“As I hang up my boxing gloves, I would like to thank the whole world, especially the Filipino people, for supporting Manny Pacquiao. Goodbye boxing,” the 42-year old said in a 14-minute video posted on his Facebook page.
Browsing: President Rodrigo Duterte
Duterte held the closed-door meeting with Archbishop Romulo Valles, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, about two weeks after he triggered controversy for calling God “stupid”.
Ferdinand Bote, 57, became the 12th elected local official murdered since President Rodrigo Duterte unleashed a deadly anti-narcotics campaign after coming to power two years ago, although Bote was not linked to the drug trade.
“The meeting was short but was warm and cordial, the leaders were generally pleased to finally meet each other in person,” Duterte’s Spokesman, Harry Roque, told newsmen.
The announcement of the city’s liberation comes one day after the country’s Defence Secretary, Delfin Lorenzana, said two leading militants, Ipsilon Hapilon and Omar Maute, were killed in a firefight.
Duterte won the 2016 Philippine presidential election on May 9, promising to kill tens of thousands of criminals, and urging people to kill drug addicts
Police Chief Ronald Dela Rosa said on Monday that anti-drug units would be dissolved
Gomes said a Bangladesh central bank team visiting Manila to recover the money said they were getting close to getting back $15 million of the loot frozen by the Philippines