Police said 144 people remained missing while more than 40,000 had fled to evacuation camps
Philippines
Duterte's aides have repeatedly told journalists not to believe everything the president says, cautioning that he often jokes or indulges in "hyperbole"
However, the Philippines leader said authorities are not permitted to “kill a person that is kneeling down begging for his life”!
Asked for the extension in Mindanao until the end of the year
City occupied by Islamist rebels
300 islamists stormed school
Duterte called his critics “whores” and said Thursday that he was being “sarcastic” when he made the rape comments
Duterte: "If I think that you should die, you will die. If there is an open defiance, you will die."
Duterte often raises eyebrows by making incendiary comments
A magnitude 4.9 aftershock was also recorded