INDEX crimes went down in the first five months of the Duterte administration but there was a surge in killings during the same period, figures from the Philippine National Police (PNP) showed on Wednesday.

Records obtained from the Directorate for Investigative and Detective Management (DIDM) revealed that 55,391 index crimes were recorded by the police from July to November, 31.67 percent lower than the 81,064 cases reported in the same period last year.

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