Why Philippines’ Duterte Woos the Oligarchs

President seeks help in cementing dynasty, defeating coronavirus

On May 5, the Philippines’ rough-hewn President Rodrigo Duterte, who has made the country’s oligarchs a target of his spleen since well before his July 2016 election, took to late-night television for a meek apology to the Ayala Group and businessman Manuel V Pangilinan, with whom he had feuded for months over what he characterized as "onerous" provisio…