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Philippine VP Duterte denies assassination plot against President Marcos Jr

Relations between powerful vice president and president continue to deteriorate, as investigators summon Duterte.

Al Jazeera

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

Philippine authorities handed a subpoena to Vice President Sara Duterte’s office, inviting her to answer investigators’ questions after she publicly threatened to have the president assassinated if she were killed in an unspecified plot herself

The Independent UK

Philippine Vice President Insists Her Threat to Assassinate the President Was 'Taken Out of Logical Context'

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr stated that he found the threats levied against him by his former running mate, Vice President Sara Duterte, to be "troubling" after Duterte received backlash for placing a conditional hit on Marcos, an action she has attempted to defend herself for.

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Philippine President Vows To Fight Alleged Assassination Plot

President Marcos responds to Vice President Duterte's alleged assassination plot, leading to increased security measures and investigations. Tensions escal...

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Philippines VP Threatens To Assassinate President And First Lady, Echoing Her Father's Brutal Legacy

Rodrigo Duterte's violent legacy persists as his daughter, VP Sara Duterte, threatens to kill President Marcos, the First Lady and the House Speaker.

International Business Times UK

Philippines VP Sara Duterte publicly threatens to have president assassinated

Philippine vice president says she has contracted an assassin to kill the president, his wife and the House of Representatives speaker if she herself is killed

The Independent UK

Philippine Vice President Duterte Threatens President Marcos Jr.'S Life

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte's threat to have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. assassinated amid escalating tensions between their political families.

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Philippines and Indonesia reach deal to return Filipina death row convict

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says Mary Jane Veloso to come home after ‘long and difficult journey’.

Al Jazeera

Marcos says Indonesia has agreed to send Filipina death-row drug convict back to the Philippines

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says a deal has been reached for Indonesia to send back a Filipino death-row drug convict, who was nearly executed by firing squad but got a reprieve due to years of pleadings from Manila

The Independent UK

US Defense Secretary Condemns China's Actions In Philippines

U.S. Defense Secretary condemns China's actions in the South China Sea, reaffirms commitment to Philippines' defense. Strengthening alliances in the Indo-P...

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US defense chief says alliance with Philippines will transcend administrations

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has condemned China's dangerous actions against the Philippines and renewed a warning that the United States would defend its treaty ally if Filipino forces come under an armed attack in the disputed South China Sea

The Independent UK

US And Philippines Sign Military Intelligence Agreement

US and Philippines sign agreement to exchange military intelligence and technology, enhancing defense ties in response to China's assertiveness.

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Philippines, US sign military intelligence-sharing deal to counter China

The deal allows for sharing of classified information that could benefit a US ally’s national defence.

Al Jazeera

US and Philippines sign a pact to secure shared military intelligence and weapons technology

The United States and the Philippines have signed an agreement to secure the exchange of highly confidential military intelligence and technology in key weapons the U.S. would provide to Manila

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Typhoon batters storm-weary Philippines and displaces thousands more people as a new storm threatens

Typhoon Toraji has unleashed floods, knocked down trees and caused power outages in the northern Philippines before weakening into a tropical storm and blowing out to the South China Sea

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China Publishes Baselines For Contested Shoal In South China Sea

China's publication of baselines for Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea escalates tensions over conflicting territorial claims with the Philippines.

The Independent UK

Storm-weary Philippines forcibly evacuates thousands of villagers as latest typhoon blows near

Thousands of people are being forcibly evacuated from 2,500 villages in the northern Philippines as another typhoon threatens the region already devastated by floods and landslides from three storms in less than a month

The Independent UK

China publishes new details of its sweeping claims to South China Sea in row over Philippine law

The move from Beijing comes just a day after the Philippines signed two laws defining the country’s maritime zones

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China delimits a contested South China Sea shoal in a dispute with Philippines

China has published baselines for a contested shoal in the South China Sea it had seized from the Philippines, a move that’s likely to increase tensions over overlapping territorial claims

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Philippines Asserts Maritime Rights Amid South China Sea Tensions

Philippine President Marcos Jr. signs laws reaffirming maritime territories, sparking tensions with China over South China Sea claims.

The Independent UK

Philippine president angers China with new laws to demarcate South China Sea territories

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has signed two laws reaffirming the extent of his country’s maritime territories and right to resources, including in the South China Sea, where the new laws clash with Beijing’s extensive territorial claims

The Independent UK

Strong typhoon threatens northern Philippine region still recovering from back-to-back storms

A strong typhoon is forecast to hit the northern Philippines, prompting a new round of evacuations in a region still recovering from back-to-back storms a few weeks ago

The Independent UK

Duterte’s jarring testimony into drug killings in Philippines relives a nightmare for many

The cockiness, expletives and threats unleashed by former President Rodrigo Duterte in a Senate inquiry brought back the nightmare of the bloody “war on drugs” for many families of the thousands of victims who were gunned down under his rule

The Guardian - UK

Duterte tells Philippines ‘war on drugs’ inquiry he kept a death squad

Ex-president says he kept criminals to kill other criminals while mayor and offers no apologies at hearing investigating crackdowns

The Guardian - AU

Duterte drug war back in ICC spotlight after parliamentary committee hears claims his office paid police $17,000 to kill suspects

Accusation against former Philippines president increases pressure on successor Ferdinand Marcos Jr to allow access to international criminal court

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