The low crime rates in Davao City in the past months are result of manipulation of statistics and inaccurate classification of cases, according to Davao Region's Police Regional Office (PRO-11) Director General Nicolas Torre III.
The Marcos Jr. government will not stop the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor from interviewing five former police officers who are suspects in the previous Duterte administration’s war on drugs campaign.
Vice President Sara Duterte made headlines on July 29 when she released an open letter claiming “political harassment” from the Philippine National Police (PNP) for pulling out 75 police officers from her security group.
Marcos Jr. paints an economic landscape of potentials in the SONA; jobs are now slowly being created and prices are being controlled. But the issues such as low wages, poverty alleviation, developing industry and agriculture remain blank.
The former president Rodrigo Duterte, and his camp have long relied on this playbook of playing up rumors, scandals, and hype to build their political capital, as noted by long-time observers of Davao City politics.