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Philippines drug war

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte checks the scope of a 7.62 mm sniper rifle
Global Politics
Critics call him ‘serial killer.’ But Duterte is still a hit in the Philippines.
There are close to 1,100 patients at Manila's Bicutan Rehabilitation Center, double its maximum capacity.
Justice
How to rehabilitate addicts in the Philippines’ vicious drug war?
Yolanda Ampoan is hugged by her children after learning of the death of her son Sandrex Ampo. Ampo was killed by unknown assailant on September 23, 2016 in Punta Sta Ana, Manila.
Justice
When half a million drug users surrendered in the Philippines, authorities sent some of them to Zumba