrigo Duterte of Philippines could step down if the son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos succeeds in overturning his 2016 vice presidential election defeat, Duterte’s spokesman said on Thursday. Duterte’s single term ends in June 2022 and he has spoken often recently about quitting before that. At two separate events on Tuesday he said…
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Fire kills 4 children, 2 women in abandoned warehouse
A total of four children and two women were killed in fire that gutted an abandoned warehouse occupied by hundreds of informal settlers in the Philippines, the Bureau of Fire Protection said on Thursday. It stated that “fire broke out on the second floor of the warehouse in the Manila suburban city of Paranaque on…
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10 dead as light plane crashes into house in Philippines
Ten people, including three children, were killed on Saturday when a twin-engine light aircraft crashed into a house in the northern Philippines, officials said. The Piper 23 Apache plane had just taken off from an airport in the town of Plaridel in Bulacan province when it stalled and plunged, said the Civil Aviation Authority of…
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President Duterte announces withdrawal of Philippines from ICC
President Rodrigo Duterte of Philiphines on Wednesday announced the withdrawal of the country’s ratification of the treaty that established the International Criminal Court (ICC). “I therefore declare and forthwith give notice, as president of the Republic of the Philippines, that the Philippines is withdrawing its ratification of the Rome Statute effective immediately,” he said in…
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Four dead, 88 missing as ferry carrying 238 passengers sinks off Philippines
An inter-island ferry carrying 238 passengers and crew has sunk off the north-eastern Philippines after being battered by fierce winds and high seas. At least four people have died and 88 others are missing, officials said. More than 160 were rescued by coastguard ships and fishermen. Coastguard spokesman Armand Balilo said the rescue was launched…