The violence of the Duterte regime in the Philippines and the devotion of his fans, as witnessed by Iris C Gonzales.
There was a time, not too long ago, when no outsider dared enter Barangay178 in Pasay City in the southern part of Metro Manila.
With a reputation for the most chilling criminality, this slum district was considered a place teeming with the maddest of men, driven to desperation by drugs.
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