By identifying the alleged drug-ring protectors, Duterte once again upped the ante in his crusade against the seemingly all-pervasive vice. * * *And then, replying to a reporter’s question, Duterte confronted the issue of the Marcos burial head on. A line from a favorite musical kept repeating in my head, as I stared at the screen very early on Sunday morning, listening to President Rodrigo Duterte along with other news junkies who were very much awake at that ungodly hour: I am agog, I am aghast. And even if they do, then they are just exercising their rights, as Duterte is the first to say. It seemed like so long ago when we had a president who never took responsibility for anything he did, after all.

Source: The Standard August 08, 2016 16:02 UTC