News Roundup 22 November 2019
Nov 22, 2019 • 2 min Read
Robredo never thought of rebuffing Duterte’s drug czar offer | INQUIRER.NET – Vice President Leni Robredo has never thought of backing down from President Rodrigo Duterte’s offer to be his administration’s drug czar. In the speech on Friday at the University of Santo Tomas during the First International Conference on Gender and Adult Literacy and Active Citizenship for Social Transformation, she said, “While a lot of people were surprised that I accepted the post, I never – even for a moment – thought of turning my back on the opportunity to serve our country, after all, we women are truly made of sterner stuff than most people think. Don’t you think so?”
Panelo advises Robredo: Just leave if you can’t stand the heat | PHILSTAR.COM – Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo suggested that Vice President Leni Robredo resign from her post as the new anti-drug czar if she feels uncomfortable on the job.
Palace rues Robredo’s ‘display of disrespect’ to Duterte | Manila Bulletin – If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. Malacañang issued the statement after calling out Vice President Leni Robredo for supposedly disrespecting President Duterte when she taunted him to just tell her if he no longer wanted her as anti-drug czar.
Duterte believes Quiboloy stopped Mindanao quake | The Manila Times – PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Friday believed his good friend Pastor Apollo Quiboloy when he claimed he stopped one of the three deadly earthquakes that jolted parts of Mindanao in October. He said this at the opening of Acacia Hotel in Davao City where Duterte wished he had the same power to stop corrupt officials in the government. Further, Duterte said “I believe in Pastor Quiboloy. When he said stop, e kung nag stop, eh di what’s the trouble? Stop it. Eh kung nagkataon talagang nagstop. If I can only have that power doon sa mga kurakot na stop, kasi alam mo dito ang Pilipino hindi mo talaga madala sa pakiusapan.”
