Politics
"DUTERTE PROMISE" ANTI-CRIME AND ILLEGAL DRUGS The Philippine Drug Enforcement Authority (PDEA) chief Isidro Lapeña has claimed success in the first year of the war on drugs. A total of 63,926 anti-drug operations were conducted, netting 86,933 drug personalities and 1.3 million surrenderers in the first year of the Duterte administration. PDEA says there has been a 26% reduction in the Philippines' total drug market. A total of 2,429 kilos of shabu with a street value of P12 billion were seized from July 1 to June 13, 2017. Latest Philippine National Police (PNP) data show that a total of 3,200 drug personalities were killed in anti-drug operations from July 1, 2016 to June 20, 2017, or 9 killed daily in presumed-legitimate anti-drug operations in the first year of the Duterte administration. PNP chief Ronald Dela Rosa said the war on drugs has improved peace and order. According to the PNP, the number of index crimes (e.g. murder, homicide, phys...