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Volume IX, No. 116
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Thursday, October 3, 2019
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Duterte admits hazing in PH can’t be eliminated
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By AZER PARROCHA, PNA
Duterte embarks on five-day official visit to Russia
AZING in the Philippines cannot be totally eliminated, President Rodrigo R. Duterte admitted on Tuesday night in the wake of the recent death of a Philippine Military Academy (PMA) plebe.
Despite having signed the Anti-Hazing Act of 2018 (Republic Act 11053) banning all forms of hazing last year, Duterte said the violent form of initiation rites cannot be wiped out unless fraternities, sororities, and other similar organizations in schools are banned. “Hindi mo talaga matanggal ‘yan (You really can’t eliminate that) Unless you ban fraternity for all time. Make it a criminal offense by joining a fraternity,” Duterte
said in a press conference at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport before departing for his trip to Russia. He, however, said that making the act of joining a fraternity a criminal offense could “raise so many constitutional issues.” Duterte recalled how he himself experienced hazing in his youth and even got hospitalized for three days Students of Bukidnon National High School in Malaybalay City hold a march as part of due to massive hematoma. the global Fridays for Future movement that urges governments to take a firm action See HAZING, page 11
to address climate change.
Temporary Balay Silangan opens in Iligan City By DIVINA M. SUSON, Correspondent
ILIGAN CITY ----- The city government of Iligan, through the City Anti-Drug Abuse Council (CADAC), and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) - Region 10, opened on Tuesday (October 1), the city's temporary Balay Silangan located inside the Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (DTRC) in Sitio Fatima, Barangay
Abuno, Iligan City. Dr. Gino Meteoro, Supervisor of CommunityBased Drug Rehabilitation Program (CBDRP) in Iligan City, said the facility is being prepared to accommodate 24 drug surrenderees but Wilkins Villanueva, director of PDEA 10, recommended the place can be maximized so that it can accommodate up to 40 persons who have
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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte left for Russia Tuesday evening for his second visit to the Russian Federation hoping to strengthen cooperation with other countries particularly in the Asia Pacific region. The President’s visit is upon the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin. President Duterte, who will be in Russia from October 1 to 5, will meet the Russian leader in Sochi. The two leaders will See VISIT, page 11
been identified by the barangays as drug pushers. Villanueva emphasized that Bahay Silangan is intended for pushers, identified in PRRD (President Rodrigo Roa Duterte), PDEA and Philippine National Police (PNP) drug watchlists, who wanted to change their lives and turn their backs from illegal drug activities. It is a community in- Alleged drug pushers included in the drug watchlist who turned themselves in to poSee TEMPORARY, page 11
lice join the opening on Tuesday, October 1, of the temporary Balay Silangan in Sitio Fatima, Barangay Abuno, Iligan City. divina m. suson