Killing Won’t End Illegal Drugs
“To me, more than anything, the rehabilitation of victims of illegal drugs, the drug users and drug addicts, could be the answer ...
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Urgent Need for a DDR
"The DDR becomes more urgent because it will focus itself on strategizing and meeting the problems of disaster-prone areas of ...
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Salceda sees consensus on disaster agency creation under PBBM admin
'Institutionalization is the priority, not size' House Ways and Means Chair Albay Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda sees a consensus in ...
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Imee makes sense
"In these parlous times, government resources would be best put to anything other than increased personnel salaries" Senator Imee Marcos’ ...
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Salceda: DDR size not crucial, but must stand
Albay Rep. Joey Salceda, principal author of the proposed Department of Disaster Resilience in the 17th Congress, on Sunday said ...
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Marcos nixes creation of disaster resilience department
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday poured cold water on a legislative push to create a Department of Disaster Resilience, ...
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Solons file new disaster dept. bill
Three congressmen, among them Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez, have filed a bill seeking the creation of a Department of Disaster ...
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Salceda: Bulusan eruption underscores DDR urgency
The on-going eruption of Mt. Bulusan Volcano in Sorsogon province, which sent thousands of families to evacuation centers, underscores the ...
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Salceda pushes creation of DDR to address calamity situations
Albay Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda has underscored the need for enactment of the proposed Department of Disaster Resilience (DDR) to ...
Read moreThe urgency of DDR
"We need it like yesterday." With the start of the rainy season, the country will again go through the never-ending ...
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