Why left-behind Filipinos back Rodrigo Duterte

For the past 45 years, Manuel S. Abad and his family have rented the same house in La Loma, a densely packed barangay (neighbourhood) in Quezon City – part of the sprawling, 28 million-strong Metro Manila conurbation. The house is 60 square metres. The family of six share two bedrooms, making do with four bunk beds and some mattresses on the floor. Abad grew up sleeping in the same rooms, sharing the space with his four siblings and parents. For many Filipinos the decades following…