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News Articles: Philippines

Incoming Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr., left, and outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte, right, attend Marcos' inauguration ceremony in Manila, Philippines, Thursday, June 30, 2022.

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Dictator's son Ferdinand Marcos Jr. takes oath as Philippine president

The namesake son of an ousted dictator is sworn in as Philippine president in one of the greatest political comebacks in recent history in the country.

June 30, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Incoming Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr., left, and outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte, right, attend Marcos' inauguration ceremony in Manila, Philippines, Thursday, June 30, 2022.

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  • Asia

Dictator's son Ferdinand Marcos Jr. takes oath as Philippine president

The namesake son of an ousted dictator is sworn in as Philippine president in one of the greatest political comebacks in recent history in the country.

June 30, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Martial law victims including former lawmaker Satur Ocampo (third from left) and their lawyers headed by Howard Calleja (second from left), show documents after filing a petition with the supreme Court in Manila on Wednesday seeking the disqualification of presumptive president Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

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  • Asia

Philippine Supreme Court petition seeks to cancel candidacy of President-elect Marcos

The petition, filed Tuesday, seeks to disqualify Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s candidacy post-election on the grounds that he lied about not committing any crimes — a requirement to run for president.

May 20, 2022
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By:
  • Ashley Westerman
An election worker places a voting receipt inside a box at a polling center Monday in Quezon City, Philippines.

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  • Asia

Dictator's son far ahead in Philippine presidential vote

With 80% of the votes tabulated, Marcos Jr. had 25.9 million, far ahead of his closest challenger, current Vice President Leni Robredo, who had 12.3 million.

May 09, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., the son of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, speaks during a rally as he campaigns for the presidency in February in Manila.

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  • Asia

A dictator's son runs for Philippines president in a bid to revive his family's power

Ahead of presidential elections taking place in May, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is banking on voters' nostalgia for his late father's period of dictatorial rule in the 1970s and 1980s.

April 12, 2022
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  • Julie McCarthy
Health workers prepare COVID-19 vaccines at a coliseum in suburban Manila on November 29 — part of a massive 3-day vaccination drive launched by the government. It was one of 8,000 vaccination centers set up during the drive.

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  • Global Health

The Philippines vaccinated 7.6 million people in 3 days. Duterte demands even more

Hit hard by the pandemic, the Philippines has vaccination rates far lower than neighbors like Vietnam and Cambodia. Here's how the country is trying to up its numbers.

December 03, 2021
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By:
  • Julie McCarthy
In this photo provided by the Manny Pacquiao MediaComms, Senator Manny Pacquiao raises his hands during a national convention of his PDP-Laban party in Quezon city, Philippines on Sunday Sept. 19, 2021. Philippine boxing icon and senator Manny Pacquiao says he will run for president in the 2022 elections.

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  • Asia

Boxing Great Manny Pacquiao Retires, Sets His Sights On Philippine Presidency

The eight-division world champion and Philippines senator on Wednesday announced his retirement from the ring, ending a nearly 30-year career in boxing.

September 29, 2021
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  • The Associated Press
Isabelita Vinuya, 88, reflected in mirror, bids farewell to Perla Bulaon Balingit in the village of Mapaniqui in Pampanga. They are two of the last living "comfort women" of the Philippines. On Nov. 23, 1944, Vinuya, Balingit and some 100 other girls and women were taken to the Red House and systematically raped by the Japanese Imperial Army.

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  • Global Health

Whatever Happened To ... The WW II Sex Slaves Fighting For Justice?

The Japanese Army systematically raped women in the Philippines. What's become of the aging survivors of this wartime atrocity in the midst of the pandemic?

September 24, 2021
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  • Julie McCarthy and
  • PHOTOS BY CHERYL DIAZ MEYER
Investigators will focus on the period from 2016, when Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte took office, through March 2019, after which the Philippines was deemed to have withdrawn from the International Criminal Court in a bid to avert its jurisdiction.

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  • Asia

International Criminal Court Backs Probe Of Duterte's War On Drugs In The Philippines

Officially, at least 6,000 Filipinos, mostly poor drug peddlers and addicts, have been killed in the anti-drug police operations. But rights groups say the number of victims could be four times that.

September 15, 2021
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  • Julie McCarthy
A U.S. Navy hovercraft prepares to hit the beach during amphibious-landing exercises as part of an annual joint U.S.-Philippine military exercise on the shores of San Antonio, facing the South China Sea, in Zambales province, Philippines, on April 11, 2019.

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  • World

4 Things To Know After The Philippines Kept Its Pact With The U.S. Military

After threatening since last year to cancel it, President Rodrigo Duterte decided to restore the agreement that enables U.S. forces to operate in the Philippines. Here's why that matters.

August 06, 2021
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  • Julie McCarthy
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, and Philippines Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana shake hands after a bilateral meeting at Camp Aguinaldo military camp in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines Friday, July 30. Austin is visiting Manila to hold talks with Philippine officials to boost defense ties and possibly discuss the The Visiting Forces Agreement between the US and Philippines.

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  • Asia

The Philippine President Says Long-Standing Security Pact With The U.S. Can Continue

The decision was announced Friday in Manila by Philippines Defense Sec. Delfin Lorenzana and U.S. counterpart Lloyd Austin. U.S. military presence in the region is seen as a counterbalance to China.

July 30, 2021
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  • The Associated Press
Hidilyn Diaz of the Philippines lifts weights during a training session on May 21 in the Malaysian city of Malacca. She had been stuck in Malaysia because of the pandemic.

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  • Sports

The Lockdown Forced The Philippines' Hidilyn Diaz To Get Creative In Her Training

The weightlifter became an Olympic record holder and the first gold medalist in Philippines history. But her training journey to get to Tokyo was anything but average.

July 27, 2021
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By:
  • Josie Fischels
Staffers distribute the required personal protective gear before they transfer a COVID-positive patient to a hospital. They'll wear a gown, gloves, mask and face shield.

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  • Global Health

The Homesick EMTs Of Manila Say A Patient's Smile Makes It All Worthwhile

Their workload has doubled. They don't go home when their shifts end lest they infect family members. But they say it's worth the sacrifices to lend a hand in the fight against COVID-19.

June 23, 2021
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  • Ashley Westerman
Philippines Health Secretary Francisco Duque III administers the China-made Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine to Eileen Aniceto, a doctor at the Lung Center of the Philippines.

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  • Asia

Do People Need To Know Which COVID-19 Vaccine They're Getting? One Country Says No

The Philippines is going "brand agnostic" after a vaccination site was swarmed this week when people found out Pfizer doses were to be given out.

May 19, 2021
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  • Ashley Westerman
Nardo Samson posing with granddaughter Kiara Bautista, May 2017.

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  • Global Health

Looking For A Bed For Daddy Lolo: Inside The Philippines' COVID Crisis

In Manila, a family unites to secure care and treatment for Daddy Lolo, their beloved grandfather. Along the way, they witness just how ill-equipped the country is to manage COVID.

May 07, 2021
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  • Julie McCarthy
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