Watch also in iWant or TFC.tv President Rodrigo Duterte formally expressed his intent to rush the passage of the anti-terror bill in Congress.
That's despite strong disapproval from human rights groups who fear of more
warrantless arrests should the measure be signed into law. - The World Tonight, ANC, June 1, 2020
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