PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday called on the media to back off from reporting drug-related killings and instead dig up on the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP)—the economic stimulus scheme of the previous Aquino administration declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

Duterte made the statement following a visit to soldiers in Cagayan de Oro, saying that murdered drug suspects, including Albuera Mayor Rolando Espinosa, should not be mourned as they had destroyed the nation.

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