Flames of fury: Protesters burning an effigy with a skull face during a National Day of Protest outside the presidential palace in metro Manila. — Reuters
MANILA: Thousands of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s critics and supporters held rival rallies, taking emotional national debates over his deadly drug war and martial-law threats to the streets.
Police in battle gear were mustered to keep order as protesters held a series of rallies across the capital of Manila yesterday, using the 45th anniversary of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos imposing martial law to warn that Duterte was equally violent and authoritarian.
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