Duterte, De Lima on TIME's Most Influential People List

Sen. Leila De Lima (left) and President Rodrigo Duterte (Photos by Joan Bondoc/Inquirer.net)

Time magazine included two Filipino politicians on its annual list of “The 100 Most Influential People” – President Rodrigo Duterte, whose bloody war on drugs has been making headlines here and abroad, and Sen. Leila de Lima, who has been among Duterte’s most vocal and persistent critics, reports Inquirer.net.

Duterte Drug War Satisfaction Rating Drops

Fewer Filipinos are satisfied with President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs, a recent survey by the Social Weather Station showed. However, fewer Filipinos are worried that they or people they know will become victims of extrajudicial killings, reports GMA News.

PH Nat'l Police Behind Extrajudicial Killings -- Reuters

A Reuters special report says the Philippine police have received cash payments for executing drug suspects, planted evidence at crime scenes and carried out most of the killings they have long blamed on vigilantes, said two senior officers who are critical of President Rodrigo Duterte's "war on drug," according to GMA News. 

Alfonso T. Yuchengco, Businessman and Ambassador, 94, Passes Away

Ambassador Alfonso T. Yuchengco

Banking and insurance tycoon Alfonso T. Yuchengco, founder of the Yuchengco group of companies (YGC) and a former Ambassador, passed away at the age of 94, reports Inquirer.net. (Amb. Yuchengco is the father of Positively Filipino Publisher Mona Lisa Yuchengco.)

Fil-Am Wesley So Is the New US Chess Champion

Wesley So

The second-rated chess player in the world, Wesley So, is the winner of the 2017 U.S. Chess Championship. So, a native of Cavite, captured his first national title last Monday in St. Louis, reports Inquirer.net/AP.

Taiwan to Give Filipinos Visa-Free Entry

Filipinos will be granted visa-free access to Taiwan starting on June 1, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) announced Wednesday. It said that visa-exempted Filipinos may stay up to 30 days, reports Inquirer.net.

PH Overseas Voter Sign-UP Makes New Record

After four months of overseas voter registration a new milestonehas been established by garnering 105,333 new registrants, reports Inquirer.net.
 

PH To Deport Couple Linked to ISIS Terror Group

Rahaf Zina and Husayn Dhafiri (Source: Inquirer.net)

The Bureau of Immigration has started deportation proceedings against the foreign couple, Rahaf Zina and Husayn Dhafiri arrested for their suspected links to the terrorist group Islamic State (IS), reports Inquirer.net.