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President Rodrigo Duterte visits the blast site early morning Saturday, September 3. Duterte declared a state of lawlessness following the blast that killed at least 13 individuals in Davao City’s Roxas night market on Friday night, September 2, 2016. (Robinson Ninal/PPD)

Duterte declares ‘state of lawlessness’ after Davao blast incident

President Rodrigo Duterte declared on Saturday, September 3, a state of lawlessness following the explosion past 10:00 pm Friday night, September 2 at Roxas Street, a known place for Davao’s night market.

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President Rodrigo Duterte (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com file photo)

Duterte told critics: HR ‘scare’ tactic won’t work

President Rodrigo Duterte has reiterated his relentless fight against drugs in his various speeches at different occassions on Monday, August 29 and told his critics not to “scare" him about human rights.

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After GRP-NDF Oslo talks, Duterte says gov’t troops to focus on drugs, ASG

Now that the peace talks with the Communist Party of the Philippines is moving forward, President Rodrigo Duterte said the government troops will focus on dealing with the illegal drugs trade and extremism in the country.

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