So, the story here is: Rody Duterte won the 2016 Philippine election and then was forced out in the next cycle. He still had overwhelming popular support, so he forced Marcos, the then incoming and now sitting president, to make his lesbian daughter vice-president. The core debate is over the relationships with China and America.... Read More

This is hardly news. I actually lived in Davao while Duterte was mayor, and it was widely known he ran death squads. They called them “DDS” (Davao Death Squads). Not only did Duterte admit to doing this while mayor, he also ran for president on a platform of nationalizing the death squad program. So the... Read More