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PHL to spend more on drug rehabilitation, gov’t tells UN body

THE Philippine government detailed to a United Nations (UN) committee its ongoing and planned programs as part of the administration’s campaign against illegal drugs. “We must first recognize that there is popular support for the President’s campaign against illegal drugs as reflected in his decisive win at the polls in May 2016,” said NEDA Deputy Director-General Rosemarie G. Edillon during a dialogue with the United Nations (UN) Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights last September […]