News Roundup 09 November 2019
Nov 09, 2019 • 1 min Read
Robredo to meet with UN execs to research on illegal drug issues | INQUIRER.NET – Vice President Leni Robredo, newly appointed co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD), will meet with United Nations officials in the Philippines on Monday to discuss research that could help improve the government’s campaign against illegal drugs. Specifically, she would meet with those involved in the UN Community Based Resilience Analysis (CoBRA).
Robredo to join next Cabinet meet? Only if invited, she says | PHILSTAR.COM – Vice President Leni Robredo said on Saturday that she will only attend the next Cabinet meeting if extended an invite. “Kapag inimbitahan ako, pupunta ako. Pero without the invitation, hindi ako pupunta, kasi kung naaalala naman natin noong 2016, ayaw akong pa-attend-in. So baka maging istorbo pa ako doon,” Robredo told the media at the Indo-Pacific Federation Conference.
Chinese national tagged as leader of crime gang nabbed | Manila Bulletin – Members of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) of the Philippine National Police arrested on Friday Sun Kai, 33, a Chinese national tagged as the head of a crime gang preying on other Chinese nationals in the country. Manila CIDG arrested the suspect in Malate during an entrapment operation.
DFA warns against use of tourist, visit visas for jobs abroad | The Manila Times – THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reiterated its warning to Filipino job seekers against the use of tourist or visit visa to secure jobs overseas. The warning came after the DFA reunited 71 distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFW), who all left the country using a visit visa, with their families in the Philippines.
