PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has warned mayors of crime-ridden cities and towns to shape up, or be stripped of control over the local police force.

Speaking to reporters in Bohol, Duterte reiterated that he would rather keep his hands off jueteng or illegal numbers game operators, than let them fall to the illegal drug trade.

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