A look at the highlights of the first 100 days of Duterte’s phenomenal 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. READ: SWS: Duterte’s war on drugs earns ‘excellent’ ratingWestern governments led by the U.S., the EU, the U.N. and human rights watchdogs are alarmed. READ: On his first 100 days, Duterte dares US: ‘Go ahead, oust me’Labeling himself as leftist, Duterte wants U.S. counterterrorism forces to leave his country’s south, saying their presence was helping inflame restiveness among minority Muslims and they could be targeted by extremists.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 08, 2016 07:07 UTC