A look at the highlights of the first 100 days of Duterte’s phenomenal presidency. ANTI-DRUG WARDuterte’s obsessive focus on his deadly crackdown on illegal drugs, a hallmark of his three-decade political career, has single-handedly defined his early days in the presidency. More than 1.6 million houses of drug suspects have been visited by police to invite them to surrender and stop using drugs or disengage from the drug trade. Duterte’s public threats to kill criminals, especially drug dealers, have helped considerably reduce the crime rate, according to police. He has had a falling out with President Barack Obama, who along with the State Department raised concerns over the widespread drug killings, earning Duterte’s wrath.

Source: New Strait Times October 08, 2016 09:00 UTC