Earlier, President Duterte had urged army generals to help him in the war against drugs.
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency will now take the front seat in the drug war.
Sulu Sea is infamous for the presence of the jihadist rebel group Abu Sayyaf.
Human Rights group has said the incentives to kill drug dealers and users has created an "economy of murder".
The Philippines president warned a war would ensue putting civilians in danger if the militants are not eliminated.
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EU envoy to the Philippines Franz Jessen said the bloc is also working to assist the country's anti-drug campaign.
Filipino president U-turns after previously branding martial law an 'exercise in futility'.
A Korean and a Filipino were kidnapped in October from a ship that was sailing to Australia from South Korea.
The move could be strongly opposed by the Catholic Church in the Christian-majority nation.
'I might go down in history as the butcher,' the president of the Philippines said.
A life-sized statue is paraded through the streets for the "Traslacion" procession.
The icon, referred to as The Black Nazarene, is thought to have healing powers.
After thousands of deaths, outsiders wonder how the leader still has overwhelming support. The answer is simple.
President Rodrigo Duterte recently said that "Isis seems to be everywhere", including among his family members.
The firebrand president believes the Islamic State group is behind the recent blasts in the country.
Russian warships Admiral Tributs and Boris Butoma arrived on Tuesday for a four-day goodwill visit.
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte initiated a new friendship with China after his visit to the country in October.
The typhoon left seven people, including a sailor of the sunken ship, dead.
The super storm left 3 people dead in Albay city on Bicol Islands, where it made its first landfall on 25 December.
Power and communication lines are knocked down as the super typhoon makes landfall.