Rodrigo Duterte’s Secret Weapon: Filipinos Abroad

Rodrigo Duterte’s Secret Weapon: Filipinos Abroad
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Duterte's bloody crackdown on drugs and insults of former allies have sparked criticism, but his staunch support of the rights of Filipinos working overseas—known as Overseas Filipino Workers, or OFWs—has won him widespread support from the community. They were key to him clinching the presidential election in May, and, interviews with over a dozen workers in Hong Kong show, remain among his most loyal fans.

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