The witnesses are ready to face the Senate should there be an investigation, says Senator Risa Hontiveros

MANILA, Philippines – Senator Risa Hontiveros has given protection to some alleged witnesses in the killing of Kian Loyd delos Santos, a 17-year-old student shot by the police after he allegedly fought back during anti-drug operations in Caloocan City. (READ: Our son Kian: A good, sweet boy)

“Nag-take custody nga po yung office ko doon sa ilang mga saksi in coordination po with Bong and Elsa, yung mga magulang ni Kian. At may isa pang institution na tumutulong. Ang primary concern po namin ay yung patuloy na seguridad at proteksyon sa pamilya at mga saksi na maaring tumulong para mabigyan ng hustisya si Kian,” Hontiveros said in an interview with radio dzBB on Sunday, August 20.

The senator, however, refused to give details on the number of witnesses under her custody.

Hontiveros said there is a need to protect the “truth” behind the teenager’s death. Citing Bong, Kian's father, the senator said the family has been receiving threats following public outcry against police’s actions. The father also earlier vowed to fight for his son’s death no matter what.

Caloocan police claimed that Delos Santos was a drug suspect who, upon seeing them during anti-drug operations, fired his gun toward the direction of the cops.

CCTV video and testimonies by witnesses, however, indicated otherwise. CCTV footage showed policemen dragging Delos Santos, his head covered, to the place where he was eventually shot.

Witnesses also contradicted the police, saying it was the latter that handed Delos Santos a gun and ordered him to pull the trigger and run.

Hontiveros said the witnesses are ready to face the Senate should there be an investigation.

"Handa po silang sabihin ang katotohanan na alam nila. At pag-uusapan nila [kasama ang] binubuo naming legal team yung next moves nila. Iniiwan ko po sa kanila, kapag pormal na silang inimbita, na makapagdesisyon. Pero for one, ina-assure ko sila na isang mabuting forum po ang Senado," Hontiveros said.

Senators have pushed for an “impartial” probe into the boy’s death. Administration senators are set to meet on Sunday to discuss their next steps of action.

Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III, the Chief Executive's partymate, said they are preparing a resolution calling for a probe into the matter.

During previous Senate hearings on the spate of extrajudicial killings, Duterte's allies said such killings were neither sanctioned by the government nor the President, who has repeatedly vowed to protect the police no matter what. (READ: Senate ends probe: Neither Duterte nor state sponsored killings) – Rappler.com</s>Loreta Amancera, aunt of Wilson Castillo, 33, who was among the killed within a week of President Rodrigo Duterte's intensified war on drugs, cries in front of the coffin of her nephew, inside their house in V. Mapa, metro Manila, Philippines August 19, 2017. — Reuters picMANILA, Aug 20 — The head of the Philippines’ powerful Catholic Church called today for an end to the “waste of human lives” following a brutal week in President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war in which a 17-year-old boy was among dozens killed.

Police raids dubbed “One Time Big Time” saw at least 76 people shot dead, authorities said, as rights groups and lawmakers condemned the operation as an alarming “killing spree” in Duterte’s flagship campaign.

Today, the highest-ranking Church official in the predominantly Catholic nation expressed concern about the increase in the number of deaths.

“We knock on the consciences of those who kill even the helpless, especially those who cover their faces with bonnets, to stop wasting human lives,” Manila Cardinal Luis Tagle said in a statement read in Sunday Masses in the capital.

“The illegal drug problem should not be reduced to a political or criminal issue. It is a humanitarian concern that affects all of us.”

Duterte, 72, launched an unprecedented crackdown on illegal narcotics after winning the presidency last year on a promise to kill tens of thousands of criminals.

The Church, one of the nation’s oldest and most influential institutions, had been among the few voices denouncing the deaths as polls showed Duterte continued to enjoy widespread popularity.

During the 14 months Duterte has been in power, police have confirmed killing more than 3,500 people — insisting they acted in self-defence.

More than 2,000 other people have been killed in drug-related crimes and thousands more murdered in unexplained circumstances, according to police data.

The numbers saw a sudden increase this week, with Duterte praising officers who shot dead 32 people in a single province as he urged for more.

Following Duterte’s call, at least 44 people were killed in various cities, including a 17-year-old boy whose death on Thursday sparked a national furore.

Relatives of Kian Delos Santos released CCTV footage of the boy being dragged away by two officers as they questioned a police report that he shot at them first.

In today’s statement, Tagle called for nine days of prayer for people who have died in the drug war.

“Those with sorrowful hearts and awakened consciences may come to your pastors to tell your stories and we will document them for the wider society,” he said.

The Catholic Church has been a central figure in some of the Philippines’ most tumultuous political events, including the 1986 “People Power” revolution that overthrew dictator Ferdinand Marcos.

The Church had initially declined to criticise Duterte’s drug war but as the death toll of mostly poor people mounted, it began last year a campaign to stop the killings.

Church groups have sheltered witnesses and provided financial and emotional support for families of those slain.

In response, Duterte had launched a broadside against priests and bishops whom he accused of “hypocrisy”.

Today, the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines joined Tagle in denouncing the deaths, calling on the faithful to ring church bells daily in solidarity with the victims.

“The sound of the bells is a wake-up call for a nation that no longer knows how to condole with the bereaved, that is cowardly to call out evil. The sound of the bells is a call to stop consenting to the killings!” Archbishop Socrates Villegas said in a statement.

Duterte’s spokesman said yesterday the government would investigate the deaths but added the president would “vigorously pursue” his drug war. — AFP</s>Image copyright AFP/Getty Images Image caption The mother of Leover Miranda, an alleged drug dealer, cries during his funeral on Sunday

The head of the Philippines Catholic Church has criticised the government's bloody campaign against drugs.

Manila Cardinal Luis Tagle condemned "those who kill even the helpless".

Police say that since President Rodrigo Duterte launched a campaign against drug dealers 14 months ago, 3,500 people have been killed.

But rights groups say the number is much higher, and that many of those targeted are innocent. One high-profile case this week spurred new criticism.

Reuters reported that at least 90 people were shot dead this week, with 32 killed in one day alone in Bulacan province, north of the capital Manila.

One of those who died was a 17-year-old boy, Kian Delos Santos. Police said he was killed on Tuesday after shooting at them first in Caloocan City.

However, security camera footage later emerged showing him being dragged away by two officers, raising serious questions about the circumstances of the shooting.

The police chief in Caloocan City has since been suspended pending an investigation, and President Duterte's allies in the Senate have put forward a resolution condemning the killing.

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Inside Manila's drug war: A female assassin's story

On Sunday, as anger over the teenager's death grew, Cardinal Tagle issued a statement read out in Masses across the capital.

"We knock on the consciences of those who kill even the helpless, especially those who cover their faces, to stop wasting human lives.

"The illegal drug problem should not be reduced to a political or criminal issue. It is a humanitarian concern that affects all of us."

He was supported by another senior cleric, Archbishop Socrates Villegas, who called on churches to ring their bells at 20:00 every day to show solidarity.

"The sound of the bells is a wake-up call for a nation that no longer knows how to condole with the bereaved," and that was too "cowardly" to condemn the violence, he said.

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Relatives of Leover Miranda urged the government to "kill drugs, not people"

The Church initially veered away from criticism of President Duterte's campaign, but last year began calling for an end to the violence.

In response, the President lambasted senior Church officials. He has not officially responded to the Cardinal's plea on Sunday.

In Manila on Sunday, mourners gathered for the funeral of Leover Miranda, who was shot dead on 3 August.

They insist he was not involved in the drug trade, but was nevertheless killed. His relatives wore T-shirts emblazoned with the slogan: "Kill drugs, not people".

"This is not the right answer," his mother Peregrine Santos said. "They can put him jail, why did they have to kill? That's my question to our president now."

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Living with the Philippine drug war

Rights groups have accused Philippine police of planning extrajudicial killings and in some cases profiting from them.

Police have maintained that the suspects are killed when they offer armed resistance to police, a claim that has been highly disputed.

Mr Duterte suspended the campaign in January promising to "clean up" the police, and re-organise the anti-drug units. The campaign resumed in March.</s>Apart from another internal investigation, the PNP says they are open to the probe of other groups to help in their 'internal cleansing'

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine National Police (PNP) said Monday, August 21, that its Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) will conduct a probe into the case of Kian delos Santos, the 17-year-old killed during a police operation.

"[The CIDG] will investigate the circumstance of the death of Kian Loyd delos Santos...iba ito sa [Internal Affairs Service]," PNP Spokesperson Senior Superintendent Dionardo Carlos said in a press briefing. (The CIDG will investigate the circumstance of the death of Kian Lloyd delos Santos...this is different from the probe of the Internal Affairs Service.)

True to its name, the CIDG focuses on major criminal cases such as murder and homicide, which shows, Carlos said, that the PNP is serious in its effort to look into the case. (READ: How Kian delos Santos was killed, according to police)

On the other hand, the PNP IAS conducts motu proprio, or "of its own impulse," investigations into operations where police shoot, wound, or kill a suspect.

The 3 relieved policemen —PO3 Arnel Oares, PO1 Jerwin Cruz, and PO1 Jeremias Pereda— will also be put in restrictive custody by the CIDG at Camp Crame, Quezon City.

Currently, they report to the Regional Police Holding and Accounting Unit at the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) at Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City.

The police have yet to introduce the CIDG team handling Delos Santos' case.

Other investigations welcome, but...

According to Carlos, the PNP welcomes other investigations into the case of Delos Santos as they would aid in their "internal cleansing."

He urged the public, however, that they must not get too caught up in "their emotions", finding the accused cops as guilty without second thoughts.

"Meron pong we need to ease out of our ranks, [pero] yung desisyon on this case hindi po desisyon ni Juan o ni Pedro," Carlos said. (There are cops that we need to ease out of our ranks, but the decision here must not come from just anybody.)

Outside the PNP, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) have launched their own investigation.

Malacañang also vowed to conduct its impartial investigation into the recent rise in killings in recent one-time, big-time operations, despite President Rodrigo Duterte lauding the deaths.

Senators allied with the President also called for an inquiry into the killings in the PNP's war on drugs, Delos Santos' case included. – Rappler.com</s>MANILA (Reuters) - Mourners at the funeral of a Philippine man who police shot dead protested his innocence on Sunday, the latest sign of rising anger over President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody campaign to stamp out drugs.

Elvira Miranda, 69, mother of Leover Miranda, 39, a drug-related killings victim, cries in front of the tomb during a funeral march at the north cemetery in metro Manila, Philippines August 20, 2017. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco

More than 12,500 people, many small-time drug users and dealers, have been killed since Duterte took office in June 2016. Police say about 3,500 of those killed were shot by officers in self-defense.

Human rights monitors believe many of the remaining two thirds were killed by assassins operating with police backing or by police disguised as vigilantes - a charge the police deny.

On Sunday, dozens of mourners wearing with white T-shirts with the slogan “Kill drugs, not people”, bore the coffin of Leover Miranda to his grave in a Manila cemetery.

Miranda was killed this month in what police said was a drug sting operation but relatives say he was innocent.

“I want justice for my son,” Elvira Miranda, 69, told Reuters.

“I have no powerful friends, I do not know what to do, but I want the people behind this senseless killing punished.”

Most people in the Philippines support the anti-drug campaign and Duterte remains a popular leader but questions have begun to be asked about the slaughter, with more than 90 people killed in a new surge of shootings in recent days.

The country’s two most influential Catholic bishops on Sunday spoke against the latest deaths, asking the faithful to pray for the victims.

“We knock on the consciences of those who kill even the helpless, especially those who cover their faces ... to stop wasting human lives,” said Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, archbishop of Manila.

Another senior cleric, Archbishop Socrates Villegas, called for churches to ring their bells every evening at 8 p.m., to stir the consciences of the authorities.

“You shall not kill. That is a sin. That is against the law,” he said in a statement.

Public anger rose last week when police killed a 17 year-old high-school student.

Television channels aired CCTV footage that showed Kian Loyd Delos Santos being carried by two men to a place where his body was later found, raising doubt about an official report that said he was shot because he fired at police.

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Some civil society groups and left-wing activists have called for protests increasing anger with the police was evident in social media posts.

Metro Manila police chief Oscar Albayalde said he has suspended the police chief in Caloocan City, where the boy was killed, pending an investigation. Three officers involved in the operation were earlier relieved of duties.

The justice department has also begun an investigation while senators will also summon police this week to explain the sudden rise in killings.</s>MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A leader of the dominant Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines has ordered bells to be tolled every night for three months in a northern region to raise alarm over a renewed police crackdown that has left more than 80 drug and crime suspects dead in just a week.

Archbishop Socrates Villegas says church bells will be rung for 15 minutes across his northern religious district starting Tuesday to rouse a citizenry "which has become a coward in expressing anger against evil."

The church move adds to a growing outcry after more than 80 suspects were gunned down by police in metropolitan Manila and nearby Bulacan province in just three days last week, the bloodiest under President Rodrigo Duterte's brutal crackdown.

Jomari (only one name given), a neighbor and friend of slain Kian Loyd Delos Santos, refuses to leave the wake of his friend Friday, Aug. 18, 2017 in Caloocan city north of Manila, Philippines. Kian Loyd, a 17-year-old Grade 11 student, was killed on Wednesday allegedly in a shootout with police. The killing of Kian has sparked protests and condemnation from concerned citizens.(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Saldy Delos Santos, father of Kian Loyd, a 17-year-old Grade 11 student, who was killed allegedly in a shootout with police, comforts his son's girlfriend at his wake in their house Friday, Aug. 18, 2017 in Caloocan city north of Manila, Philippines. The killing of Kian has sparked protests and condemnation from concerned citizens. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Saldy Delos Santos, father of Kian Loyd, a 17-year-old Grade 11 student, who was killed allegedly in a shootout with police, describes his son's killing at his wake in their house Friday, Aug. 18, 2017 in Caloocan city north of Manila, Philippines. The killing of Kian has sparked protests and condemnation from concerned citizens. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Protesters display placards during a rally to condemn the recent killings in President Rodirgo Duterte's renewed crackdown on drug offenders which also claimed the life of a minor Friday, Aug. 18, 2017, in Quezon city north of Manila, Philippines. President Rodrigo Duterte's renewed crackdown on drug offenders has resulted in some dozens of killings over the past three days alone.(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)</s>Manila Cardinal Luis Tagle challenges dozens of killings by police last week saying 'stop wasting human lives'.

The head of the Philippines' powerful Catholic Church called for an end to the "waste of human lives" following a brutal week in President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war in which a 17-year-old boy was among dozens killed.



Police raids described as "one-time, big-time" saw at least 76 people shot dead, authorities said, as rights groups and legislators condemned the operation as an alarming "killing spree" in Duterte's flagship campaign.



On Sunday, the highest-ranking church official in the predominantly Catholic nation expressed concern about the increase in the number of deaths.



"We knock on the consciences of those who kill even the helpless, especially those who cover their faces with bonnets, to stop wasting human lives," Manila Cardinal Luis Tagle said in a statement read in Sunday masses in the capital.



"The illegal drug problem should not be reduced to a political or criminal issue. It is a humanitarian concern that affects all of us."

Another church leader has ordered bells to be tolled every night for three months in a northern region to raise alarm over the police crackdown.

Archbishop Socrates Villegas of the Roman Catholic Church says church bells will be rung for 15 minutes across his northern religious district starting Tuesday to rouse a citizenry "which has become a coward in expressing anger against evil."

Duterte, 72, launched an unprecedented crackdown on illegal narcotics after winning the presidency last year on a promise to kill tens of thousands of criminals.

The church, one of the nation's oldest and most powerful institutions, had been among the few voices denouncing the deaths as polls showed Duterte continuing to enjoy widespread popularity.

During the 14 months Duterte has been in power, police have confirmed killing more than 3,500 people - insisting they acted in self-defence.

More than 2,000 others have been killed in drug-related crime and thousands more murdered in unexplained circumstances, according to police data.



The numbers saw a sudden spike last week with Duterte praising officers who shot dead 32 people in a single province and calling for more.



Following Duterte's call, at least 51 people were killed in various cities including a 17-year-old boy whose death on Thursday sparked a national furore.



Relatives of Kian Delos Santos released CCTV footage of the boy being dragged away by two officers as they questioned a police report that he shot at them first.

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In Sunday's statement, Tagle called for nine days of prayer for people who have died in the drug war.

"Those with sorrowful hearts and awakened consciences may come to your pastors to tell your stories and we will document them for the wider society," he said.



Duterte has launched a broadside against priests and bishops in response to the church campaign to stop the killings.</s>Former president Benigno Aquino III says he sees his paternal grandmother in Kian delos Santos' mother, both of whom lost sons in killings

MANILA, Philippines – Former president Benigno Aquino III condemned the killing of Kian Loyd delos Santos, the 17-year-old boy shot by Caloocan police during an anti-drug raid on August 16.

Aquino said he was horrified upon finding out the details of Delos Santos' death in the hands of the police.

"Number one, siyempre 'pag nababasa ko 'yung mga nakikita ko sa diyaryo, 'yung parte na nagugulpi pa, nakikiusap na, 'di ba sabi, 'Bukas may pasok pa ako.' Siyempre nakakagimbal," Aquino told reporters in an interview on Monday, August 21, after the Mass for the 34th death anniversary of his father, former senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr.

Aquino said there is a need for a swift but thorough investigation into the matter. He said the probe should not drag on for years, as it might only negatively affect the teenager's case.

"Pero tinuruan din naman tayo na ang trabaho natin bilang mambabatas muna at bilang pangulo ay kailangan magka-imbestigasyon para 'di haka-haka ang mangyari. Importante doon sa imbestigasyon, 'wag naman umabot nang pagkatagal-tagal. 'Yung matagal na imbestigasyon, imbis na nagpapalinaw, nagpapalabo," the former president said.

Asked to comment on the rise of drug-related killings, Aquino said the state has an obligation to protect its citizens.

"Ako pananaw ko, maski saan mo tignan, sa Saligang Batas, sa simbahan na kinabibilangan ko, bawa't isang mamatay ay sobra," Aquino said. (In my view, no matter how you look at it, in the eyes of the Constitution, in the church where I belong to, one death is one too many.)

Caloocan police claimed that Delos Santos was a drug suspect who, upon seeing them during anti-drug operations, fired his gun toward the direction of the cops. CCTV video and witnesses' testimonies, however, indicated otherwise.

In a speech before family and supporters, Aquino said Delos Santos' mother reminded him of his paternal grandmother, Doña Aurora Aquino.

Delos Santos' mother is a domestic worker abroad. She came home to Manila to bury her son.

Aquino recalled how his grandmother was waiting for her son's arrival at the Manila International Airport (now the Ninoy Aquino International Airport) in 1983, only to find out that her son was shot dead.

Aquino then showed a photo of former senator Lorenzo Tañada comforting his grandmother upon learning of the news.

"Tapos napasandal na lang siya. Minsanang bumuhos ang luha niya. 'Pag tayo nawawalan, naghahanap tayo ng parang hustisya, katarungan, na magbabayad mga may sala," the former president said.

With the Senate set to conduct an investigation into Delos Santos' death on Thursday, August 24, Aquino said he already has questions in mind if he were still in office. He, however, refused to say these in public.

Members of the Senate majority bloc adopted a resolution condemning the spate of drug-related killings and calling for a probe into Delos Santos' death.

Earlier, however, administration senators downplayed the killings and said neither the state nor Duterte is sponsoring these executions. – Rappler.com</s>The Caloocan police's initial investigation report states 17-year-old Kian delos Santos fired shots first, then was killed after being chased by police

MANILA, Philippines – Police involved in the killing of 17-year-old Kian Loyd delos Santos maintain that he fought back.

According to the Caloocan police's consolidated initial investigation report obtained by Rappler, cops were only forced to retaliate during the raid that claimed Delos Santos' life, which was part of the cops' one-time, big-time operation.

As told by PO3 Arnel Oares, it all happened at around 8:45 pm of August 16 with an 11-man team from Caloocan Police Community Precinct 7 (PCP-7) conducting an anti-drug and anti-crime operation at Block 7, Riverside, in Barangay 160.

Oares said they "divided themselves into groups" to cover more ground.

Oares, PO1 Jerwin Cruz, PO1 Jeremias Pereda, and a civilian informant formed "one of the groups that crossed the basketball court." Other groups were tasked to cover other narrow passages.

Oares and his team entered an alley "on the right portion" of the court and "subsequently turned left."

In that lane, they were met "by several male persons who were scampering away after sensing the operation."

Oares said in the report that they were "prompted to go after" the men, starting a chase.

He said they identified themselves as cops but the men did not stop.

As they reached the end of the path, described by Oares as "a narrow road blocked by a concrete fence bordering Valenzuela City by [the] Tullahan River," shots were fired "from their left side."

He said the shots got them ducking, but they "managed to spot the retreating male person."

Oares then chased the gunman. The cop said he was "prompted to return fire" to prevent further aggression, and ended up killing the gunman.

Recovered from the scene were 4 fired cartridge cases, a caliber .45 pistol, and two transparent plastic sachets containing white crystalline substances believed to be shabu.

The next day, PCP-7 conducted another operation along Tullahan Road, Apple Ville, Barangay 162, resulting in the arrest of a certain Renato Lovares and "3 other drug personalities."

Lovares apparently told police that Delos Santos "receives 10 grams of shabu daily," sometimes handed to him by a certain Jeslyn Escopin, daughter of arrested drug suspect Jessie Escopin.

The police report added that a background investigation on Saldy delos Santos, Kian's father, revealed that he was "involved in criminal activities in the past."

Despite accusations against the Delos Santos family, however, Metro Manila police chief Director Oscar Albayalde said they are focusing primarily on the allegation that the younger Delos Santos was a victim of an extrajudicial killing.

Based on CCTV footage and eyewitness reports, Delos Santos was unarmed, but given a gun by the police and coerced to run and shoot.

With doubts surrounding the narrative of Oares and his team, they have been placed under the Regional Personnel Holding and Accounting Unit – the unit where cops report daily when they are suspended.

Their supervisor, Police Chief Inspector Amor Cerillo, was also relieved and assigned to the holding unit.

The case of Delos Santos has sparked outrage in the country, with many believing there was foul play.

The cops are facing a probe by the Philippine National Police (PNP) Internal Affairs Service (IAS), but separate investigations are also being conducted by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and Commission on Human Rights (CHR).

Senators allied with President Rodrigo Duterte are also calling for an inquiry into Delos Santos' death and the other recent killings in Duterte's war on drugs. – Rappler.com</s>The department says it 'denounces all forms of violence against our students, teachers, and personnel,' and echoes the call for an impartial investigation

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Education (DepEd) on Sunday, August 21, said it condemns the killing of one of its students, Kian Loyd delos Santos, by Caloocan police during an anti-drug operation in the city.

"The Department of Education strongly condemns the shooting of Kian Loyd Delos Santos, a Grade 11 student of Our Lady of Lourdes Senior High School in Valenzuela, by elements of the Caloocan police," the DepEd said in a statement.

The department said it "denounces all forms of violence against our students, teachers, and personnel," and echoed the call for an impartial investigation into Delos Santos' death last Wednesday, August 16.

The 17-year-old allegedly fought back against police during an operation last Wednesday, August 16, but CCTV footage showed otherwise. Eyewitnesses also said the kid was handed a gun by police, and was ordered to pull the trigger and run.

The kid's death has triggered outrage from citizens, politicians, the Church, and many other sectors, and has highlighted once again the bloody war on drugs campaign of the Duterte administration, which has been linked to at least 7,000 deaths, including minors. (READ: Our son, Kian: A good, sweet boy)

"While we acknowledge that law enforcement is an important aspect in the government's comprehensive efforts to battle illegal drugs, ensuring accuracy of information and upholding the rule of law should not be compromised," the department said.

As part of the anti-drug abuse campaign, the department recently announced that it will begin its random drug testing program of students and teachers in public and private high schools in September.

DepEd said this would allow her department to determine the prevalence of drug users among students and teachers and help assess the effectivity of school-based and community-based prevention programs.

However, DepEd said the results will be confidential and won't be an alternate "tokhang" – in reference to the Philippine National Police's Oplan Tokhang. – Rappler.com
The Philippine Catholic Church condemns the killings in the Philippines after anger erupts due to the death of 17-year old Kian Loyd delos Santos.