Protesters Heckle, Disrupt Duterte's Independence Day Speech

Several left-wing activists have heckled and disrupted a televised Independence Day speech by the Philippine president and called him a "traitor" amid criticism of his handling of territorial disputes with China. President Rodrigo Duterte halted his speech Tuesday during the commotion and calmly watched from a historic balcony in Kawit town south of Manila as police pulled the protesters away. He asked law enforcers to deal with the protesters "with maximum...

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