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(Eagle News)-For Vice President Leni Robredo, her 18 days as co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee Against Illegal Drugs were enough for her to make an assessment of the drug war. “Napaka-igsi ng 18 days, pero hindi ko sinayang ang 18 days. From the first hour talagang nagtrabaho ako nang husto,” she said in her radio program. Robredo made the comment after President Rodrigo Duterte said her short stint as ICAD co-chair was not enough for […]
(Eagle News) — Vice President Leni Robredo said she would release whatever she had found out in the three weeks that she had been the country’s anti-illegal drug czar as she vowed to fight the drug war in her own way, questioning even President Rodrigo Duterte’s sincerity in fighting illegal drugs. “Sa mga susunod na araw, magbibigay ako ng ulat sa bayan. Sasabihin ko ang aking natuklasan at aking mga rekomendasyon,” Robredo said after […]
(Eagle News) — Vice President Leni Robredo has written President Rodrigo Duterte a letter to ask what exactly her mandate as co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee Against Illegal Drugs was. In an interview with reporters on Wednesday, Nov. 20, Robredo said she wrote the letter asking Duterte to clarify her responsibilities even before the President said in a press conference on Tuesday that he did not trust her enough to include her as a member […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte explained that he decided not to appoint Vice-President Leni Robredo as a cabinet member because he believed doing so would “jeopardize” the country’s state secrets. Speaking late Tuesday night, Nov. 19, Duterte said that he is not allowing state secrets to be known by Robredo, and that she could have access only on a “need to know basis” to certain confidential information on the anti-illegal drug war. The President […]
(Eagle News) – After accepting the post as the country’s new anti-illegal drug czar, Vice President Leni Robredo has changed her tune and now wants the United Nations not to interfere yet in the Philippine government’s drug war. After convening her first meeting with members of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD), Robredo said that the Philippines should be given the opportunity to fight and solve its illegal drug problem. “I have said […]
(Eagle News) – Vice- President Leni Robredo conducted her first meeting with the different members of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD) on Friday, Nov. 8, and said that it had been “really a listening exercise” for her. “Kasi before today, I did not have access to the data that I had today,” she said. Robredo thanked all the efforts of the agencies under ICAD for their efforts to wage the war against drugs. […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Wednesday, Nov. 6, welcomed Vice President Leni Robredo’s acceptance of President Rodrigo Duterte’s designation of her as co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the next step was for Robredo to see Duterte so she would know what the job specifically entails. Panelo said in a television interview that she was also welcome to join the Cabinet meeting today. Earlier, Senator Francis Pangilinan, Cong. Edcel […]
(Eagle News)–Vice President Leni Robredo has accepted President Rodrigo Duterte’s designation of her as co-chair of the Interagency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs. “Kahit sabihin na natin na ang alok ay pamumulitika..at gagawin nila ang lahat para di ako magtagumpay, handa akong tiisin ang mga ito,” Robredo said in a press conference on Wednesday, Nov. 6. She said “ang pinakamahalaga para sa akin ay simple lang: kung ito ang pagkakataon na matigil ang patayan, (tatanggapin ko).” […]
PNP to “extend full assistance” to Robredo (Eagle News)–Interior Secretary Eduardo Año and the Philippine National Police on Tuesday, Nov. 5, welcomed the appointment of Vice President Leni Robredo as co-chair of the Inter-Agency commitee on anti-illegal drugs. In a statement, Año said he was “ready on whatever arrangement the President wanted to implement.” “After all, the objective remains the same, to eliminate the illegal drug problem in the country,” he said. According to the […]
(Eagle News)–Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency chief Aaron Aquino on Tuesday, Nov. 5, welcomed the designation of Vice President Leni Robredo as co-chair of the inter-agency committee against illegal drugs. In a statement, Aquino said Robredo “can well contribute (to) the advocacy and rehabilitation/reintegration clusters ..” Aquino earlier said Robredo would fail as anti-drug czar as she was “not abreast with the supply reduction efforts and lacks experience in dealing and working with law enforcers.” President Rodrigo […]
