Duterte railed against the United Nations this month after it called for an end to the killings. “Avoid drugs at all cost because it could cost your life too,” Duterte told the workers after an almost 10-hour flight from Dammam. The number of drug-related killings in the Philippines has reached 2,000 since Duterte became president two months ago on a pledge to wipe out the drug trade. The Philippines' economy grew at 7 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier, its highest level in three years. It made the Philippines the fastest growing among all countries that have reported so far for the second quarter.

Source: Sunday Times August 31, 2016 08:15 UTC