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SONA 2018

Duterte on crime, corrupt friends and other highlights from short speech


Widely criticized for how his war on drugs has been blamed for thousands of deaths in his so far two-year administration, President Rodrigo Duterte in his third State of the Nation Address declared that his campaign will continue even with the misgivings of local and international human rights watchdog groups.

Here are some of Duterte's other quotable declarations in his shortest SONA that was delayed by more than an hour after a reported leadership change in the House of Representatives.

—graphics by Jannielyn Ann Bigtas/NB, GMA News