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- ‘Kill them’: Duterte loses patience with ‘useless fools’ at Catholic Church
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is letting everyone know he's had enough with the Catholic Church's opposition to his policies, deriding its leaders as "useless fools" who worship a "stupid" god.World News - Drug-busting Duterte quips smoking pot ‘keeps him awake’
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who has waged a controversial crusade against drugs, said that smoking pot helps him keep fit at events that are too tedious for a man of his age. He later said he was “cracking a joke.”World News - ‘Don’t pay for these idiots’: Duterte wants Filipinos to ditch Catholic mass, pray at home instead
Turning up his war of words with the Catholic Church, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte now wants citizens to ditch mass, calling the church’s teachings out of touch and its bishops corrupt.World News - ‘Go find a court for monsters’: Duterte lashes out at ICC ‘idiots’
The International Criminal Court (ICC) consists of idiots, tough-talking Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte said, launching another attack on the body, which is targeting his “war on drugs.”World News - 'What’s wrong with that?’ Duterte skipped meetings at key Singapore summit for ‘power naps’
Philippines President Duterte raised a few eyebrows when he gave “power naps” as an excuse for missing key meetings at a Singapore summit. The president, however, said that he simply doesn’t get the hype surrounding it.World News - ‘I will give you a prize’: Duterte offers cash reward & holiday for killers of crooked cops
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has offered a cash bounty to cops who kill superior officers, dubbed ‘ninjas’, whom they suspect of involvement in the illegal drug trade.World News
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