MANILA: The Philippines will no longer accept grants from the European Union, the EU delegation to Manila said on Thursday, following repeated tirades from President Rodrigo Duterte over its criticism of his deadly drug war.

"The Philippine government has informed us that they (will) no longer accept new EU grants," the delegation said in a brief statement.

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