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Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 22 09:05 PM

Vice-President Leni Robredo is accompanied by Police Senior Sup. Arthur Bisnar on Friday, as she visits the Quezon City drug treatment center. Read more »

Robredo wants QC barangay anti-drug efforts replicated in other LGUs

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 22 07:13 PM

Quezon City's Barangay Culiat, once notorious for being a drug-infested community, may soon become a role model for other communities fighting illegal drugs, according to Vice President Leni Robredo. Read more »

Can't stand the heat? Palace says Robredo can resign from drug war post

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 22 07:58 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo is free to leave her work in President Rodrigo Duterte's narcotics crackdown if she is not comfortable with it, Malacañang said Friday.   Read more »

Kahalagahan ng rehabilitasyon sa ex-drug addicts binigyang-diin nina Robredo, Aquino

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 21 08:02 PM

Nagkaisa sina Vice President Leni Robredo at Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency chief Aaron Aquino sa kahalagahan ng rehabilitasyon ng mga nalulong sa droga. Read more »

Robredo battles 'condescension, mansplaining' as new anti-drug chief

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 21 04:53 PM

Past the halfway mark of her 6-year term, the vice president is taking a lead role in a campaign known both for its brutality and machismo. Read more »

Embattled Robredo insists on rehabilitation as alternative to bloody drug war

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 21 04:40 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo, who has yet to gain the trust of her appointing authority President Rodrigo Duterte, has insisted on the rehabilitation route in combating the country's drug menace.  Read more »

'Trust is earned,' Palace reminds Robredo, Aquino

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 21 02:09 PM

The President earlier admitted that he could not trust Robredo after the latter supposedly made "missteps" in her first 2 weeks as co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD). Read more »

The ANC Brief: Trying to put her in her place

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 21 04:09 AM

Vice President Leni Robredo reacted to a recent rant by President Rodrigo Duterte on her role in the war on drugs. Here are the stories making the headlines on ANC today: Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: November 20, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 21 01:34 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

VP Leni gustong malinawan ang sakop ng trabaho bilang anti-drug chair

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 20 07:16 PM

Hiniling ni Vice President Leni Robredo kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na linawin ang sakop ng kaniyang trabaho bilang co-chairperson ng Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs.  Read more »

Robredo warns Duterte vs 'fake news' that she invited UN prosecutor

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 20 04:01 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday cautioned President Rodrigo Duterte against buying into “fake news” that she had invited United Nations bodies to look into his drug war, now that she’s coordinating government anti-narcotics efforts.   Read more »

'Diretsuhin ako': Robredo tells Duterte to tell her if he wants her out of drug war

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 20 01:55 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo said Wednesday President Rodrigo Duterte should just tell her to leave as co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD) if he was not willing to trust her.  Read more »

Aquino asks Duterte: Can you appoint someone you do not trust?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 21 12:39 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte's predecessor on Wednesday questioned his appointment of Vice President Leni Robredo to co-chair government's anti-narcotics drive if he does not trust her.   Read more »

Free Leila: Robredo, et al seek De Lima's release after 1,000th day in detention

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 21 06:48 AM

MANILA—Leaders, activists and organizations from around the world is urging the Philippine government to free Sen. Leila de Lima, who is spending her 1,000th day in jail over what they called trumped-up and politically-motivated illegal drug charges. Read more »

Duterte threatens to slap human rights advocate in front of Robredo

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 20 03:24 AM

MANILA (UPDATE)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday night warned that he will slap a foreign human rights advocate if he enters the country to help Vice President Leni Robredo end the drug war. Read more »

'I don't trust her': Duterte says no need for Robredo to get classified information

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 20 01:57 AM

MANILA (UPDATE)—President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday night he wanted to set "parameters" on Vice President Leni Robredo’s role as "drug czar," adding the latter could allegedly "jeopardize" the republic. Read more »

Robredo drug war shows why it will take village to solve drug menace

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 19 09:22 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo, the Philippines’ new anti-drug chief, illustrated how the drug problem can affect a community, and why it will take a village to solve it. Read more »

VP Leni tuloy sa tungkulin bilang anti-drug chair kahit walang Cabinet rank

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 19 08:03 PM

May Cabinet rank man o wala, sinabi ni Vice President Leni Robredo na magpapatuloy siya sa kaniyang tungkulin bilang co-chairperson ng Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs. Read more »

Robredo: I will continue my job, Cabinet post or not

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 19 11:08 PM

Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo earlier said President Rodrigo Duterte is no longer inclined to appoint Robredo to his Cabinet after she sought advice from foreign institutions, such as the US government and United Nations, on the country's controversial drug war. Read more »

Duterte has 'reservations' on sharing gov’t secrets with Robredo: Palace

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 25 10:27 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte has reservations on sharing classified state matters with Vice President Leni Robredo even as he expects the latter to help solve the country’s illegal drug problem, Malacañang said Tuesday. Read more »