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MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Vice President Leni Robredo, who has openly criticized President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs and the reimposition of the death penalty, announced that she is determined to lead a campaign to ‘make the president to listen.’ “I think it is very important that I will be very vocal in the issues that I feel so passionate about and talk to more people who feel the same,” she said. Robredo warned that Duterte’s war […]
(Reuters) By David Brunnstrom | UNITED NATIONS Philippines Foreign Minister Perfecto Yasay told the United Nations on Saturday his country’s new president, Rodrigo Duterte, had an “unprecedented” mandate and the world should not interfere in his crackdown on crime. Addressing the annual U.N. General Assembly, Yasay said the Duterte government was “determined to free the Philippines from corrupt and other stagnating practices, including the manufacture, distribution and use of illicit drugs. “Our actions, however, […]
