Not welcome: So far, Duterte has banned three US senators from entering the Philippines over the de Lima case. — AFP
MANILA: President Rodrigo Duterte has banned another United States lawmaker from entering the Philippines.
Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo confirmed yesterday that Duterte had banned Senator Edward Markey of Massachusetts for calling for the release of Sen Leila de Lima, and for supporting the entry ban to the United States of Filipino officials believed to have had a hand in her detention.
