Philippines’ Duterte Seeks End of Broadcast Foe
Solicitor general seeks ouster through Supreme Court
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As expected, the increasingly autocratic administration of President Rodrigo Duterte has acted to try to shut down the Philippines’ biggest news and media corporation, ABS-CBN, via a petition filed with the Philippine Supreme Court by the nominally independent solicitor general’s office
Solicitor General Jose Calida, who insisted Duterte had nothing to …
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