RELATIONS between Manila and Washington could be headed toward a “reboot” after Friday’s cordial phone conversation between President Rodrigo Duterte and US President-elect Donald Trump, a Palace official said.

“The conversation between President Duterte and President-elect Donald Trump went very well and it showed that there is a big possibility that we will have a reboot of [our] relationship [with] the United States,” Palace Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said over state-run Radyo ng Bayan.

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