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Du30 renews outbursts

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte insisted Friday he had not intended to insult US leader Barack Obama, but immediately took aim at another global figure by...

‘Massacre in Jolo: US’ extra-judicial killings’

PAYBACK time, so it seemed. This, when President Rodrigo Duterte unreeled before newsmen, on the eve of his departure for the Asean Summit this week...

No rock stars

Every day we lose a little more respect for the people who temper the statements of our intemperate President, who this week showed off...

Obama warns China

VIENTIANE—US President Barack Obama warned Beijing Thursday it could not ignore a tribunal’s ruling rejecting its sweeping claims to the South China Sea, driving...

Duterte recalls US atrocities

VIENTIANE—President Rodrigo Duterte gave what diplomats said was a “fiery” address to leaders of the 18-nation East Asia group, including US President Barack Obama,...

Jittery market

Foreign investors in the stock market are not amused at President Rodrigo Duterte’s outbursts and his threat to swear at US President Barack Obama....

‘Digongism’

That’s the closest word we could think of to describe the latest outburst of President Rodrigo Duterte prior to his departure for the Asean...

Du30, Obama finally met–DFA official

VIENTIANE—President Rodrigo Duterte met with United States President Barack Obama late Wednesday and the two have supposedly “ironed out their differences,” the Department of...

Du30, Obama poles apart at gala dinner

VIENTIANE—Contrary to the claim of Palace spin doctors, President Rodrigo Duterte, US President Barack Obama and UN Secretary general Ban Kimoon were poles apart...

Rants and expletives

President Duterte, responding to a reporter’s question on how he’d react to US President Barack Obama’s lecture on human rights in the context of...

Duterte outbursts hurt market

By Ian Sayson Losses in Philippine stocks are accelerating as foreigners keep pulling money from Asia’s most expensive market amid speculation the outbursts of President...

Du30 rues ‘whore’ dig at Obama

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Telling the US where to go

WINSTON Churchill once said diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.  By...

Substance vs form

President Rodrigo Duterte announced his arrival on the world stage in a way that only he could. Right before Duterte left Davao City for...
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