Philippine Congress Votes to Extend Mindanao Military Rule
Some 261 legislators agreed to extend military rule until the end of the year in a seven hour-long joint session of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Enrico Dela Cruz
Philippines: Soldiers Find Remains of Beheaded German Hostage
Seventy-year-old Jurgen Kantner had been held on the small southern island of Jolo and beheaded by ISIS-linked Abu Sayyaf militants last week.
Need Six More Months For War on Drugs: Duterte
Duterte in a media briefing at Davao had said that considering the severity of the narcotics problem, he would need six more months to fix it.
