What The Filipinos Think of President Duterte | ASIAN BOSS 

Special thanks to our Asian Boss reporter, Steven Bansil, for sharing the real Filipino perspective on this issue. Steven will be covering more current events in the Philippines in the future so feel free to check out his RU-vid channel and follow him on social media: ru-vid.com facebook.com/imstevenbansil instagram.com/teletebbie We believe it's important to show the world what's happening from all corners of Asia and are really excited that our coverage is expanding. If you want to become our reporter to represent your country (in Asia for now), get in touch with us at askasianboss@gmail.com.

This type of journalism is way more professional than most of the traditional media that I've come across in the recent years.

I think people should let the Philippines people decide who and what they want for themselves and respect their decision. It's their country anyway.

I can see in the comments people love the diversity in the language spoken but they're only speaking Tagalog English, there's still hundreds of language out there in different parts of the Philippines. Even I don't understand most of em. I'm also fascinated by it💕

"Sincere word are fine, fine words are not sincere." Masyado na kayong nadala sa mga matatamis na salita nung mga previous politicians.

Im living in manila for a long time and i experienced before to live with scared. Im afraid especially when i got home late from work. But now i feel more safer even when i go home late because less worry that no addict will hurt me along way home...thanks to you President Duterte!for protecting many innocent pilipino people lives!in the hands of addicts and criminals!! Long life President Duterte!!

Base on my experience bilang dating user, noon sa lugar namin napakadali kumuha ng drugs dahil kada kanto may mga runner ( sila yung mga patakbuhin pag gusto mo gumamit ). Marami ding area kung saan puede ka makakuha personally, kung regular ka ng parokyano madali kang makakakuha! Armado din karamihan ng tulak, hindi para sa pulis kundi tamang hinala lang baka magkaonsehan. Dahil nga walang threath sa mga pulis, lumala ng lumala, napansin ko kahit mga runner sa tambayan lang nagbebentahan, sa mga pasugalan yun na ang itinataya, mas pabata ng pabata ang mga drug addicts at parami ng parami! ILLEGAL DRUGS din ang pangunahing pinagmumulan ng krimen, trouble sa kalye, nakawan, rape, snatching, at iba pa! Pero nung si duterte na presidente, laki ng kaibahan, hirapan na pagkuha! Tinatanung ko mga kaibigan ko na tuloy pa rin paggamit, pahirapan na daw makakuha! marami din nasa kulungan na! Ang Ilan napatay naman. Marami na rin ang tumigil dahil sa takot! Pero di maiiwasan may mga pulis talagang abusado at mayayabang, may iba pang involve sa drugs. Pero mas marami naman ay maayos na pulis. Isa lang ang pinatunayan nito para sa akin" His word has authority" Bukam bibig nga dito, (magbago kana kung ayaw mong ma-duterte ka)

When my daughter studied in Manila, I was really so afraid for her safety because before Duterte my nephew who studied also in the University belt in Manila was robbed with knife on his throat in the overpass. Luckily Duterte won and I feel that streets are safer for my daughter, true enough in her 2 yrs in Manila nothing similar happen and she told me that there are police visible in all overpass.

When this is more genuine than Media itself. Open your eyesss

So thankful to get a fresh perspective on world issues. As an American it can be so easy to blindly follow the media without considering other views. Thank you!

A true leader does not fear being hated if it's for the good of his people.

"Only criminals are being killed so I don't see the problem" "What have these human rights done for us?"

As a person from Brazil, where citizens are always afraid of criminals, I really understand Filipinos... We just want to live in a safer place... After starting living in Japan, where you don’t have to worry about the criminals on the streets, I wish we could have the same ”freedom” in Brazil: freedom of walking on the streets at late night alone, go everywhere I wanna go alone even though being a woman.

😭 in joy while watchin this. I can feel them saying “ordinary Filipinos see what’s really going on and its for the better.”

Good job Asian Boss for letting the world know the real deal about President Duterte. It's an unbiased, on the spot and unscripted opinion from the ordinary citizens of the Philippines. Let the world be the judge. 👍

This was posted 2017, I guess you should do a second part of this video after 5 years of his term.

Real Filipino people from Philippines are the ones you should believe and trust... Not a foreign media outlet that can't even tell the truth about things happening in their own backyard.

"What have these human rights done for us?" Personally this hits me so hard.

Phillipinas and Indonesia are friends 👍 🇮🇩🇵🇭

Your concern is Human Rights Mine is Human lives -Duterte The Best President for me

Good morning. Actually we are very thankful of having a President like PRRD because without him, our land is a mess. Thank you Lord for the commitment of Pres. Rodrigo Duterte.

I love the Filipino people! from a Chinese-American

i was a victim of criminals. nobody fought for my human rights

I admire Duterte so much, he is a strict man very straightforward and his decision making is exceptional He's willing to sacrifice a number of people just to save everyone else and the future of the youth, he's strict yes but he is also an emphatic person. That kind of leadership fills me with pride. I really believe he got us back on track Thank you for this Asian Boss!

facts:Duterte's swearing is actually a habit here in Visayas and Mindanao like every day it's near impossible to not hear anyone from Visayas and Mindanao swear mainly because Bisayas aren't overreacting like when two siblings fight instead of our parents stopping us they will say '' Here two knives now kill each other'' even sexual jokes are common here in visayas and Mindanao

I believe that life is a gift, if killing is to save a million lives, then it's better to sacrifice one life than to lose everybody's safety and endanger humanity forever.

I'm Australian and work a lot in numerous international locations. Some of my work mates are Filipinos that are sick of corruption, crime and internal conflict. Now that a democratically elected leader takes real steps to tackle these issues, outsiders that have never even been to the Philippines trash Duterte for doing what others couldn't. I have a very healthy respect for him and believe that the people are totally justified in supporting him. Its a pity that many leaders in the West couldn't follow his example.

Thank you asian boss reporter..STEVEN BANZIL...i hope that a lot of people will know about what is the goodthing happen in the phillipines.....because of pres.duterte...sincere leadership and love of the country......good job boss...👍

Thank you for publishing that interviews. I am so glad for that.

When I was in highschool my father theorized Duterte as president because of his political conviction and 20 years later here he is and changing things in the PH.

I have been going to the Philippines almost every year and I noticed a huge difference in peace and order since President Duterte became a president. The only thing it didn’t change is the traffic problem. I wish they can solve that someday.

Those human rights groups should study history!

MGA PROFESSIONAL YONG MGA NA INTERVIEW DITO HAHAHAHA i'M PROUD OF YOU GUYS!

western and European countries should stop meddling in other countries internal affairs hats off to Duterte for standing up against them,good wishes and support to Filipinos from india

Thanks everybody, love your observations/reactions👍👍👍

Please Asian Boss, do this again after the pandemic. Please. Please. Please

great video on a topic many of us in the west are curious about.

I am from the United States and I find President Duerte to be hilarious and accurate a lot of the time. The bottom line is he was elected by the Filipino people and in the past American Presidents have treated the Philippines like our personal military base. The western media is fixed and bias here.

Majority of us Filipinos love duterte until now. No matter how mainstream media descredit him, still he is the best president for us.

I am a fluent tagalog speaker but I still look at the subtitles

I'm a Filipino and here's what I think: People who have never lived in the Philippines long enough probably won't understand how bad the situation is. Illegal drugs is rampant in this country. TONS of high-ranking government officials are involved in illegal drug trades. It's not unusual for your neighbors or even close relatives to be a drug addict, and this is coming from someone who lives in a fairly-developed area. Remember, we're talking about drugs that turn people crazy enough to murder a whole family or anyone they walk pass by and say they did so just cause 'they felt like it'. Am I in favor of Duterte's war on drugs? Yes, with consideration to the stated fact that extrajudicial killings are NOT officially a part of the administration's said campaign. (Though we all have our own speculations). Am I in favor of extrajudicial killings or violation of human rights in general? HECK NO. A dead bloody body is not a pretty sight to see and can be traumatizing, may it belong to a criminal or someone innocent. Do I feel a lot safer? YES. Personally, while this may go against my own morals, how can I complain if a lot of people -- including myself -- are reaping its benefits? Of course, if I could recommend a peaceful yet equally effective way to solve the problem, I would do so. But as of the moment, I don't have one and I assume most Filipinos feel the same. If due process is as effective as they point it out to be, then how did the situation get this bad? What the heck happened? How did things get so out of control? I am a witness as to how hopeless Filipinos feel. Really, it's just frustrating.

this is such a cool language sounda like a mix of spanish and english :)

As a Filipino, I thank our beloved President Duterte for taking responsibility to all his actions. He is not perfect and nobody is. But he is the best.

When Asian media is more honest than most of Philippine media

This summarizes what the majority of the Filipinos really think and feel about the President and what really is happening in the country. Thumbs up to Asian Boss 👍👊👌 You barked at the right people..

I love my country and i love my president for protecting the country and the Filipinos. God bless the Philippines! 🇵🇭

"America is sinking" DAAMNN

Dawn of 2020, everything in this video still holds relevant and true to majority of Filipinos. Hope drugs never return in our steets.

Asian Boss!!! Next video please ask some filipino's about what they think to senator mr. Trillanes. .

I believe, I can see and I can feel.. President Duterte CARES :) It is already 2018, yet his LOVE for our country is overwhelming and as a FILIPINO, I CAN FEEL IT!

i voted you as our president because i thought that you will be the best president ever in the Philippines..after the election, everything ran emoothly and so great during your administration..i saw many noble and great deeds of yours,impressive improvement and progress in many ways in the Philippines..so i was so proud of you,respected you more and i thought i was not mistaken when i chose you to be the leader of our nation..i even thought that "i am willing to give my life to protect you if the situation needs to..i will die for you..i will die to save your life if i need to"..that was how much i loved you as our President and your like a second father to me...that was how much i honored and wanted you as the most powerful man in our country because i thought that you have a very big heart for all Filipino people..but now,after i heard this, i dont want you to be the president of our nation anymore because there is no democracy at all. im so sorry.. 😢😢😢😢😢 our ancestors fought so hard to have freedom in our society to have liberty in our motherland.. they even gave their lives for us to have a better life and very wonderful place where we have our own free will to decide things on our own as long as it is not a crime...how can you be so rude to jail those who dont want to be vaccinated if they are afraid to die after vaccinated due to health problems and very old age?how can you be so bad to jail and to think of injecting in the anus of those people who dont want to be vaccinated if they refuse to do it due to spiritual beliefs or faith? maybe you thought that no one is above the law? but God is above all..No one is above God. refusing vaccination is not the cause of spreading covid tremendously in our place but the lack of discipline among people and lack of faith in the Lord. let me give you an example: i know a politician in our place who was vaccinated but still she was infected by covid and died after that even though she was rushed to the hospital. on the other hand, my family and I dont have covid vaccine yet but we are healthy and alive..praise the Lord Jesus Christ...because we follow the protocols and rules of the Philippines such as proper application of PPE outside home and staying at home as much as possible and above all, we have one true God who is alive and give miracles to our family always. so application of covid vaccine is not the solution to stop the covid pandemic but rather the knowledge and proper application of personal protective equipment, proper hand hygiene and proper application of disinfectants such as alcohol and isolation from the crowd....on the other hand, i heard a very old woman in tv who doesnt want vaccine to be injected to her body. are you going to put her in jail? how about me and my family? i dont want my very old and sick dad to be vaccinated and my mom was afraid of vaccine also. my sibling doesnt want to be vaccinated because of her very strong faith in God..are you going to jail these innocent people like us? where is your heart, Mr. President? if you love the Philippines, you must love the people as well and protect every Filipino especially the innocent and weak citizens in our society. where is democracy in the Philippines? where is our freedom? where is our free will to choose what we want for our body as long as it is not a crime? i know you love our countrymen....please help us all not only the chosen few...may God bless and protect us all always.

Rudest for criminals..nicest for law abiding citizen i know this man his the best we need to lead.

We neven have became an ally of america, we were all slaves for long time.

That Security Officer Guy Nailed all The Questions.

I love this interview ❤️

Filipinos really love our very loving president Duterte.

I'm glad this is the way Filipinos feel about Dutarte. I live in the USA and they paint Dutarte as an evil dictatorship man. It makes me sick how the western news media has a big influence in people in the US because when I talk to my friends here in the USA they also view Dutarte as evil. What I especially hate is when they have more compassion for the Drug dealers and their life than they do of the Filipino citizens. What about the human rights of innocent people in the phillippines to have a safer community and free of drugs? what about their rights?

"I don't care if I go to hell as long as my fellowmen will live in paradise." -PRRD

The line saying that there is no human rights violation in killing criminals can be debated, but the line "what have this human rights done for us?" Is the greatest realtalk jab out there

This should have an update. I voted for him in 2016, and after more than half his term, I regret it.

Duterte is the kind of leader we need around the world. I just greatly admire the way he slams & openly speaks on any issue confronted by western leaders & pro western media.

in short “YOU CANNOT CHANGE THE WORLD WITHOUT GETTING YOUR HANDS DIRTY!"

I hope nag interview ka ng mas maraming filipino, iilan lang ang kinausap mo, para mas convincing na ms marami ang may gusto sa ating presidente.

Can you re-do this video now that we are in pandemic?

Action speaks louder than words. He cursed because he is angry for the decades of neglect by the past government. So he cursed, so what? He has been saying he is not a statesman and so if he cursed, as long as he is doing what is right to lift up the lives of the Filipino people and for his country to move forward who cares that he cursed a lot. He is a tactician, he knows what he is doing.He does a lot and work hard to help his people and country. At his age and early in his leadership he has done so much already. The anti-Du30 is bitter and cannot do their corrupt ways that is why they do everything to destroy his image and leadership. What he did to the OFW's ,do you know any leader who did it? Only him. Such a shame really that some people still believe the lies of the LP's and other anti-Du30 group but you know what? You can never put a good man down and that is our "Mayor" President Digong Duterte! We pray and hope the next leader if not more will be like the way he is leading his people..! Long Live our dearest President Digong! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👍🏼👍🏻👍🏽❤️❤️❤️🇵🇭🇨🇦😀

The smartest thing Duterte did was to stay out of the fight between super powers.

We loved him because he is sincere and all his efforts were always for the country.

RU-vid recommended me this video just now and I was surprised to see Steven! I didn't knew he was connected with Asian Boss. I really enjoy watching his tiktok videos cus he's so funny. Anyway, I have nothing but love for my country. God bless to all of our leaders. ☺️

THE IRON MAN OF THE PHILIPPINES IS NO OTHER THAN THE TOUGH GUY FROM DAVAO CITY MR. PRES. RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE, I THANK GOD ALMIGHTY FOR GIVING US (FILIPINOS) THE AMAZING & COMPETENT LEADER W/ WORD OF HONOR, MABUHAY!

Im American and i say great job to the Philippine President. I was there he has done a great job 👍

Thank you President Duterte for loving our country. Long live our dearest President.

The world sees Duterte as a political figure. But his home (the Philippines) sees him as a father. Pinay here

I don't care about Human Rights but I care about Human Lives -President Duterte

I'm super early. Uploaded 2 minutes ago. I was hoping the Duterte topic would have a video! Thank you AsianBoss. I was very curious to know how Filipinos themselves felt about their current government because I wouldn't trust the news here in the U.S to tell me a one sided report/argument. I really enjoy these "politics" based content you guys are creating.

Nice one i love I am a Filipino and everything they said is true PRRD is the best president we ever had after Marcos.

Very professional commentary. Unbiased like the traditional media who protects their interests. I believe the biggest problem is the intrusion of communists in all segments of Philippine society, the government, business, media, church, labor, etc.

For 30 yrs living in this country, it's just now that I feel safer travelling during late nights going to work. Since I started to work and pay tax, it's just now that I feel that the money I pay for tax is put into good use. I haven't seen of a President express his love for his country and how passionate he is for this country to be known. The Philippines has a lot to offer and now is the best time to showcase that. We have witnessed a lot of killings in the past, it's not new to us. I just dont get why so many people are against that. I have relatives who have been killed before and they were victims. Drugs and corruption should stop in this country or we all live in hell in the coming years.

Hey Steve. The media will always put him in a bad light. He does not own the media, one political party does.

Hay salamat. Nakaka goodvibes to 😀

Ito yung professional na media. Ano na rappler? Pa seminar kayu sa asian boss. Hhaaha

Atleast even though asian boss operates only in youtube they are not bias comapred to our local media here in ph.

I bet 90% of you are from rich countries and don't even know what struggle means. Please, go to a third world country, live there for 2 years and you will understand what these people want to say. Some comments really make me mad, you all imagine that every country has to work like western countries..

under his term, safety and security improved. crime rate decreased 50% to 70% I agree with the two girls that our local news /media is biased. criminals, at the onset, while contemplating to do the crime, they already know that they will have to pay for the consequences of their actions. they took the risk to violate the human rights of the innocent.

Steven Bansil, Asian Boss, 3years after this was posted, i still see your interview very relevant. Thanks from a fellow Filipino.

I am a Chinese, and I do like the president of Filipino. He do solving the problem of his own country. China&Filipino stand together.

"Why do we always have to focus on America? America is sinking!" - True

Filipinos are truly some of the nicest people on earth.

I hope that there's a part 2💗

Still love you guys in the Philippines… From America…

I am a filipina and I just turned 18 years old. I lived in the philippines since birth. To be honest I was not a pro duterte before because of all the killings and how he speaks infront of the media, I know that it’s a bad thing and it will reflect to the values of the philippines but I actually look up to him not because of the bad words and everything but because of his honesty, he didn’t hide his true self to public like what other politicians do but instead he keep true to himself and now I am a pro duterte. I changed my mind when I actually knew more things about duterte and everything he had done. I research a lot about him and everything that is going on. The war on drugs is actually a pretty good project it has a negative image now because all the people are just focusing on the killings but actually the one who were killed are the drug users or drug lords that aggressively fights back to the authorities and president duterte gave the police or the authority to pursue certain actions so that the lives of the authority will not be at risk but to those who give up to the authority then president duterte actually gave them a chance to live there lives but they have to go to the rehabilitation centers or jail if that person is too dangerous and that is a pretty darn good deal. I actually disagree to that the person that was interviewed and he said that he haven’t seen much succeed projects when in fact president duterte has achieved much more things that the previous presidents of the philippines. In terms of drugs, trash, infrastructure, economy, agricultural, alliances and everything. And also I think you misunderstood what the girl said about the criminals I mean you cannot weight the life of a criminal and an innocent because they are also human beings no matter what they did but I think if we talk about survival you would thank president duterte then because you would rather save a person who has the a will to save other people than a person who has a will to kill others. Other people may think that president duterte is a human right violator but atleast he is a savior of human beings. You know why people misunderstood him? That’s because they just know a part of that story, just the other half of the story and that’s what I did before, I didn’t agree to his ways before but now that I know much more, I know the whole story not just one sided I actually became a pro duterte. I actually understand him. Maybe some of his projects has a problem with its system but I think he only need other people who will help him cause what his doing is not an easy job especially if he only has few trusted people but if he has a lot of people to help then he can revise the system and create a more sophisticated one that could improve the whole country and achieve those complex projects and goals.

Good job mga lodi. Salamat sa ginawa nyong report na ito. We love our president Rodrigo Roa Duterte.

The thing people like about him the most is how he talks. He owns his word. unlike other politicians who speaks in calculated manner just to avoid their words to backfire to them. the use of WE or US as a noun when asked if they did either bad or good.

Personally he has done a lot for the Philippine. I noticed the huge difference in the amount of infrastructure that has happened since he has been in office. Plus I also noticed some parts of the Philippines are now much cleaner and a lot less trash in areas under his Presidency. I like him as a President as he does what he says he will do. He has done a lot more for the country than some of the Presidents before him

I korean myself was very happy that Duterte is the President of Philippines .Living here for almost 10years I think Duterte's time was the most safer .

I like President Duterte, the "Pinoy Putin" who turned the chaotic, ungovernable Philippines into a clean, orderly country and cleaned out the Augean stable with an iron broom! Respect and greetings from Maastricht, Limburg Province, Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Everyone should be media literate in their own way. Do your research and try to figure out which information is reliable and which isn't. You should also compare different media channels and do some media cross-referencing.

I'm an American. before I went to the ph I was on the fence about duterte's administration. after I spent a bit of time there to actually see what's going on in the rural areas, i can say im fully in support of him lol and it's gonna be hard for a westerner to experience what I experienced there. I'm half Filipino and have family there that can have some real conversations with me. I even have family involved in the drug trade who have been locked up. I also have ph friends who can give me the context of the gov corruption in the past. how there's so many drug users and pushers and how it's ruining families and in a lot of cases killing people over turf warfare. how some families even pimp out their kids (telling them to ask foreigners for money (which is illegal)) so they can feed their drug habits. all these people can tell me what problems goes on in the ph that they pretty much have been dealing with for years since no efforts were made to fix them. and it's almost impossible to get any of this context sitting in ur fancy ass $2K one-bedroom apartment with air conditioning, sipping on some overpriced $10 Starbucks with ur head up ur own ass thinking from a privileged western 1st world perspective. especially with the media we have that's only concerned about one subject (the drug war). we're talking about a whole other country here with their own ideals, laws and culture. so until americans realize what the ph is trying to achieve, they need not comment on the politics of the ph. they clearly don't know shit. most of them don't even know what island Manila is on, much less know a thing about the ph in general

As a white USAmerican. I think Duterte is awesome and exactly what the Philippines needs right now!

"Uhm, para sa akin... totoo. Parang may nadadamay talaga na inosente, pero it's part of the process ng paglinis talaga eh." - ate gurl 🤦‍♂️

Sir thank you . Well done.