Confiscated illegal drugs (File photo) MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday expressed optimism that the country's next leader would also be eager to stop the proliferation of illegal drugs in the country. This, as Duterte raised concern anew over the possible resurgence of illegal drugs after his term ends in June 2022. "Paalis na ako (I'm about to go), but I'm worried. I'm not saying that basig mudaog kinsay mudaoag nila nga (I'm not saying that whoever wins is) incompetent or not the person who would. Kay kaning droga either paghawa nako, mubalik ni, mubalik gyud ni (Because once I step down, the drugs situation may come back. It will really come back) and it's entering our shores," he said in a speech delivered in Lapu-Lapu City. Duterte said the country will be in trouble if the drug problem worsens. He said he is hopeful that his successor would be as enthusiastic as him in waging a war on illegal drugs. "I am not saying that anyo
trillion. stephen dennis of bloomberg news on the bigger picture here he said there s sort of a big fight in washington that you may have heard about, it s about whether we spend 62 trillion dollars over a decade or 60 trillion dollars. joining me now is stephanie carleton professor of the deficit mid, professor carleton, good to see you again, thank you for being with us. i ve never generally speaking read numbers, i don t like talking about them on tv, this is the one problem we re talking about numbers, we put prices on bills, but we leave the discussion about the value within those bills till later. so the debate is about bringing the 3.5 trillion to two trillion. none of us know, most people don t know what the value was in that bill, what s being cut, and what s been installed because of it. that s exactly right we get really bogged down because these numbers feel so large, and they are large. and most of us can t wrap our heads around it, and of course
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