"I am mad with what is happening," Dela Rosa said in a speech to local officials and police. Besides local officials and police officers, Duterte's list included two retired police generals, soldiers, paramilitary members, judges and a former lawmaker. More than 400 suspected drug dealers have been killed by police across the Philippines since Duterte took over, officials say. Several local officials reported to regional police offices to beat the deadline set by Duterte, who won the elections in May on a single platform of fighting crime and drugs. In his maiden speech to the Senate, boxing icon Manny Pacquiao supported Duterte's drug war and proposal to restore the death penalty for drug crimes, and advocated execution by hanging or by firing squad.

Source: dna August 09, 2016 06:22 UTC