Duterte's 7 breakthroughs and their limits

By Rigoberto D. Tiglao

Jul 28, 2021 12:35 am

IN his five years in office, President Duterte has changed the course of Philippine history, although his breakthroughs conceivably can still be reversed if there is no Duterte 2.0.

First, he has all but routed the communist insurgency. Duterte is the first president to undertake an all-out drive to end this scourge after 40 years, since Marcos' in the early 1970s.

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