By Jim Gomez
Dec. 17, MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States said Sunday it will work with the Philippine president to address any concerns after he threatened to terminate a pact that allows U.S. troops to visit the Philippines.
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| Philippines’ Duterte says martial law in Mindanao stays
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has no plans of lifting martial law in Mindanao in the southern Philippines despite the “liberation” of Marawi City from the clutches of pro-Islamic State (IS) extremists, a government statement has said.
| Duterte accepts Moro separatists offer of 2,000 men to fight IS-linked rebels
by Frances Mangosing
President of Philippines Rodrigo Duterte said on Sunday that he has accepted the offer of Moro National Liberation Front founding chairman Nur Misuari for 2,000 of his men to join the fight against IS-linked terrorists in Marawi City.
| the Philippines: communist rebels will continue a war against the government
The Communist Party of the Philippines released a statement Wednesday reaffirming its commitment to fighting U.S. imperialism in the Southeast Asian country.
Recapping its recently-held Second Congress, the CPP said it will continue to wage armed struggle against the imperialist country and its local supporters. Criticizing the Filipino government for bowing to the demands of the U.S., the militant group called for “people’s war towards complete victory.”
| Philippine president Duterte threatens tough measures to boost drugs war
MANILA – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has warned he may use his executive power to suspend a legal safeguard against arbitrary arrest and detention, and was willing to use drastic measures and even go to jail to make his war on drugs a success.
The former prosecutor – dubbed “the punisher” and elected on promises of a fierce campaign to stop crime and illicit drugs – said there were so many narcotics suspects on his wanted list that building cases one-by-one took too much time and manpower.
