From the article.

> And he has warned drug dealers in particular: "Do not destroy my country, because I will kill you."

This is a strong message. And he used the media to spread this message. I'm not jiving with the idea that the media is wrong and yet the president was using the media as a channel for this message.

I also live in the Philippines, but I'm a foreigner and I'm not taking a side on this. My boots on the ground observation is that people have been shot under mysterious circumstances before the new president took office and the same is happening now after, but maybe at a greater rate. But I don't fear for my life here. It isn't the wild west with guns blazing on the street.