The women—18 mothers and grandmothers—have had enough. They have seen their small community in the municipality of Pateros ripped apart and terrorized by the “bonnet gang”—motorcycle-riding men in ski masks roaming nightly and killing without compunction those suspected of having links to illegal drugs. The women have taken matters in their own frail but determined hands—and feet: Armed with nothing more than grit and flashlights, they walk the neighborhood at night to thwart would-be criminals,
The first time I came across the word “lawfare” was when I read Justice Antonio Carpio’s book “The South China Sea Dispute: Philippine Sovereign Rights and Jurisdiction in the West Philippine Sea.” He used it to describe what the Philippines was doing to protect itself in the dispute with China.
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