THE country’s first nationwide government hotline 8888 for citizens’ complaints and hotline 911 for emergencies kicked off Monday, but many of those who called were pranksters.

The Philippine National Police (PNP) hotlines manned by 45 call center agents opened at 12:01 a.m. For the first seven hours, 2,475 calls were received.

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