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From left, Al Fuertes, Carlos Conde, Raquel Barros del Rosario-Fortun, Cardinal Pablo Ambo David, Raul Pangalangan and Fr. Daniel Franklin E. Pilario, light candles at a news conference to launch a fact-finding body to document details of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s anti-drugs crackdown that can be used by the government to prosecute law enforcers in Manila, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (Credit: Joeal Calupitan/AP.)

Philippine bishop and ex-ICC judge lead new inquiry into thousands of Duterte-era killings

May 27
Jim Gomez,
Joeal Calupitan, Associated Press

Mindanao State University stadium in Marawi City, Lanao Del Sur, Philippines. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Philippine troops kill 10 suspected Muslim militants in deadliest clash so far this year

Apr 17
Jim Gomez,
Associated Press

A police vehicle in Davao City, the Philippines, on Dec. 17, 2025. (Credit: Manman Dejeto/AP.)

What to know about a Philippines region with militant history visited by Bondi Beach suspects

Dec 18, 2025
Jim Gomez,
Associated Press

Protestors walk in Manila, Philippines on Nov. 30, 2025. (Credit: Aaron Favila/AP.)

Thousands of demonstrators including Catholic clergy protest in the Philippines

Nov 30, 2025
Jim Gomez,
Associated Press

Filipino and U.S. soldiers participate during a joint military drill called Salaknib at Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija province, northern Philippines on March 31, 2023. (Credit: Aaron Favila/AP.)

Rebels halt decommissioning of forces after accusing Philippines of reneging on peace deal

Aug 1, 2025
Jim Gomez,
Associated Press

A Filipino trooper guards the entrance of the site where a bomb exploded in Marawi, southern Philippines on Sunday Dec. 3, 2023. A powerful explosion believed caused by a bomb ripped through a Catholic Mass and killed several people and wounded dozens of others Sunday in a predominantly Muslim city in the southern Philippines, officials said. (Credit: Froilan Gallardo/AP.)

Philippine president blames foreign militants for a bombing that killed 4 Christian worshippers

Dec 3, 2023
Jim Gomez

Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. speaks at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in Honolulu, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. (Credit: Audrey McAvoy/AP.)

Philippine troops kill 11 Islamic militants in one of bloodiest anti-insurgency offensives this year

Dec 2, 2023
Jim Gomez

7 killed as Philippine troops clash with Muslim rebels

Nov 10, 2022
Jim Gomez

Drug killings leave agony, savage facet to Duterte’s legacy

Jun 29, 2022
Jim Gomez

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