VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Envoy DID NOT say the US has the ‘right’ to be obeyed by PH
The post twists the U.S. ambassador to the Philippines' words.
The post twists the U.S. ambassador to the Philippines' words.
For the Philippines, the second half of 2016 meant listening to President Rodrigo Duterte’s press conferences, often at midnight, and his curses and threats against world leaders, corrupt politicians, and drug lords.
By CHARMAINE DEOGRACIAS WASHINGTON DC – Incoming Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is not expected to swing to China’s side opposite of the United States but will instead place the country in between the two big powers, foreign policy and defense experts said in an Asia Pacific Foreign Policy and Defense Seminar at the East