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President Duterte ready to resign; says he’s too tired and can’t end drug, corruption problem within his term

  (Eagle New) – Saying he is tired and exasperated, President Rodrigo Duterte said he is now ready to resign  realizing that he cannot finish the war on corruption and drugs within his term as what he had promised to the people. “I do not think that I can fulfill my promise to the people. I said I was the first one to finish because I used the bullet style. Having been a prosecutor in […]

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World’s nations urged to shift focus on drug problem

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — World governments at a UN meeting on the global drug problem were urged Tuesday to move away from repression, abolish the death penalty for drug offenses and step up treatment. In the first such meeting in nearly 20 years, the UN General Assembly adopted a document that marks a shift away from the “war on drugs” launched in the 1970s, with its heavy-handed approach centered on law enforcement and criminalization. […]

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