Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday showed up at a Senate inquiry into his administration’s drug war that killed thousands, the first time he’s attending a probe by lawmakers since stepping down in 2022.

Several senators on Monday allowed former president Rodrigo Duterte to speak first during the Senate blue ribbon committee hearing on the drug war as a “humanitarian consideration” due to his advanced age.

Former President Rodrigo Duterte was defiant in Senate testimony about the years of bloodshed that left thousands dead. “I did it for my country,” he said.

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday appeared before a Senate committee tasked with investigating the controversial anti-drug war he spearheaded during his term and in which thousands of people were killed.

Former President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday offered no apologies or excuses as he faced a Senate probe into his bloody war on drugs for the first time. “My mandate as President of the Republic was to protect the country and this Filipino people,

Former president Rodrigo R. Duterte told senators on Monday that he is ready to face the legal consequences of the war on drugs during his administration. During the first hearing of the Senate Blue Ribbon subcommittee into the previous administration's war on drugs,

Former president Rodrigo Duterte on Monday defended his war on drugs as the Senate blue ribbon subcommittee started the investigation on his alleged 'bloody' anti-drugs campaign.

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told a Senate inquiry Monday that he had maintained a “death squad” of gangsters to kill other criminals when he was mayor of a southern Philippine city. Duterte,

Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte defended his deadly drug war as he testified on Monday at a senate probe of the crackdown. Police said the campaign left more than 6,000 people dead, but rights groups estimate tens of thousands of mostly poor men were killed by officers and vigilantes,