Last of the two-part series “Crime has doubled under Aquino. Here’s why

The doubling of crime volume since 2010 to more than 630,000 incidents last year and possibly up to 750,000 this year, must be at least as big a media story as pork barrel and Supertyphoon Yolanda. One has to credit the administration’s press clout that hardly any news reports have headlined those appalling numbers, soaring despite economic growth and increased police deployment and gear.

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