Philippines’ Duterte Loses Out to Two Iconic Women

Both have opposed his murderous drug war and defied him

By: Criselda Yabes

The Philippine courts last week defied President Rodrigo Duterte with courtroom victories for two women the president detests, ending contests with him that go back almost to the time he was elected in 2016 and started bending the conception of justice to meet his own ends. The first is Leila de Lima, 61, who has been in “preventive de…