Why the Philippines Was Never Going to Become Singapore—No Matter Who Promised It

By Karl Garcia Rodrigo Duterte was not the first Filipino leader to invoke Singapore as a model, and he will not be the last. Long before his 2016 campaign promise to “make the Philippines like Singapore,” the aspiration already existed across the political spectrum. Ironically, many of Duterte’s strongest critics also want the Philippines to Continue reading "Why the Philippines Was Never Going…