There was something revealing — almost symbolic — about the spectacle that unfolded around Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa this week. The "strongman" tripped his way to the Senate plenary hall and lied before the public that he got slightly wounded in his hands for reportedly wrestling with authorities. God truly exists, and what does the Bible teach us about people who constantly lie themselves out of trouble? For years, dela Rosa cultivated the image of the untouchable enforcer: the hard-talking former police general who became the public face of Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody war on drugs and one of the most aggressive defenders of the Duterte political machine. He projected such bravado that many Filipinos came to see him not merely as...