Philippines is the Christian equivalent of Saudi Arabia. The Catholic church is dictating all the government policies. They have even banned the government from popularizing family planning. The church want to increase the population to unsustainable levels, so that the majority of the people remain in abject poverty. This makes them more vulnerable to religious brainwashing.
Right now there are dozens of civilian vigilante killings all over the country. And what's tragic is some of these guys are just suspects of drug pushing. Were there any way that they were given a fair trial.