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Visayas drug lord surrenders to PNP

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MANILA - A suspected drug trafficker who is the brother of a town vice mayor in southern Cebu has surrendered to the Philippine National Police (PNP).</div>
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PNP chief Director Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa presented alleged drug lord Franz Sabalones to reporters at Camp Crame in Quezon City Monday.</div>
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Dela Rosa said Sabalones, who submitted himself to authorities on Sunday night, ranked only second to the late Jeffrey “Jaguar” Diaz, believed to be Cebu's top drug lord.</div>
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"Siya (Sabalones) iyung ka-level ni Jaguar, iyung napatay... Mataas nang kaunti si Jaguar sa kanya, siya ang number 2 sa Region 7, Central Visayas," dela Rosa said.</div>
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Asked why he surrendered to the police, Sabalones meekly said, "Gusto kong magbago."</div>
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Dela Rosa said Sabalones may be turned over to the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG).</div>
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<a href="http://pinashottrends.blogspot.ae/2016/08/dutertes-list-narco-politicos-lawmen.html"><span style="color: blue;">Read: DUTERTE'S LIST: 'Narco' politicos, lawmen, judges</span></a></div>
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<strong>MISTAKEN IDENTITY</strong></div>
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The alleged drug bigwig was accompanied by his brother, Vice Mayor Fralz Sabalones of San Fernando, Cebu.</div>
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President Duterte on Sunday accused the vice mayor and over 150 other individuals of alleged links to the drug trade.</div>
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But the local official claimed he was a victim of mistaken identity, saying the President may have been referring to his elder brother, Franz.</div>
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He noted that his name sounds very alike to that of his brother.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">Duterte on Sunday erroneously identified Fralz Sabalones as a candidate "who ran for mayor but actually maybe lost."</span></div>
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MANILA - A suspected drug trafficker who is the brother of a town vice mayor in southern Cebu has surrendered to the Philippine National...

Basay town mayor takes drug test, denies drug allegations

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NEGROS ORIENTAL - Basay town mayor Beda Cañamaque went to the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office (NOPPO) to clear his name after he was included in President Rodrigo Duterte's list of suspected "narco-politicians."</div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.5;">Cañamaque presented himself to NOPPO Director Police Senior Supt. Nestor Tiempo Sunday afternoon to clear his name, adding that the allegations thrown at him are not true and are politically motivated.</span></div>
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He also said he was shocked when he heard the news. To prove his innocence, Cañamaque took a drug test.</div>
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Tiempo, for his part, said they will still verify Cañamaque's alleged involvement in illegal drugs.</div>
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Duterte on Sunday revealed the names of sitting and retired local government officials, policemen and lawmen who are allegedly involved in the drug trade. </div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/07/16/basay-town-mayor-takes-drug-test-denies-drug-allegations">source:abscbn</a></span></div>
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Crime Drugs Du30 Duterte Government Local News Basay town mayor takes drug test, denies drug allegations

NEGROS ORIENTAL - Basay town mayor Beda Cañamaque went to the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office (NOPPO) to clear his name after he ...

P1.04-B halaga ng marijuana, sinira sa Kalinga

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MANILA - Nagpatuloy Linggo ang pagsira ng mga awtoridad sa tinatayang P1.04 bilyon halaga ng marijuana na nakatanim sa Tinglayan, Kalinga. </div>
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Natagpuan ang walong ektaryang marijuana plantation sa Mount Chumanchil noong nakaraang Lunes. </div>
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Dahil sa lawak ng taniman, sinasabing maaaring abutin pa ng Miyerkules bago matapos ang pagsunog dito. </div>
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Hinihinalang mga residente din sa lugar ang nagtanim ng mga naturang marijuana. </div>
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Ayon kay Chief Supt. Elmo Sarona, hepe ng Cordillera police, hindi nila mahuli ang nagtanim ng mga ito dahil sa kakulangan ng ebidensya.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">Pagmamay-ari ng gobyerno ang lupang tinaniman.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/07/16/p104-b-halaga-ng-marijuana-sinira-sa-kalinga">Source: ABSCBN</a></span></div>
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Drugs Du30 Duterte Hashtag Kalinga Local News Marijuana Stories P1.04-B halaga ng marijuana, sinira sa Kalinga

MANILA - Nagpatuloy Linggo ang pagsira ng mga awtoridad sa tinatayang P1.04 bilyon halaga ng marijuana na nakatanim sa Tinglayan, Kaling...

DUTERTE'S LIST: 'Narco' politicos, lawmen, judges

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MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday revealed the names</div>
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 of sitting and retired local government officials, policemen and lawmen who are allegedly involved in the drug trade.<br />
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Here is the list of drug-tainted officials bared by the President:</div>
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<strong>COURT MAGISTRATES </strong></div>
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Judge Mupas of Dasmariñas City, Cavite<br />Judge Reyes, Baguio City<br />Judge Savilo, Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 13, Iloilo City<br />Judge Casiple, Kalibo, Aklan<br />Judge Rene Gonzales, Municipal Trial Court (MTC)</div>
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Judge Navidad, RTC-Calbayog City<br />Judge Ezekiel Dagala MTC<br />Judge Dapa, Siargao</div>
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<strong>INCUMBENT AND FORMER LOCAL EXECS, LAWMAKERS </strong></div>
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Mayor Reynaldo Flores - Naguilian, La Union<br />Mayor Dante Garcia - Tubao, La Union<br />Mayor Martin De Guzman - Bauang, La Union<br />Mayor Marjorie Apel Salazar - Lasam, Cagayan<br />Mayor Goto Violago - San Rafael, Bulacan</div>
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Mayor Marino Morales - Mabalacat, Pampanga<br />Mayor Felix Castillo - Langiden, Abra<br />Ex Mayor Eufronio Erigel - Agoo, La Union<br />Mayor Jesus Celeste, Alyas Boying - Bolinao, Pangasinan<br />Mayor Jose "Pepe" Miranda - Santiago City, Isabela</div>
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Mayor Vicente Amante - San Pablo City, Laguna<br />Mayor Ryan Dolor - Bauan, Batangas<br />Vice Mayor Edgardo Trinidad - El Nido, Palawan<br />Mayor Alex Centena - Calinog, Iloilo<br />Mayor Julius Ronald Pacificador - Hamtic, Antique</div>
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Mayor Jed Mabilog - Iloilo City<br />Mayor Sigfredo Betita - Carles, Iloilo<br />Marciano Malones--Maasin, Iloilo<br />Ex-Mayor Michael Rama - Cebu City<br />Mayor Hector Ong - Laoang, Northern Samar</div>
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Mayor Rolando Espinosa - Albuera, Samar<br />Mayor Beda Canamaque - Basay, Negros Oriental<br />Ex-Mayor Madeline Ong - Laoang, Northern Samar<br />Vice Mayor Francis Ansing Amboy - Maasin, Iloilo<br />Fralz Sabalones - San Fernando Cebu </div>
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Antonio Pesina - Iloilo City<br />Erwin "Tongtong" Plagata - Iloilo City<br />Buddy Aingan -- Kulambungan, Davao Del Norte<br />Former board member Ricardo Parojinog - Misamis<br />Mayor Fahad Salic - Marawi City </div>
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Congressman Guillermo Romarate, Jr. - 2nd District, Surigao del Norte<br />Jessie Aguilera - Alegria, Surigao del Norte<br />Mayor Mohammad Ali Abenal - Marantao, Lanao del Sur<br />Jamal Dadayan - Buadiposo-Buntong, Lanao del Sur<br />Rasmiyah Macabago - Saguiaran, Lanao del Sur </div>
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Muslim Alen Macadato -- Lobatan, Lanao Del Sur<br />Rasul Santi Datu Zaldy Ampatuan - Maguindanao<br />Montaser Zabal - Talitay, Maguindanao<br />Vicman Montawal - Datu Montawal, Maguindanao<br />Samsudin Dimaukom -- Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao</div>
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Norodin Salasal -- Datu Salibo, Maguindanao<br />Ex-Mayor Benahar Tulawie - Talipao, Sulu<br />Nova Princess Parojinog Echavez<br />Omar Solitario Ali - Marawi City<br />Abdul Wahid Sabal - Vice Mayor, Talitay, Maguindanao</div>
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Otto Montawal - Datu Montawal, Maguindanao<br />Nida Dimagcon - Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao<br />Arafat Salik - Marawi City<br />Rasmia Macabagu - Siguran, Lanao Del Sur </div>
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Ex-Mayor Abubakar Abdukarim Afdal - Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur<br />Mayor Gamar Ahay Janihim - Sirawai, Zamboanga del Norte<br />David Navarro - Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur<br />Bobby Alingan - Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte<br />Yusofa Monder Bugong Ramin - Iligan City, Lanao del Norte<br />Ex-Congressman JC Rahman Nava - Guimaras </div>
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Party-list Rep. Jeffrey Celis - Panay </div>
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<strong>ACTIVE AND RETIRED LAWMEN </strong></div>
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Police Inspector Rolando Batolayan<br />Ret. Supt. Maristelo Manalo, CIDG<br />Roberto Palisoc - Station 7 MPD<br />Ret. Supt. Siceron Ada<br />Chief Insp. Eric Bunaventura - Navotas</div>
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PO2 Geraldine Bautista Manuel - Health Service<br />SPO3 Ronald Calap - Isabela<br />PO3 Rodel Samoledo - Lalio<br />PO3 Cecilio Domingo - CIDG<br />PO2 Ryan Mendoza - Tarlac Pstation</div>
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Jeffrey Serafica - Butuan<br />PO1 Norman Adarlo - Puerto Galera<br />Mark Canete RSRPSV Mimaropa<br />PO1 Mark Christian Catalina - Camarines Norte<br />PO2 Allan Carpio - Pasay City</div>
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PO3 Eric Lazo - QCPD<br />PO3 Alexander Macabeo - Parañaque City<br />PO3 Johnny Mahilom - QCPD<br />PO2 Cielito Minendrez - Binangonan<br />Ret. General Vicente Loot </div>
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Ret. General Valerio - Iloilo<br />General Bernando Diaz - Region 6<br />General Idio - Calbayog City<br />Ret. Supt. Floro Antique<br />Supt. Kashmir Dimangcup - former Iloilo Base Commander</div>
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Supt. Delia Paz - RDIDM<br />Supt. Genepa Riu - Intelligence<br />Supt. Ifel Duenas<br />Supt. Kaundag<br />Supt. Eugenio Malik, Maritime Group, former chief of Antique Anti-Drug Group </div>
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Supt. Gumboc<br />Supt. Leven<br />Chief Insp. Rio Maymay<br />Senior Insp. Kenneth Militar, Iloilo<br />Senior Insp. Donasco</div>
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Insp. De Jose - Region 6<br />Insp. Duarte - Arevalo, Iloilo<br />Chief Insp. Vicente Vicente - Banate<br />Supt. Romeo Santander - Cebu<br />PO2 Michael Cortez - Barili </div>
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SPO1 Jen Dela Victoria - Cebu<br />SPO1 Onel Nabua - Barili<br />PO2 Jomar Ibanez - Lapu Lapu<br />PO3 Ryan Martusciamco - Cebu<br />PCI Ibrahim Jabiran- Zamboanga </div>
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The President stripped the government officials of their police escorts. The policemen on the list, on the on the other hand, were immediately relieved from their posts.</div>
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They will also be investigated for criminal and administrative charges, he said.</div>
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He said the names were validated by the police and the military. </div>
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"I ordered the validation. I am the one reading it and I am the sole person responsible for this one," he said. </div>
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Before this, the President also named five police generals and several other local executives as alleged protectors of drug rings. </div>
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Duterte's crackdown on drug suspects has killed some 852 individuals from May 10 up to 3 p.m. of August 5, according to an independent tally by the ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group. <span style="line-height: 1.5;">-- With a report from Elric Ayop, ABS-CBN News </span></div>
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MANILA - A town mayor linked by President Rodrigo Duterte to the illegal drug trade admitted Sunday that he once met with an alleged drug lord in 2013. </div>
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Calinog Mayor Alex Centena of Iloilo province said suspected drug lord Melvin "Boyet" Odicta, Sr. talked to him about plans of opening a restaurant in his city. </div>
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Centena, who was among over 150 individuals named as drug coddlers by Duterte, added that Odicta also wanted to buy a deer he owned. The mayor did not sell the animal, but eventually swapped his "baboy ramo" (wild boar) for Odicta's Siberian husky. </div>
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He said the 2013 meeting was his only encounter with Odicta. </div>
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Centena said his political rivals may have given Duterte false information on his alleged drug ties. </div>
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Reiterating his support for Duterte's bid to abolish drug rings, he also presented a certification of his contribution to the anti-drug campaign. </div>
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The certification was issued by the Sangguniang Bayan, Department of Education-Calinog, former chiefs of police of the town and other organizations.</div>
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Meanwhile, Mayor Mariano Malones of Maasin, Iloilo also insisted there is no truth to allegations that he is a "narco-politician". </div>
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Malones said the claim is politically motivated, noting his opponent in the last election was a supporter of Duterte. </div>
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Malones added that he also voted for Duterte in the May 9 elections, because he had stayed for 11 years in Davao City, where Duterte had served as a long-time mayor. </div>
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Aside from Malones and Calinog, several other incumbent and former officials of Iloilo province were included in Duterte's list of alleged drug protectors. </div>
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Among them were Iloilo City Mayor Jed Mabilog and Carles Mayor Sigfredo Betita, who have both denied any involvement in the underground trade. </div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">Duterte has dubbed Iloilo as the most "shabulized" province in the country, given the extent of methamphetamine use there. -- </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">With reports from Joyce Ann Clavecillas, ABS-CBN News </span></div>
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Drugs Du30 Government Local News 'Narco mayor' admits meeting with 'drug lord'

MANILA - A town mayor linked by President Rodrigo Duterte to the illegal drug trade admitted Sunday that he once met with an alleged dru...

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According to Department of Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis-Briones, plans are afoot to make the government’s Alternative Learning System (ALS) more accessible to include those who volunteer to undergo rehabilitation from drug addiction.</div>
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“Also among the priorities of the new administration (under President Rodrigo Duterte) is the expansion of ALS at the regional, national, and international levels,” she said.</div>
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The ALS is a programme started nearly ten years ago by the administration of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to provide disadvantaged Filipinos who never had a chance to get a formal education an opportunity to improve their situation.</div>
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The government is currently in the middle of a campaign to stamp out the use of illegal drugs by its citizens. Drug addiction has been blamed as the root of criminal offences which include theft, violence and murder, among others.</div>
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According to the figures provided by the Dangerous Drugs Board on the profile of patients undergoing drug rehab in various private and government-funded rehabilitation centres in 2014, 47.59 per cent were unemployed, 27 per cent were workers/employees, 11.43 per cent were businessman or self-employed, eight per cent were out of school youths and four per cent were students.</div>
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The government had earlier announced plans for a massive rehabilitation programme for drug addicts across the country and it had identified several military camps in Luzon and in Mindanao as possible sites of rehab centres.</div>
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Meanwhile, senator Panfilo Lacson expressed concern of the number of cases of alleged summary execution carried out against so-called “drug pushers” since Duterte formally assumed authority as president on July 1, 2016.</div>
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Lacson, a former director general of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said that while he fully supports the Duterte administration’s campaign against illegal drugs, the government should me mindful that the campaign is being waged at the cost of lives of people.</div>
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According to reports, more than 300 suspected drug pushers and users have been killed by vigilantes and police since the campaign started last July 1. Lacson however, said the figures are much bigger.</div>
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“Well-informed sources within the PNP said they are trying to validate figures amounting to some 600 fatalities from summary executions. This does not include those killed in legitimate police operations,” he said.</div>
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Duterte, prior to formally assuming the presidency, had warned that his anti-drugs campaign will be “bloody.”</div>
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“This is worrisome because it appears anyone can kill anybody as long as they are vigilantes,” he said.</div>
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Nevertheless, he said that personally, he sees a “drug free” Philippines as a distinct possibility with Duterte’s campaign if its momentum continues.</div>
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“We have never witnessed anything like this before. More than a hundred thousand (drug users and addicts) have already given themselves up and thousands more were arrested,” he said.</div>
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Crime Drugs Du30 Duterte National Manila to extend literacy programme to those in rehab

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MANILA - The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Thursday denied rumors that it is planning a coup d’etat to remove President Duterte from office.</div>
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In a text message to DZMM, AFP spokesman Col. Restituto Padilla said these false rumors may have been "lifted out of context from the Presidents coup joke to our troops during his recent visit to military installations."</div>
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Padilla said Duterte quipped about coup attempts to "lighten up the mood" of soldiers during his visit to military troops at the AFP Medical Center in Quezon City on Tuesday.</div>
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Padilla also emphasized that soldiers take inspiration from the President and his frequent visits to military camps and wounded soldiers.</div>
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"We are a professional armed force dedicated to live by and fulfill our constitutional mandate. That's our guarantee and commitment to God, country and our people," he added.</div>
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Duterte joked about coup attempts on Tuesday when he said that he expects to get in the way of some officials' personal interests while performing his duty.      </div>
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"I promise you a clean government. It will be a clean government. Ganun na lang, marami akong masagasaan along the way. Sana naman huwag kayong magalit kung tama 'yung ginagawa natin," he said.</div>
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"Eh baka mag-coup d'etat kayo because nawalan ako ng trabaho. Anong coup d'etat? Tawagan mo lang ako sa Malacañang, 'Hoy, Duterte, umalis ka diyan, mag-takeover kami.'"</div>
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<a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/02/16/what-duterte-told-hospitalized-soldiers" style="color: #eb1e23; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;"><strong>What Duterte told hospitalized soldiers</strong></a></div>
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Among Duterte's promises to the AFP are additional hospital buildings for soldiers, improved release of their pensions and education stipend for their children.</div>
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<a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/04/16/coup-plan-vs-duterte-no-such-thing-says-afp">source: abscbn</a></div>
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Manila: Nearly four weeks into his presidency, tough-talking Rodrigo Duterte has made clear the direction his administration intends to take and what could be expected from his administration.</div>
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Duterte completes his first month in office on July 31. Riding on his experience and reputation as the top executive of Davao City for more than two decades, the 72-year-old overwhelmingly bested the other candidates for the presidency including Vice-President Jejomar Binay and administration candidate Mar Roxas.</div>
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But, after his election victory, it’s time for him to deliver on his promises.</div>
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Here are some of the promises he made and the action taken on those in the short time he has been in office.</div>
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In the run-up to the elections and until he formally assumed office on June 30, Duterte had warned of a massive government drive to root out drug addiction, which he described as “tearing the fabric of the Philippine society and destroying families”.</div>
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In a short span of time, government efforts are already bearing fruit. Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Ronald Dela Rosa said that from a high of 52,950 crime incidents in January 2016, the crime volume dipped 13 per cent through the first and second quarters of the years to 46,060 incidents recorded in June.</div>
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From July 1, a total of 120,038 voluntarily yielded to authorities, among them, 112,902 drug users and, 7,107 pushers, according to official PNP records.</div>
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“This was the result of the Duterte effect” columnists and news reports said as it described the fear brought upon by Duterte’s crackdown on drugs.</div>
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But while some may agree on Duterte’s anti drugs campaign, there are those who have mixed feelings about it.</div>
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“I do not agree to a nationwide killing rampage but I understand it is necessary in Mindanao where I grew up,” Lilibeth Sia, who is in her early 50s and who runs an event management firm in Metro Manila, said.</div>
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According to figures provided by the Commission on Human Rights (CHR), the Philippine Centre for Investigative Journalim (PCIJ) said that so far, “at least 33 incidents related to the campaign that will be investigated on the commission’s own initiative,”</div>
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CHR Commissioner Leah Armamento says: “Actually, our investigators are now almost working 24/7. They cannot finish their reports quickly because there’s so much to do.”</div>
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As Duterte’s war on drugs unfolded, questions arose on whether the suspects had been given due process as bodies not just turn up on the streets at night, but are assassinated in broad daylight in front of people.</div>
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Lorela Sandoval, a businesswoman in La Union in northern Philippines said that while she agrees with the positive aspects of the so-called ‘Duterte Effect’ suspects still need to be proven guilty.</div>
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“What if they are innocent then that would be injustice to them isn’t it,” she said.</div>
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But for Hector Mercado, an air conditioning technician and a father of five who lives in the predominantly urban poor Gulayan district in Malabon City, he said he can only say positive about the current government’s drive against criminality.</div>
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“Now, I am not afraid to walk the streets at night and I can work longer hours. I am less fearful of somebody sneaking behind me in the dark and telling me to give up all my earnings for the day,” he told Gulf News, adding: “For me that is what matters the most.”</div>
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When Duterte was declared President in May, one of the first things that he would do was to announce a ceasefire with the communist umbrella group which had been fighting the government for 47 years, the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the New Peoples’ Army (NPA).</div>
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On Monday, he did just that. On his first State of the Nation Address, he declared a unilateral ceasefire with communist rebels.</div>
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“No one wants peace more than the soldiers themselves who do the fighting,” an Army sergeant, who refuses to have his name published told Gulf News in an earlier interview inside Camp Capinpin in Rizal province, east of Manila.</div>
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“Declaring a ceasefire, although unilateral, is a positive gesture. Hopefully a ceasefire agreement will be signed so we can focus on other important concerns,” he said.</div>
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The peace process with communist rebels was initiated during the administration of president Fidel Ramos during the initial years of the 1990s. During the previous administration under Benigno Aquino, the talks hardly progressed as both sides had been wary of the peace negotiations being used for political propaganda. Under the Duterte administration, the leader made an unprecedented move of declaring a ceasefire without any condition in exchange.</div>
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Duterte also said during the Sona that he wants to put closure on the so-called ‘Bangsamoro Question,’ that has resulted in at least three decades of strife in Southern Philippines.</div>
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Reacting to the President’s statement Muslimin Sema chair of the MNLF council of 15 said: “There is a possibility that he (Duterte) would be the last president we are to negotiate with. We are inspired by his being positive on the peace process and for that we will reciprocate with honour and vigour.”</div>
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Sema’s group is the largest among the four factions of the MNLF and was the only one that signed a unified declaration with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).</div>
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“It is easier to solve the Mindanao problem now while the moderate, older Moro leaders are still alive. The next generation of Moro leaders will surely be radical and dealing with them might be tediously difficult,” Sema said.</div>
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Decades of insurgency and separatist strife had locked parts of the Philippines in a vicious cycle of conflict. In most cases, combatants who were born into the conflict has known no other life but that being engaged in fighting.</div>
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During a speech he gave to soldiers of the 7th Infantry Division, based in Fort Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija on July 26, Duterte said: “I am a President that seeks peace with everyone. My job as president is not to look for conflict. My job is to make sure that there will be no conflict in the Philippines and that the military will be there ever ready to guard the integrity of the republic to protect the people.”</div>
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As for the Abu Sayyaf, he said that although he believes that the conflict is rooted on their desire for self-determination, the group – notorious for kidnap for ransom and beheading of captives – has to make a choice. “Are they willing to talk or fight it out,” he said.</div>
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With regards to this particular campaign promise of the President, this is possibly the one of the most crucial and difficult to gauge. With very little in the way of metrics to judge the achievements of the administration, government has no concrete means to determine whether a certain agency is corrupt until actual cases are filed in court and prospered against officials.</div>
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One of the first items in the reform agenda of the government was to replace officials of the Bureau of Customs, but other corrupt agencies such as the Bureau of Internal Revenue are relatively untouched.</div>
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“We really have yet to see something drastic and spectacular to say that government is serious in its reform agenda concerning certain government agencies,” said an anti-corruption advocate who requested anonymity.</div>
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While Duterte boasts that there have been achievements in the faster processing of government documents, the practice of so-called public servants from asking for grease money remain prevalent and there are no indications that this would change.</div>
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In most cases, corruption is an embedded thing at the grassroots level.</div>
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As much as that in the grassroots, corruption also ails other branches of government including the judiciary.</div>
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According to the 2016 Political and Economic Risk Consultancy Report, the Philippines ranks 7th among the 16 countries in the Asia-Pacific region.</div>
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It said the Philippines had achieved gains during the Aquino administration in ridding corruption. This however, these gains could be reversed if there is no follow through to this momentum.</div>
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Nevertheless, Filipinos, such as Carmela Huelar, a journalist covering the transport and shipping sector is not losing hope.</div>
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“I am very positive that Duterte will make an impact with regards to the anti-corruption drive.</div>
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I think he has the willpower to effect change and that is what is important,” she said.</div>
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“He is not scared of anyone because he does not owe anybody a debt of gratitude,” she added.</div>
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With regards to this particular campaign promise of the President, this is possibly the one of the most crucial and difficult to gauge. With very little in the way of metrics to judge the achievements of the administration, government has no concrete means to determine whether a certain agency is corrupt until actual cases are filed in court and prospered against officials.</div>
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One of the first items in the reform agenda of the government was to replace officials of the Bureau of Customs, but other corrupt agencies such as the Bureau of Internal Revenue are relatively untouched.</div>
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“We really have yet to see something drastic and spectacular to say that government is serious in its reform agenda concerning certain government agencies,” said an anti-corruption advocate who requested anonymity.</div>
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While Duterte boasts that there have been achievements in the faster processing of government documents, the practice of so-called public servants from asking for grease money remain prevalent and there are no indications that this would change.</div>
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In most cases, corruption is an embedded thing at the grassroots level.</div>
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As much as that in the grassroots, corruption also ails other branches of government including the judiciary.</div>
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According to the 2016 Political and Economic Risk Consultancy Report, the Philippines ranks 7th among the 16 countries in the Asia-Pacific region.</div>
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It said the Philippines had achieved gains during the Aquino administration in ridding corruption. This however, these gains could be reversed if there is no follow through to this momentum.</div>
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Nevertheless, Filipinos, such as Carmela Huelar, a journalist covering the transport and shipping sector is not losing hope.</div>
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“I am very positive that Duterte will make an impact with regards to the anti-corruption drive.</div>
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I think he has the willpower to effect change and that is what is important,” she said.</div>
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“He is not scared of anyone because he does not owe anybody a debt of gratitude,” she added.</div>
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Also during the Sona, Duterte also declared a no-let up drive against human traffickers and making the processing of documents for overseas Filipino workers (OFW) easier.</div>
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“I place this issue in parity in importance with the anti-drug campaign,” the President said.</div>
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Susan Ople of the Blas F. Ople Policy Centre on labour migration said the overseas Filipino workers sector “is also happy to hear that he will be true to his campaign promise to create a separate department for our OFWs and a hi-tech one-stop shop to address their needs.”</div>
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Sona given by past Presidents, such as Duterte’s predecessor, Benigno Aquino did not dwell much on the issues involving OFWs.</div>
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Likewise, the President said he will work for lengthening the validity of passports from current five years to ten years. He also promised to end long qeueus for passport applications and release. He said his heart breaks every time he sees Filipinos wanting to go overseas having a difficult time in getting their travel documents. OFWs contribute a large part to the country’s economy and have played a role in saving the Philippine economy during difficult times.</div>
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