Manila: A video clip of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte joking about an Australian lay missionary who was raped during a 1989 hostage crisis in his city has stirred outrage among his rivals.
The furore over his remarks prompted Duterte, the frontrunner in the presidential race, to apologise.
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