Philippines’ Duterte Seeks End of Broadcast Foe
Solicitor general seeks ouster through Supreme Court

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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