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Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesperson announced that the leader regretted calling US President Barack Obama a "son of a whore", on the day that both Duterte and Obama arrived in Vientiane, capital of Laos, for the ASEAN summit on Tuesday.
In footage courtesy of RTVM, The Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte called US President Barack Obama a “Putang ina," which means “son of a whore” in Tagalog at a press conference in Manila on Monday, saying that "the Philippines have long ceased to be a colony". Duterte is due to meet his US counterpart at a summit in Laos where he is expected to face questions over 2,000 alleged extra-judicial killings of drug dealers and users in the Philippines since he launched his war on drugs on June 30.
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Quezon City, Jul 26 (EFE/EPA).- Philippine police were deployed Monday along a main road leading to the Philippine Congress as President Duterte is expected to deliver the last State of the Nation Address of his six-year term.Duterte's address is to be delivered amid accusations from critics of human rights violations, mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic and alleged inaction against China related to disputed waters in the West Philippine Sea. (Camera: ROLEX DELA PENA).SHOT LIST: PHILIPPINE POLICE ARE DEPLOYED ALONG A MAIN ROAD LEADING TO THE PHILIPPINE CONGRESS IN QUEZON CITY, METRO MANILA, PHILIPPINES.