Rodrigo Duterte
Opinion
China relations
He said, Xi said: Why Beijing may seek to exploit Philippine political divorce
The president and vice president of the Philippines are at each other’s throats. But the row is a potential proxy for a much more significant conflict.
- by Peter Hartcher
Latest
The Philippines VP publicly threatens to have the president assassinated
Sara Duterte says she hired an assassin in case she herself is killed, in a brazen public statement she warned was not a joke.
- by Jim Gomez
Trump victory puts the nature of democracy in question
Democracies have a fatal flaw: majorities can elect leaders who do not believe in democracy or the rule of law or the necessity of strong independent civil institutions such as universities and a free press.
Philippines vice-president says she’ll dig up boss’ dead father and throw him into sea
The alliance of two notorious political dynasties was a marriage of convenience, and its rupture has been spectacular.
- by Sui-Lee Wee and Camille Elemia
Fugitive televangelist ‘The Appointed Son of God’ caught after secret bunker hunt
Weeks of tense standoff in the Philippines have ended in the capture of a pastor accused of leading an international ring of sex abuse and trafficking of young women and girls.
- by Hannah Beech
Analysis
Foreign relations
China’s provocations finally bring Australia and the Philippines together
It’s taken a mutual wariness, and even alarm, about China’s economic coercion and territorial expansionism to bond the two nations together.
- by Matthew Knott
Ex-senator taken hostage, inmates shot dead in Philippine jail rampage
One of the militants linked to the Islamic State group demanded a helicopter for him to escape.
- by Jill Gomez
Duterte resists running against daughter in Philippine election ‘Game of Thrones’
After a frenetic few days Ferdinand Marcos jnr has emerged as the frontrunner ahead of a presidential election in which family dynasties are a powerful force.
- by Chris Barrett
Dictator’s son says Duterte’s daughter will back him in Philippine poll
Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who hopes to succeed Rodrigo Duterte as president, said Sara Duterte would effectively be his running mate.
- by Sui-Lee Wee and Jason Gutierrez
Editorial
Nobel Prize
Philippine journalist at the front line of global fight for democracy
The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to two journalists highlights the importance of free speech and how it is under threat.
- The Herald's View
‘Everything is riding on this’: Nobel winner Maria Ressa and the fight for democracy in the Philippines
After six years of Rodrigo Duterte, no less than the future of the country is at stake in the upcoming presidential election, says the new Nobel peace prize winner.
- by Chris Barrett
Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/rodrigo-roa-duterte-570