The underlying tension of Duterte's carefree Philippines

By Norman Abjorensen
Updated November 4 2017 - 12:18am, first published November 3 2017 - 6:54pm

The Filipino businessman was in effusive mode, extolling the many virtues of Rodrigo Duterte???, controversial president of the Philippines since mid-2016 and rivalling Donald Trump for the sheer unorthodoxy of both the style and substance of his rule.

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