File photo of Pemberton being escorted to his detention cell upon arrival at Camp Aguinaldo at suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila, Philippines in 2015. - AP
MANILA (AFP): President Rodrigo Duterte's pardon of a US marine convicted of killing a transgender woman should help the Philippines gain access to coronavirus vaccines being developed by American companies, his spokesman said on Thursday (Sept 10).
"I accept the reality that the President is upholding the higher national interest," spokesman Harry Roque said, although he insisted he was expressing a personal opinion, not that of Duterte.
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