President Rodrigo Duterte has given the Philippine National Police additional powers by authorizing the PNP chief, as well as the director and deputy director of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), to issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum to help them in their investigations.

A subpoena is a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure.

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