Philippine police kill 32 in bloodiest night of Duterte’s war on drugs Read moreNick Warner, the director general of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service, met the leader, nicked named “the Punisher”, at Malacañang palace in Manila on Tuesday. Rights groups say many of the dead are alleged addicts or suspected dealers among the urban poor. “But of course the Australian Secret Intelligence Service is called a secret intelligence service for a reason – preferably the work that Asis does is below the surface but there are instances where it comes public. Political opponents of Duterte have attempted to bring him to the international criminal court in the Netherlands, accusing the president of crimes against humanity. The Department of Education recently indicated that at least 14 schools in the city had been destroyed, burnt or looted.

Source: The Guardian August 23, 2017 21:47 UTC