Richard Heydarian is an Asia-based academic, columnist and author of "The Rise of Duterte: A Populist Revolt Against Elite Democracy" and the "The Indo-Pacific: Trump, China and the New Struggle for Global Mastery."
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Why Duterte must own up to the Philippines' COVID-19 disaster
Despite good intentions, corruption scandals have made the country a basket case
Duterte has stubbornly refused to give up on his failed strategy. © Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division/AP
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