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PNP's drug war death toll tops 4,500 before SONA 2018
Two years on, President Rodrigo Duterte's anti-drug campaign remains unrelenting

Albayalde questions EU Parliament resolution vs EJKs in Philippines
'I don't know where [they're] coming from,' says new Philippine National Police chief Oscar Albayalde

Next Metro Manila police chief one of authors of Oplan Tokhang
Director Camilo Cascolan is currently the chief of the PNP Directorate for Operations, the office behind operational plans of the 180,000-strong police force

Supreme Court tells gov't to prove drug war police reports exist
The High Court wants answers: were anti-drug operations planned and conducted properly, and were the deaths really investigated?

Duterte nod needed before sharing Tokhang files with SC – PNP
'Kapag sinabi ni Presidente na huwag mo ibigay, kung ako pa ang chief PNP, hindi ko talaga ibibigay,' says outgoing Philippine National Police chief Ronald dela Rosa

PNP to SC: Presumption of regularity is on our side
'The presumption of regularity remains with the law enforcers and unless proven otherwise in the court of law,' says the PNP in a statement relating to alleged extrajudicial killings

Albayalde to retain Oplan Tokhang when he becomes PNP chief
Albayalde says he will not introduce a new drug war policy in the PNP as he believes the current campaign has yielded 'very good' results

Duterte gov't tally: At least 4,000 suspects killed in drug war
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency counts 4,075 drug suspects slain by authorities since the Duterte administration launched its ambitious campaign to eradicate illegal drugs in the Philippines

WATCH: A day with an Oplan Tokhang team
Rappler joins an Oplan Tokhang team to see how the project has changed

Dela Rosa slams CBCP: 'Kayo lang ang banal, porke kayo ang pari?'
The PNP chief is furious at the Catholic bishops' group for criticizing cops who brought bibles and rosaries in their return to the anti-drug war

Quezon City police welcome relaunch of Tokhang
This time, the PNP assures the public, no one will get hurt when the police perform their Tokhang operations

PNP chief invites public to join Oplan Tokhang
'Wala kaming tinatago,' says PNP chief Ronald dela Rosa

Dela Rosa claims bloodless drug war 'impossible'
(UPDATED) The PNP chief makes this claim even as at least one police station – in Bogo City, Cebu – reportedly brought their city to drug-free status without any deaths

How the 'new' Oplan Tokhang should be done
The PNP releases new guidelines for Oplan Tokhang. Will these be enough to stop the blood from flowing?

PNP bans Tokhang at night, weekends
(UPDATED) 'It is required that police Tokhang teams in proper PNP uniform must be led by a Police Commissioned Officer and shall conduct operations from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday thru Friday,' says the PNP PIO
Dela Rosa on calls to drop Tokhang term: 'What's in a name?'
'What is important is the result, anong nangyari sa kampanya mo. Wala iyan sa pangalan,' says PNP chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa

PDEA chief wants PNP to drop the term tokhang
PDEA Director General Aaron Aquino says the term tokhang now means 'killing' for most of Filipinos

Western Visayas police invite residents to screen drug war cops
Western Visayans have a say on cops who can participate in the war on drugs

PNP to add new drug war rules before resuming Tokhang
The new rules are expected to complement the guidelines under Oplan Double Barrel, which is being challenged before the Supreme Court

Senate approves 'TokHang-free' P3.7-trillion 2018 budget
(UPDATED) The Senate realigns the P900-million allocation for the PNP's Oplan Double Barrel as well as the P500 million for the DILG's Masa Masid

SC on House hearing, PNP on Oplan Tokhang, Calida slams SC petitions | Evening wRap
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PNP won't change drug war guidelines, says Dela Rosa
The Philippine National Police will only change its memorandum on the war on drugs if the Supreme Court orders it to do so

Dela Rosa on PNP's drug war return: 'We have learned a lot of lessons'
PNP chief Ronald dela Rosa says they will proceed at 'full speed' but with 'extreme caution'

Budget has 'leeway' in case PNP returns to drug war – Drilon
Drilon says there will be a contingent fund in case President Duterte brings the PNP back in the drug war

Drilon wants P1.4-B anti-drug budget realigned to house policemen
Under the proposed 2018 budget, the PNP's Oplan Double Barrel and the DILG's Masa Masid program have allocations of P900 million and P500 million, respectively

[OPINION] Araw ng Pinatay 2017
There were significantly fewer people who trooped to the cemetery. Was it because for the past year-and-a-half, our people had seen so much death courtesy of Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war, that remembering the dead on November 1 seemed superfluous?

How TokHang lives on through barangay officials
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency says it needs barangay officials to win the drug war

Was the PNP’s war on drugs illegal? Here’s why lawyers think so
The Free Legal Assistance Group asks the SC the opportunity to present oral arguments for the public to hear
If crimes rise, I'll ask Duterte to order PNP back to drug war – Dela Rosa
Will the PNP return to the drug war?

Pimentel, Sara Duterte, Odette | Evening wRap
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PNP suspends Oplan Double Barrel, again
(2nd UPDATE) This follows President Rodrigo Duterte ordering all agencies to leave all anti-drug operations to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)

How the PNP's one-time, big-time operations work
Here is a look at the controversial police operations against drugs and criminality and how these can be traced back to the Aquino administration

The Impunity Series
Rappler’s series of investigations documents the drug war as it continues to be fought across Duterte's presidency

Death rate down in police operations – DILG, PNP
One death happens every 50 operations now compared to one in every 20 last year according to data the two agencies have collated

Lawyers' group asks SC to issue new rules for EJKs
An extrajudicial killing is an outright breach of law And regardless of the fact that the suspect may have fought the police it is not for the police to write off the crime and proclaim that the killing was justified CenterLaw tells the Supreme Court

#ThewRap: Things you need to know, April 27, 2017
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IN PHOTOS: Police take war on drugs to Happyland
As the war on drugs continues dozens of men are rounded up in a police operation in the city of Manila Some of them tell Rappler however that they have nothing to do with drugs
