Why Philippines’ Duterte Woos the Oligarchs
President seeks help in cementing dynasty, defeating coronavirus
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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…
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