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Why some funeral parlors are not raking in profits from 'drug killings'

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Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/news-special1/nation/07/11/20160711-drugs-manila-afp-2.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">In this picture taken on July 8, 2016, police officers investigate the dead body of an alleged drug dealer, his face covered with packing tape and a placard reading &quot;I&#x27;m a pusher&quot;, on a street in Manila. <em>Noel Celis, AFP</em></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA – Some funeral parlors accredited by the Philippine National Police (PNP) to process remains of suspected criminals slain during police operations are struggling.</p><p>Clicking on the white space anywhere on the chart will restore the map, charts, and tables to default view.</p><div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="600" src="https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiNDVhYTc3YmItNDFkNC00ZDcwLWFmOGYtOWY4MmM2MTBiYWRlIiwidCI6IjgwYmRiMGQ2LWM3MzgtNGRkOS1hYmUyLWM2ODRkNTk2OTc3ZiIsImMiOjEwfQ%3D%3D" width="950"></iframe></div><p>The funeral parlor business has reportedly been brisk as President Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s war on drugs has seen a spate of killings both by policemen and suspected vigilantes.</p><p>READ: <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/focus/07/12/16/war-on-drugs-death-toll-rising" target="_blank">War on drugs: Death toll rising</a></p><p>Don Morado of Pacheco Funeral Homes in Quezon City told dzMM that they lose money every day that a cadaver goes unclaimed from their funeral parlor.</p><p>Pacheco Funeral Homes is where bodies of slain suspects are brought since it is one of the few accredited by the PNP to handle such cases.</p><p>Morado said the funeral parlor has to spend for solutions which prevent a body from decomposing.</p><p>&#x27;&#x27;Yung pag-restore sa body at yung gamot na nilalagay, 30 days to 60 days ang gastos namin. Medyo lugi kumbaga kung walang nag-claim,&#x27;&#x27; Morado told dzMM.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4d44V28XEhY?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0" width="510"></iframe></figure><p>He said five bodies have yet to be claimed from the funeral parlor. He said the slain suspects usually come from poor families.</p><p>&#x27;&#x27;Mali ang salitang iyan na sinasabi na nakikinabang kami. Napakahirap na mag-alaga ng isang body na walang nagke-claim,&#x27;&#x27; he said.</p><p>&#x27;&#x27;After how many days doon pa lang nake-claim, tapos di pa masisingil ang pamilya.&quot;</p><p>Morado said if no one claims the remains, the funeral parlor also ends up shouldering the cost of burial.</p><p>This is also the case in St. Rich Funeral Homes in Manila, where 9 bodies have yet to be claimed. <strong>– reports from Zhander Cayabyab and Dennis Datu, dzMM</strong></p>

MANILA – Some funeral parlors accredited by the Philippine National Police to process remains of suspected criminals slain during police operations are struggling.

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Why some funeral parlors are not raking in profits from 'drug killings'

Dharel Placido,

ABS-CBN News

Published July 14, 2016 04:58 PM PHT

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Updated July 15, 2016 09:21 PM PHT

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