Duterte to pursue chilling, relentless antidrug campaign

Duterte to pursue chilling, relentless antidrug campaign

President Rodrigo Duterte vowed during his State of the Nation Address (Sona) to a joint session of Congress and the Filipino people on Monday to pursue his war on drugs, saying it would be as “relentless and chilling” as before.

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Dwell on ‘gut issues,’ not antidrug campaign, allies urge Duterte

Dwell on ‘gut issues,’ not antidrug campaign, allies urge Duterte

His allies in the Senate on Sunday advised President Rodrigo Duterte to focus on “gut issues” in his State of the Nation Address to a joint session of Congress on Monday afternoon.

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Palace aiming for ‘long-term solutions’ to poverty

Malacañang gave an assurance that the government was putting measures in place to tame inflation following results of a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showing more Filipinos now rating themselves as poor.

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3 reps urge admin to take ‘decisive actions’ in face of rising inflation

The Duterte administration must act decisively in the face of rising inflation, lawmakers urged on Friday. House economic affairs committee chair and Bohol 3rd district Rep. Arthur Yap said government should take decisive actions in the face of inflation reaching 5.2 percent in June.

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