Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte vowed on July 22 to continue his campaign to combat illegal drugs and stamp out corruption in government, Xinhua news agency reported.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has signed the Republic Act 11313, known as the “Safe Spaces Act”, to impose heftier penalties for gender-based sexual harassment, announced Philippine authorities on July 15.

Relations between the Philippines and Canada are getting tenser after Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on May 22 ordered authorized agencies to hire a private shipping company to send 69 containers of garbage back to Canada and leave them within its territorial waters if the country refuses to accept the trash.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on April 23 said that he would “declare war” against Canada if it doesn’t take back the trash that it had shipped to the Phillipines.