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Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday identified approximately 150 serving and former state officials who are allegedly involved in the nation's illegal drug trade. Duterte stated that all named officials, which includes mayors, judges, legislators, policeman and...

The Supreme Court of the Philippines on Tuesday ordered the immediate release of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo , who has been kept in hospital detention for nearly five years on charges of election fraud,...

A Philippines court entered a not guilty plea on behalf of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Monday. Arroyo is accused of misappropriating $8.8 million in state lottery funds while in office. The judge entered...

Former Philippines President and current Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has filed a bill seeking to allow the country's Department of Justice to grant "medical parole" to sick inmates....

An anti-graft court in the Philippines on Thursday ordered the arrest of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in a corruption case alleging the misuse of state lottery funds. This is the third corruption case pending...

A regional court of the Philippines on Tuesday granted bail to former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo who was detained on electoral fraud charges. The court reasoned that the evidence, based mainly on a single witness'...

The Senate of the Philippines on Tuesday voted to remove Chief Justice Renato Corona on charges of violating the constitution through failure to declare his assets in a sworn statement. Renato was impeached on eight...

The Supreme Court of the Philippines on Monday released its 9-6 decision dismissing seven suits filed against former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo that challenged the constitutionality of the declaration of martial law she made in 2009....

Former Philippines president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her husband Jose Miguel Arroyo pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to corruption charges before a special anti-graft court in the Philippines. The corruption charges stem from a government...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) sent a letter Monday to the chief of staff of the Philippines military, Lt. Gen. Jesse Dellosa, urging the Philippines to act on multiple human rights abuses and hold violators...