News Roundup 21 November 2019
Nov 21, 2019 • 2 min Read
Cop in Cebu City for court hearing fighting for life after he was shot on busy street | INQUIRER.NET – Lt. Col. Joie Yape, former head of the Cebu provincial police intelligence branch, was in the city for a court hearing when he was shot by still unidentified assailants on a busy street past 5 p.m Thursday Nov. 21. Victim is in critical condition.
‘Our enemy is drugs, not the people’: Robredo hails Bataan’s rehab-based anti-drug campaign | PHILSTAR.COM – Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday lauded the rehabilitation-based anti-drug campaign of the Bataan government that she said “saves those who did wrong.” Culled from the transcript of her speech which was sent to reporters is, “Our enemy is drugs, and not the people. Because drugs are our enemy, this is our fight. This is not the fight of those who made mistakes, not the fight of their family alone, but this is our fight,” she said in Filipino.
Drilon vows to pursue ‘kaldero’ inquiry after the games, notes Malaysian bank loan | Manila Bulletin – Senate minority leader Franklin Drilon has vowed to pursue filing a resolution seeking an inquiry into the expenses incurred by the government for constructing a state-of-the-art facility at the New Clark City which would be the venue for the 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, especially after knowing it is financed by borrowing from a Malaysian bank and payable in five years time.
Say if you want me out – Robredo | The Manila Times – VIce President Maria Leonor Robredo on Wednesday said President Rodrigo Duterte should tell it straight to her face if he wants her out as co-chairman of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD). “Dapat diretsuhin na lang ako, diretso naman ako kausap kung ayaw n’yo ako dito (He should tell me straight if he wants me out),” Robredo told reporters in a chance interview after her meeting with officials of the Dangerous Drug Board in Quezon City.
