Duterte denounces partylist groups

PRESIDENT RODRIGO Duterte has publicly denounced several party-list groups, accusing them of being a legal front for the communist rebels and told Filipinos not to vote for their congressional representatives in this May elections.

U.N. 'deeply worried' over Philippine killings, violent rhetoric

THE UNITED Nations condemned the killing by Philippine police of nine activists in weekend raids against suspected insurgents and urged authorities to avoid rhetoric that could lead to human rights violations.

Duterte goes ballistic, calls lawmaker ‘dog poop’

DAVAO CITY – Filipino leader Rodrigo Duterte has threatened a pro-communist lawmaker and lawyer Carlos Zarate and called him “dog shit” during a public broadcast, and accused his group and other partylist organizations as fronts of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New People’s Army (NPA) and the political National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP).

Troops kill lawmaker’s daughter in clash with rebels

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Special Forces killed a Filipino leftist lawmaker’s daughter in fierce clashes in the town of Marihatag in Surigao del Sur province on Mindanao region, officials announced Sunday.