Protesters display lip-shaped cutouts with their message during a Valentine's Day rally to denounce President Rodrigo Duterte's use of vulgarities as the country's leader on Wednesday in Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo)MANILA: The Philippine president has offered a nearly $500 bounty for each communist rebel killed by government forces to save on anti-insurgency costs and says insurgents are easier to hit than birds because they have bigger heads. President Rodrigo Duterte's latest crass remarks came after human rights groups condemned him this week for saying troops should shoot female communist guerrillas in the genitals to render them "useless". Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte told his soldiers to shoot female rebels in their genitals. Duterte is already under international criticism and is facing a preliminary investigation by the International Criminal Court for thousands of deaths in the war on drugs he had launched shortly after assuming power two years ago.

Source: Bangkok Post February 15, 2018 03:55 UTC