The fish in Manila Bay, he vowed, would grow fat feeding on corpses of drug dealers. He cited 100,000 as the target figure.Two months into Duterte's presidency, the toll has risen above 2,000, with the nation's police ostensibly responsible for less than half of those killings. Her employer had threatened her with death if she quit killing, the assassin told the BBC.And who exactly are the victims? Perhaps he has a reasonably good idea of what he can get away with.Parallels have inevitably been drawn between Duterte and Donald Trump. The Philippines has a head start: the greatest danger to the republic already resides in Malacanang Palace.

Source: The Nation Bangkok September 01, 2016 18:00 UTC