While the people’s support for the Duterte administration’s war on drugs is “overwhelming”, some leaders are proposing that the government should implement a more comprehensive approach on the anti-drugs campaign.
A former partylist lawmaker who has attended protest rallies during the State of the Nation Address of the past Philippine presidents since 1998 said the rally on the first SONA of President Rodrigo Duterte will be different.
The readiness of Davao emergency rescue unit was challenged anew as it conducted a city-wide full scale tsunami and earthquake drill at the Crocodile Park on Friday, July 22.
Davao City Mayor Sara Z. Duterte said she will be reporting for duty on Saturday, July 23 dispensing rumors of her alleged plan to resign as city mayor.
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)has expressed its concern over the growing number of drug-related prisoners which might further congest the jails in the region.
The Office of the Ombudsman in Mindanao claimed it has processed cases involving some high-ranking government officials here due to graft and corrupt practices and criminal acts.
President Rodrigo Duterte is the country’s most trusted official today.
Authorities at the Davao City drug rehabilitation center are worried that they could not accommodate the growing number of clients.
Partylist lawmaker Carlos Isagani Zarate on Tuesday, July 19 expressed disappointment with the Supreme Court’s dismissal of plunder charges against former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
The Duterte administration wants to move the date of resumption of the formal talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDF) from third week of July to August this year.
