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NEW YORK-based Human Rights Watch expressed “deep concern” after Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte, son of the former firebrand president Rodrigo Duterte, declared his own “war against drugs” in Davao City in the Catholic-majority Philippines on Friday, March 22, 2024.
“With 10 killings each since January 2024, Davao del Sur and Negros Occidental are the top hotspots, followed by National Capital Region and Cebu with nine each. Of the 75 killings so far this year, 26 were perpetrated by state agents,” wrote Dahas Project on its latest count of reported drug-related killings in the Philippines on X, formerly Twitter, on March 19.Davao City, which has an estimated population of 1.9 million people, is the largest city in Davao del Sur province.
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