Category Archives: International

Government, International, Law Enforcement

Drug Czar Leni Robredo’s List Demands By Year’s End

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QUEZON CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Newly-designated ‘Drug Czar” Leni Robredo is taking her job very seriously.  The Vice President wants the country’s drug policies and actions to be evidence-based and data-driven.

So, in a series of directives to members of the Inter-agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD), Robredo demanded that the following lists be submitted to her by the year’s end:

  • List of drug addicts
  • Names of all police officers and other government agents involved in all aspects of drug enforcement
  • List of all Filipino men who have mistresses
  • Number of Filipino children per family, broken down into “legitimate” and “illegitimate”
  • List of bank accounts of all Filipinos aged 18 and over
  • List of income sources of all Filipinos to include both employment and business
  • List of all Filipinos and non-Filipinos residing in the country with Chinese or Chinese-sounding surnames
  • List of all Filipinos living abroad who regularly send Balikbayan boxes to their families in the Philippines
  • List of Filipino bishops and priests who could be assigned to do pray-overs every time there is a drug raid (no killings)

Robredo told The Adobo Chronicles that she intends to overhaul the entire war on drugs by basing her decisions on factual information. “We want the truth and nothing but the truth.” she said.

In addition, the Vice President wants all Filipino dual citizens, including Rappler CEO Maria Ressa, to submit a duly-notarized affidavit that they are not engaged whatsoever in the trade of illegal drugs.

International, Law Enforcement, Politics

Donald Trump Wants To Meet With PH VP Leni Robredo To Discuss U.S. Drug War

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) – Just hours after Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo met with U.S. Embassy officials in the Philippines, President Donald Trump invited her to visit The White House early next month to discuss strategies regarding the U.S. war on drugs.

Robredo met with the American officials in her capacity as newly-designated drug czar (co-chair of the Inter-agency Committee on Anti-illegal Drugs, or ICAD).

”I am very impressed by her extensive knowledge and seeming expertise on combating the illegal drug trade and in dealing with drug lords and addicts,” Trump told the White House Press Corps.

”The U.S. has consistently failed in its drug war, and here is this unassuming lady from the Philippines who could advise me on how to address this serious problem,” Trump added.

Government, International, Media

U.S. State Department To Rescue Maria Ressa From Philippine War Zone

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington, D.C.) – Reacting to a recently-aired interview on “60 Minutes,” where  Maria Ressa proclaimed the Philippines under the Duterte government is the worst war zone she’s ever been in, the U.S. State Department said it will send immediate rescue to the Rappler CEO.

Ressa is a dual citizen of the Philippines and the U.S.

The safety and security of U.S. citizens overseas is one of the top priorities of the U.S. State Department. To keep its citizens informed, it may recommend that they leave the immediate area or foreign country if it is safe to do so. If commercial transportation is unavailable, it will do its best to identify what transportation options may be available to help U.S. citizens travel out of the crisis location.

”We are very concerned about the safety of Ressa, especially because she is one of our citizens who has received multiple awards for her  alleged journalism  work,” a State Department spokesperson told The Adobo Chronicles.

For security reasons, the State Department didn’t disclose when it will rescue Ressa or whether it will be the U.S. Army or Navy that will take her out of the Philippines.

We pray for Ressa’s safety and hope she’ll be removed from the Philippine war zone soon.