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Duterte weaponizes Filipino custom in the Covid era

Bayanihan, the indigenous Filipino custom of group work, has been weaponized by President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines to advance his own power. Historically, bayanihan refers to the Filipino tradition of a community coming together to help families physically lift their wooden houses from one location to another. Now the term refers more to volunteering. […]

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