Russia frees 24 Filipinos after Philippine President Marcos talks with Putin
There were reports that the Filipinos may have been victims of illegal job recruitment, Philippine officials said.
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There were reports that the Filipinos may have been victims of illegal job recruitment, Philippine officials said.
The tariff rate for goods imported into the U.S. from both the Philippines and Indonesia will be 19%, the president said.
Candidates linked to Philippine ex-leader Rodrigo Duterte appear to have won election victories, including Duterte himself, despite him being detained for alleged crimes against humanity.
The story of the president and first lady of the Philippines, whose rule was ended by a "People Power" revolution in 1986, is now being told in an immersive Broadway musical set in a disco, created by David Byrne.
"Today, facts win" declared a defiant Ressa, who still faces other charges in a long-running legal battle with the government she calls "a brazen abuse of power."
Biden congratulated the Philippines' newly elected leader, despite a U.S. court order on him, but many expect Bongbong to continue his nation's push toward China anyway.
Three decades after the family was driven from their country and convicted of robbing it of billions of dollars, the Marcos clan is about to take the reins again in the Philippines.
Ferdinand Marcos' 21-year rule was marked by a crackdown that left thousands imprisoned and his family extremely wealthy. Including his son, who's about to be elected president.
For decades Marcos' pillaging of the country's wealth was considered established fact. Some Filipinos expect his son to hand out gold bars if he's elected.