PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said he did not care about the country’s credit ratings after international debt watcher Standard & Poor’s (S&P) reported that his bloody war on drugs “somewhat diminished” the predictability of economic policy-making in the Philippines.

“Sabihin nitong mga BB plus, credit. Wala akong pakialam sa inyo [They raise this BB plus, credit rating. I don’t care about you],” Duterte said in speech during the inauguration of a power plant in Misamis Oriential on Thursday.

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