JV: Duterte opposing medical marijuana due to ‘frustration’ on drug war

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2019 06:08:45 +0000

JV: Duterte opposing medical marijuana due to 'frustration' on drug war

President Duterte’s opposition to medical marijuana could be due to frustration on war on drugs, Senator JV Ejercito asserted on Saturday.

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Harsher war on drugs shows its face in Cebu

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2019 21:49:12 +0000

Harsher war on drugs shows its face in Cebu

President Duterte was not joking when he said that the last three years of his administration would be dangerous for those involved in illegal drugs.

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Drug policies should rebuild, not threaten lives–UN exec

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 21:44:00 +0000

Drug policies should rebuild, not threaten lives–UN exec

United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said the Philippines’ war on drugs should not be held up as a model by any country fighting narcotics

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Alejano likens ‘narco list’ to ‘death list’

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 10:18:51 +0000

Senatorial candidate Gary Alejano likened the so-called “narco list” to a “death list” because it may endanger the lives of politicians allegedly linked to illegal drugs.

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PNP: 2,528 rogue cops fired since 2016; 4,511 suspended

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 08:57:39 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — Over 2,500 police officers have been dismissed for various offenses since President Rodrigo Duterte assumed office in July 2016 until February this year, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief General Oscar Albayalde said on Thursday.

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Palace hits UN exec’s remark on drug war: You think you know better?

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 07:05:05 +0000

Malacañang on Thursday dismissed the remarks of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet that the drug war in the Philippines “should not be considered a model by any country.”

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