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Mexico shootout leaves at least 14 dead
The shootout in Coahuila state near the US border is between suspected drug traffickers and police

Mexican traffickers starting to produce own fentanyl – Sessions
China up until now has been the main source of fentanyl, shipping large amounts through Mexican narcotics networks to the US market

Roque says drug war won't cause tension in Duterte-Trump meeting
In his interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour, Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque says the two leaders are on the same page when it comes to addressing drug problems in their country

Kung saan nagsimula ang digmaan kontra-droga
EXKLUSIBO: Kilala ng mga kaanak ng mga natokhang kung sino ang bumaril sa mga anak nila – at nakahanda silang pangalanan siya

Where the drug war began
EXCLUSIVE: Families of the Philippine drug war's dead claim they know the man who shot their children – and they're willing to speak his name

UK ex-war reporter jailed in Bali for drug use
Ex Reuters journalist David Fox is found guilty of drug use at a court in the Balinese capital Denpasar after being caught with a few grams of hash and given a 7 month jail term

#ThewRap: Things you need to know, February 3, 2017
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Impunity: The Night Before Christmas
Christmas is for family, even when Papa is in a coffin and Mama disappears

Impunity: The Church of the Resistance
At the Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help the brutality of extrajudicial killings becomes the image of Christmas

Impunity: In the Name of the Father
Rodrigo Duterte said Let there be blood and there was blood

Why are we willing to risk killing innocent people?
Indonesia is sacrificing its reputation for upholding human rights in the name of a ‘solution’ to drug use that has been demonstrated to be ineffective Let’s change that

Impunity: Murder as Meme
Welcome to Manila where torture is a joke and murder is a hashtag

Impunity: Let Them Sleep
After 16 days of waiting Jerico and Angel executed side by side in Quezon City are finally laid to rest

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Another top U.S. official visits Philippines
US Assistant Secretary of State William Brownfield is set to offer help in promoting rule of law his spokesman tells Rappler

Impunity: Jerico's Angel
His killers tossed a sign on his chest that said he was a drug dealer His friends ripped the sign away Drugs they say have become an excuse for murder

Impunity: A Halloween Massacre
On the eve of the day of the dead five people were executed by men who decided they did not deserve to live

The Drug War: Monday
Fifteen weeks after the declaration of a war on drugs at least 12 people are killed between dusk and dawn one Monday in October

Afghanistan burns 5 tons of drugs, alcohol in single blaze
The country s national drug use rate stands at 11 one of the highest in the world according to the United Nations

The Drug War: Legendary
Ask the police chief of Santa Ana what he thinks of his new president He will give you one answer

#AnimatED: Policy on drugs must be based on facts
Despite recent official data of 1 8 million drug users President Duterte hikes it to ‘4 million addicts’

Drugs survey: Try it once, you're likely to try it again
After trying shabu for the first time 28 of users will use it again a nationwide survey by the Dangerous Drugs Board shows

The Drug War: Execution at Cessna
According to the narrative now held acceptable under the administration of Rodrigo Duterte Jhay Lord Clemente deserved to die

Colanggo: I’m not a drug lord
Herbert Colanggo earlier named as Colangco – accused of being a drug lord by no less than President Rodrigo Duterte – clarifies that he s convicted of robbery

Briones: Schools must teach 'real life stories' on dangers of drugs
Drug testing in schools will not be mandatory and will only be allowed with the consent of parents adds Education Secretary Leonor Briones

Grace Poe on her smoking: Not good, but drug use is worse
The presidential candidate says the more serious issue is candidates who are into illegal drugs or have health problems

A look at the state of crime, drugs in the Philippines
Should crime and drugs be an election issue based on statistics?

Jackie Chan apologizes after son's cannabis bust
Jackie Chan: As a public figure I am ashamed As a father I feel terrible

Netizens on Nora Aunor: National Artist or National Saint?
Netizens air their support for or disdain toward Malacañang s refusal to name actress Nora Aunor a National Artist

Aquino cites 'drug use' for Nora Aunor snub
President Benigno Aquino III admits he dropped Nora Aunor from the list of National Artist awardees as he does not want to send a message that drug use for which the actress was arrested in 2005 is acceptable

113 soldiers test positive for illegal drugs
Young soldiers appear to be more susceptible to illegal substances the military says
Embattled Toronto mayor's two aides quit
The Toronto mayor has battled allegations of illicit drug use
'Peace caravan' woos Hollywood
Writer Javier Sicilia spearheads the drug war caravan ignited by his son s murder in 2011