PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has granted “absolute pardon” to convicted American soldier Joseph Scott Pemberton, Malacañang confirmed on Monday, days after a lower court ordered his release from detention.
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte talks to the people after holding a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) core members at the Malago Clubhouse in Malacañang on September 7, 2020. ACE MORANDANTE/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO