Summary
There's a bloody war raging in the Philippines – a war that's being waged by the country's own government, against its own people. The story of Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs, and the thousands of lives it has already claimed.
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| 0:00.0 | From the Independent Producer Project and KCRW.com, I'm Bob Carlson, and this is unfictional. |
| 0:10.0 | Today on the program, a weirdly funny politically incorrect politician with a populist message |
| 0:16.8 | promises to fix a crisis in his country with a tough no-nonsense approach, we turned to the Philippines. Why did you think I was talking about |
| 0:25.8 | someone else? After taking off as President Rodrigo Duterte directed his country's police |
| 0:32.0 | force to kill drug suspects as part of the country's |
| 0:35.4 | war on drugs. |
| 0:37.3 | The police in the Philippines pretty much have free reign to shoot first and sort things |
| 0:41.6 | out later. |
| 0:42.7 | And many more drug dealers, users, and bystanders |
| 0:45.8 | have been killed vigilante style under Duterte. |
| 0:49.6 | Most Filipinos think he's doing a pretty good job, |
| 0:51.8 | though, despite the killings or more likely |
| 0:54.3 | because of them. A warning by the way that this episode contains some descriptions of drug use |
| 0:59.8 | and violence that are not suitable for children. |
| 1:03.0 | Veteran foreign reporter Michael Sullivan takes us on a trip through Duterte country, |
| 1:09.0 | where you have to start in Devow, on the country's southern island. It's a city where Duterte got his start as a politician, |
| 1:16.2 | where he was mayor for over two decades, and where he first left his mark. |
| 1:20.8 | For better and for worse. From KCRW.com it's unfictional and shoot first. |
| 1:28.0 | It's a receipt for change. 63 peso. Thank you, Have a great time. Enjoy your Sunday. |
| 1:37.0 | Not that long ago, Davao was a largely lawless city on the largely lawless island of Mindenau, known more for its Muslim |
| 1:45.1 | and communist insurgencies than crispy greens. Without Duterte this crispy cream, this mall probably wouldn't be here. |
| 1:55.0 | Without Duterte, says Vicente Lau, |
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