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Philippine President Duterte's Big, Brash 100 Days in Office

Philippine leader pledged to tackle graft, poverty before win
War on drugs has captured most attention with Duterte tirades

Bloomberg business news — Tirades Aside, What Duterte Has Done in 100 Days

By

Ditas B Lopez and

October 5, 2016, 10:00 PM UTCUpdated onOctober 6, 2016, 5:46 AM UTC

Rodrigo Duterte’s promise of radical change helped win him power in one of Asia’s oldest democracies. Since taking office in the Philippines, he’s certainly shaken things up.

But while his profanity-littered tirades capture headlines, alongside a war on drugs that has seen more than 3,000 people killed, what about his key campaign pledges?