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PHILIPPINES President Rodrigo Duterte claimed that a mayor assassinated on Monday was probably into illegal drugs.
Antonio Halili was singing the national anthem at a flag-raising ceremony outside the Tanauan local government building when a single gunshot was heard as the mayor was shot in the chest.
A few hours later, Mr Duterte said: “I suspect he was into drugs. I just suspect.”
After battling hills, rain and injury in a three-day cycle ride ending at the CWU conference, MATT KERR reflects on why class unity remains the answer to injustice
Huge protests against corruption and preventable deaths during flooding have rocked the government — the masses are not likely to be able to take direct control in their own interests yet, writes KENNY COYLE, but it’s a promising show of people power
