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(Eagle News Service) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday renewed the government’s campaign against illegal drugs, noting that the country’s economy will not surge without peace and order. “That is why I have resolved that no matter how long it takes, the fight against illegal drugs will continue because that is the root cause of so much evil and so much suffering,” he said in his second State of the Nation Address. According to Duterte, […]
MANILA, Philippines (Reuters) — Fourteen-year-old “Bryan” sat looking behind the window’s grills of a government-run juvenile center on the outskirts of Manila. Not wanting to reveal his real name, Bryan was arrested by the police during a drug raid in September and was required to stay at the government’s “House of Hope” for a year. Life was not bad, he says, because he was being taken care of by social workers and was taught lessons like […]
QUEZON CITY, Sept. 20 — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has outlined the guidelines in dealing with self-confessed surrenderers who voluntarily submitted themselves to authorities and admitted their involvement in the illegal drug trade. PDEA Director General Isidro S. Lapeña cited Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) Regulation Number 3, Series of 2016, which was approved and adopted on 03 August 2016 and took effect on 03 September 2016, has established clear guidelines to re-integrate into society […]
(Eagle News) — Leaders of the House of Representatives on Monday urged Senator Leila De Lima to voluntarily show up in the congressional investigation over the presence of drugs inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) during her term as secretary of Department of Justice. “I would ask her as a resource speaker, not as a senator because that is beyond the role she has right now. What we want to find out is what happened…but […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Chief justice Maria Lourdes P. Aranal Sereno on Wednesday said that she sees no need to add to what are being said. This was the reaction of the Supreme Court (SC) on the speech of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on Tuesday saying that the Chief Justice should not create a constitutional crisis which may prompt the President to order everybody in the Executive Department not to honor the orders of […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Hindi natatakot si Pangulong Rodrigo Roa Duterte na ma-impeach dahil lamang sa ipinatupad na all-out-war kontra iligal na droga. Ayon sa pangulo, handa niyang itaya ang kanyang posisyon, dangal at buhay kung ang kukwestiyunin ay ang pinaigting nitong kampanya laban sa illegal drug trade sa bansa. Binigyang-diin ng pangulo na wala siyang ilusyon dahil sa una pa lang ay ayaw niyang tumakbo sa pagka-pangulo, subalit nagsalita na ang taumbayan kaya […]
