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Vice President Leni Robredo Photo from her Facebook page MANILA mdash; Vice President Leni Robredo said on Wednesday that political nois stanley cup e and neglect have distracted government and the public from the countryrsquo war on poverty.The vice president considers poverty a more pressing problem that has receded from view because of the Duterte administrationrsquo focus on the war on drugs.Article continues after this advertisement In a speech at the 2017 Global Peace Convention, Robredo reiterated her call on President Duterte to address poverty as the countryrsquo real problem with the protection of life as the real solution.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFONBI files raps vs vloggers outside PH for disinformationNEWSINFOSC charges retired CA justice over lawyer s murderRobredo ex stanley cup pressed concern over the ldquo tunning speed and regularity with which summary executions have taken place since July last year.To date, there are more than 7,000 drug suspects killed in the governmentrsquo effort to curb criminality.Can we then say that this is truly a war on drugs Because if we sincerely want to combat drug-related crimes, we believe that we have to strike at their very root, Robredo said.The drug stanley mug problem is not just a public health issue; it is also symptomatic of societyrsquo failures, in the form of social inequality, po Qeld Public school teacher abducted in Zamboanga City

AP FILE PHOTORebuilding the areas ravaged by Supertyphoon Yolanda and other natural calamities will cost the government a whopping P130 billion and the operation could even last beyond the end of President Aquinorsquo term of office, Budget Secretary Florencio Abad Jr. said on stanley usa Thursday.If you look at the experience of Aceh, Haiti, Japan, this whole process of rehabilitation and reconstruction will take years to undertake so therefore I think by the time we are able to consume all that money, you will be moving to another year of operation, Abad said.Article continues after this advertisement But with the outpourin stanley becher g of aid from foreign governments, the government intends to tap concessional loans t stanley cup uk o partly cover the huge cost of rehabilitation, he said.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFOPCSO: Still no takers of Ultralotto 6/58, Superlotto 6/49 jackpotsNEWSINFONBI files raps vs vloggers outside PH for disinformationMoving forwardWe at least will have P130 billion moving forward, Abad told reporters after the Senate hearing on Thursday on the proposed P14.6-billion supplemental budget and congressional authorization for the utilization up to the end of 2014 of P20.8 billion in calamity funds, quick response funds and other unobligated allotments for 2013.President Aquino has certified as urgent these two measures that seek to infuse fresh funds into the rehabilitation of areas devastated