‘I Cannot Lie,’ Rodrigo Duterte Says, Confirming He Did Kill People as Mayor

President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines on Friday in Singapore. Officials loyal to Mr. Duterte have tried to soften his boasts of having killed people, saying he has a tendency to exaggerate. Credit Wong Maye-E/Associated Press

President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines confirmed on Friday that he had personally pulled the trigger and killed three people as mayor of Davao City, doubling down on boastful comments he made this week, which loyalists had tried to deny.

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Philippine lawmakers file criminal case against Duterte critic

Reuters Dec 13, 2016 Japan Times

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s allies in Congress on Tuesday filed a criminal complaint against a senator who has been an outspoken critic of a surge of extrajudicial killings unleashed by the president’s campaign against drugs. Tiếp tục đọc “Philippine lawmakers file criminal case against Duterte critic”

Philippines’ Rodrigo Duterte says he personally killed people

AFP-JIJI Japan Times Dec 14, 2016

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said he personally killed suspected criminals when he was mayor of a southern city to set an example for police.

Duterte made the comments in a speech to businessmen on Monday night as he discussed his campaign to eradicate illegal drugs, in which police and unknown assailants have killed thousands of people since he became president on June 30. Tiếp tục đọc “Philippines’ Rodrigo Duterte says he personally killed people”

‘They Are Slaughtering Us Like Animals’

YOU HEAR A MURDER SCENE before you see it: The desperate cries of a new widow. The piercing sirens of approaching police cars. The thud, thud, thud of the rain drumming on the pavement of a Manila alleyway — and on the back of Romeo Torres Fontanilla.

Tiếp tục đọc “‘They Are Slaughtering Us Like Animals’”

Manila Catholic churches pray executions not reinstated

ALJAZEERA

Catholic Churches across Manila signal opposition to legislative move to bring back executions on at least 20 crimes.

Catholic nuns protest drug-related extrajudicial killings on International Human Rights Day in Manila on December 10 [Reuters]

Roman Catholic churches in Manila have read a prayer against Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s plans to re-impose the death penalty on heinous crimes, including drug-related offences. Tiếp tục đọc “Manila Catholic churches pray executions not reinstated”

Investigators: Philippine police killed jailed mayor

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Probe contradicts President Rodrigo Duterte’s claim that imprisoned mayor linked to illegal drugs died in a gun battle.

Rolando Espinosa was mayor of Albuera town in the eastern province of Leyte [File: Mark R Cristiano/EPA]
Rolando Espinosa was mayor of Albuera town in the eastern province of Leyte [File: Mark R Cristiano/EPA]

Philippine police killed a town mayor linked to illegal drugs while he was helpless in a prison cell, justice department investigators alleged.

The National Bureau of Investigation said on Tuesday that it filed murder complaints against two dozen police officers and personnel last week after a probe showed they shot dead Mayor Rolando Espinosa and his cellmate Raul Yap in the central province of Leyte in November. Tiếp tục đọc “Investigators: Philippine police killed jailed mayor”

India, China, Russia consult on Asia Pacific; get Philippines backing

Bangkok | Fri, December 2, 2016 | 01:31 pm

India, China, Russia consult on Asia Pacific; get Philippines backing A woman walks past a billboard featuring an image of an island in South China Sea on display with Chinese words that read: “South China Sea, our beautiful motherland, we won’t let go an inch” in Weifang in east China’s Shandong province. (Chinatopix via AP/-)

Rodrigo Duterte shrugs off ‘bulls***’ ICC threat

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Philippines president blasts calls for his trial at the international criminal court over bloody crackdown on drugs.

An ICC prosecutor said the court may have jurisdiction to prosecute perpetrators of Philippines killings [Reuters]
An ICC prosecutor said the court may have jurisdiction to prosecute perpetrators of Philippines killings [Reuters]

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte denounced what he called “bulls***” Western threats to seek his indictment by the International Criminal Court (ICC) over his role in a bloody crackdown on drug dealers.

In a speech on Monday, Duterte, who has been accused of ordering extrajudicial killings in his anti-narcotics campaign since taking office in June, scolded the US government for what he called hypocritical threats to try him in the Hague-based tribunal, to which Washington is not a signatory. Tiếp tục đọc “Rodrigo Duterte shrugs off ‘bulls***’ ICC threat”

It’s not just Trump casting political cloud over Asean


duterte-xi-jinpingIn Photo: President Duterte (left) and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands after a signing ceremony in Beijing on October 20.

Donald Trump’s protectionist policies aside, rising political risk in Southeast Asia is casting a shadow over economies that have been a driver of global growth in recent years.

Foreign investors pulled out of Thailand stocks at the fastest pace this year in October. The Philippine peso has sunk close to levels last traded during the global financial crisis. Malaysia’s currency is also in a funk. Tiếp tục đọc “It’s not just Trump casting political cloud over Asean”

Khoa học xã hội và sự thành bại của các quốc gia

Quốc gia hưng vong, thất phu hữu trách”
(Lời người xưa)

GS.TS. Hồ Sĩ Quý
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VHĐ – Nhiều quốc gia thịnh vượng rồi suy vong, nguyên do tại đâu và điều đó là tất nhiên hay chỉ là may rủi… – câu hỏi này đã được đặt ra và được bàn luận từ hàng ngàn năm trước. Còn các quốc gia thất bại hay thành công – trong điều kiện chẳng mấy khác nhau mà có xã hội thì “hóa hổ, hóa rồng”, trong khi các quốc gia khác lại vẫn đói nghèo, lạc hậu – thì lại là vấn đề mới nảy sinh gần đây, thậm chí từ những năm rất đây. Khoa học xã hội gồm cả các khoa học nhân văn, với trình độ hiện đại của mình, đang cố gắng trả lời những câu hỏi này. Tiếp tục đọc “Khoa học xã hội và sự thành bại của các quốc gia”