Level up on Duterte or drop into the scourge of the Syrian civil war

MAURO GIA SAMONTE

Circumspection is urgently demanded of the nation at this hour. If there is anything of value Rodrigo Duterte has achieved in his first 100 days as Philippine President, it is his having, albeit unwittingly, crystallized the true state of affairs the country has been brought into. It needs a level-headed assessment of the Duterte performance to be able to realize the picture of woe and horror he paints.