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President Rodrigo Duterte is the only one who can use foul language, his spokesman says.

Authorities release photos, video of Philippine Coast Guard encountering Chinese ships in South China Sea.

Travelers arriving from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka will be blocked from entering the Philippines.

An opposition senator criticized the president for receiving the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine this week.

BIFF gunmen took over town market in Datu Paglas, Maguindanao province, before being driven out.

The health department, meanwhile, reported that two Filipinos had tested positive for a deadly coronavirus variant first detected in India.

Rodrigo Duterte’s southern trip comes three days after troops engaged in gunbattle with BIFF.

The clashes occurred as people in the mainly Muslim south were preparing to end Ramadan fasting.

Vessels scattered across features of municipality in Spratly Islands, National Security Adviser says.

The seven teachers had been charged with kidnapping, human trafficking and other offenses.

Murad Ebrahim says he is in talks with Islamic State-linked BIFF members to end violence.

The military engaged in Sunday morning gunfights with Abu Sayyaf and BIFF factions.

But Manila will simultaneously pursue diplomatic solutions to maritime disputes with Beijing, President Duterte says.

Elsewhere in Asia, Indonesia’s large global share of tropical deforestation from 2013-2019 caused climate erosion, another report says.

Militants say slow reconstruction process is being used as “rallying point,” according to International Alert.

Relatives of the dead are too afraid to come forward to identify their loved ones, an NGO says.

The fighting occurred days after the military killed three New People’s Army fighters.

Agakhan Sharief brokered ceasefire between Islamic State-linked militants and military so he and others could save civilians.

Proposal for Pag-asa Island is targeted at “maritime safety” in region where Chinese ships have swarmed.

Municipal leaders agree to assist the military monitor and combat BIFF, other extremist groups.

Order comes after reports that Filipino laborers were told to bear costs of COVID-19 health, safety protocols.

President Rodrigo Duterte’s mixed messages have left Manila unable to advance its own claims in the disputed waterway, analysts say.

But two senior Daulah Islamiyah-Maute Group members escape after firefight in Lanao del Sur.

The government, meanwhile, has lifted a deployment ban on overseas workers traveling to Saudi Arabia.

Philippine police chief vows that victim will receive justice.

WHO approves China’s Sinovac, AstraZeneca marks delivery of first locally produced vaccine to Thailand.

Khalid Kalaing, 57, is a sub-leader of the Maguid Group, officials say.

The funds will be used to upgrade some 425 public buildings in Metro Manila, lending agency says.

The killing of Yentez Quintoy brings to 21 the number of media workers slain in the country since 2016.

Fishing group Pamalakaya leader blames commercial boats for depletion of stock in territorial waters.