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I Duterte has expressed opposition a sood tliins we had breakfast earliei CDO has made some strides, the
Ito the legalization of marijuana. He *iih fo.-"."Vi.oMavor Tonv gsrians rn?yor says. But he is determined to
Soriano mafor
made the announcement during the (a philipoine Red Cr.ir, .o_roi.,"-o. .ri furiher diive the city as "the premier
PDP-Laban campaign rally in Negros mv hustlndl lnu olush horeirestaurant city in Northem Mindanao and as a vital
Occidental where he said he would al6ns with phiiidec administralsr economic hub ofsouthem Philippines."
not allow the cultivation of the plant Franilin euiiano and twobusinessmen. *
in the country, and that legalizing can- Oscar ii rlnnins for u *,i.a t".- i. In our part of Mindanao, I discover
nabis (the other term for marijuana) fo, of the ciw "with the reoutation that my iontemporaries at Silliman
medical use would be used by drug -uuo, and orestise as tlie countrv,s,,ind Most Univeriity have children involved in the
syndicates as an excuse to cultivate Fe Comnetitiie Citv in 2014; iramed bv UN local political arena. Having known their
plant as source for illegal drugs. This 6u61iu1 as the iEmerqing Citv o'{ To- calb6r,l'mnot surprised how brightand
was a tum around from his _previous morrow,,; declared era;d "*in ,t, of the ambitious their progenies are.
announcement that he would supPort United Siates Asene, for lntemational Joanna Lee 'joyz Tan-Caseas, E.D.,
the legalization of the.drug. He said, Development,s iraiden competition of . is the daughter ofbur long-time family
"You must rcmember that here or! co- the ,,Lii,eable Cities pesien 'CliuUense friend Andres ,,Andring" Tin (deceaseci)
"Tan^$he
caine, and the derivatives are products 2014.,, and toooed the 201i.e-readine"ss and Toribia Augusto is run-
of the opium poppy planl . . Consider- Survev.Awaij,, amons local nou".,,,- for the position of meniber oi the
ing marijuana as. a medicinal drug is *.n, furits in the counfi,. " "ing
su"Eguniang Panlalawigary District 2,
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equivalent to condoning wrongdoings." Under Mavor Morerio,s leadershio. Agu-san del Norte.
Buhay Rep. Lito Atienza,_the_Hou.se d.re ciry receiied several awardS: twiie Joyistheschool director and prircipal
senior minority leadel, applauded the won tlre Galing pook Award, the No. of Buenavista Institute, and has a PhD
President's decision. The former three- 1 Most Resifiefit Gw ..".J ni""..U" from Sillimal. Ar active educatox, she
term mayor oflvlanila said, "Now that the Department ot tiade and indusurl, has won the Teodora Alonzo Gintong
the President hgq sp9k9n, we reckon and a liost of others, includ ins reduciris Ilawan Outstanding Female Principalin
that nobody will be foolish enough to ;;"ttr ;;;; ;L"rt t"""6li""rt .,rg? the Philippines 2003-Regional title', and
incoduce a similar measure jn the next ior.r oi oue,- 5b0 classroomi i" prUii. the National Leadership and Discipline
Congress." _ elementarv and hish schools ali over Award in the field of Eilucation 2004.
Atienza himself earlier warned thai tne citv, t Jnrf"""i.'e .iry Joy is expected to be an asset to the
a mmber of_.unnamed politicians e "liirpid"i;a
hospitf, .o""".ti"e'-tr" t:- [u1l-j1 prouince.
raring to profit from medical mariju a the'city;s 54 b;;"gathe;ith ;;L;;
bv runmng drspensanes into miternity care*providers, offering Two sons of Esther MaSdamoAmanle
"All the purported therapeutic. ud. it"" ."i..rif -6irtf, a"riverv services to - are running for pub"tic positions.
ues of marijuana are merely anecdotal: premant women ;J;";;di";;;td;- Ferdinand Aniarte ]r., an oithopaedic
Puro klDento-kwento IanS. l.hey have not me;t and housine a_reas.' " surgeory is running for councilofof Bu-
been scientifically provery" Atienza sai9 no* i" nJ"ea-sue, N;s. or. to a -"al tuan City. He is a Tormer mayor oI the
. "Wha.t has beenproven by scienceir ao.to. unal -;r;;;-"o";;;il;;
lhat manluana rs a dangerous substanc9 elected city councilor
ciry but politics - the good kind - is in
in 1.9g7, Moreno's his blood, so he is running for Butuan
mainly because it is-highly addictive ;;;";ii ;ktd;; h;;;h-i;E;o city councilor. Jun-Jun. Wh! so? He iold
and can cause p_owerfulfrailucinationt, v"irs ?n ttret;;rr"t"i;;;i;;;6;i.- me. "Ar present, there is nb opposition
including lossof sense of personal iden- l.,d rs u"-ri^-ouutil.."*i; A s; cor.rnciloi in the sanggumang painbansa
tity- among other short- and long-term it has become _a_,rubber stamp, to the
ieJa Cjtege of I_^a* graduate, he start_
side-effects," Atienza said. . ed as a hij attomey'at the philippine sitting mayor, My goal is to bieak thar
.theThe Philippine Medical Associati"o i;;;;lR if*uur. #Ji"t".U".#! tn" and bi the pebpte'ivoice."
professional organization of Filipin" ."-"r"t" f"-"iiounr"f of
physicians,isalsoopposedtolegalizing.i"lt;;;;3;..i","*.Jur'urro.iut" -uio, fi"ut - is running
The othei son, Samuei AllanAmante,
for Representative of the first
medical manju11a,-saying "it is conbary Jt*.t"i.l *" ,t plarning group district of Agusan del Norte, for the firsL
to the policy of the State to s#eguard th" "t"eic pi"iia"rit time. Due.to the fast falling deadline, I
wel-t-being of its c\nzly-'1:'
;;y;; a;-lp-".jori*h "i""
. and'chief lesal counsel of Bpl Capiral can't wait forthe emaiJed CVsof Sammy,
Hence to my mind, it makes sense to a;;;ration" and those of Congressman John Erfel
- conhol or stop anoiher possible way or
r- de diooed his hand in politics, "Ping" Amante, and his sister Rosebell
] reasonJordnrg producers and tr"ffi*- u"-."""ii];. fol. rep.esentative of the Angel Matba, children of the ldte Rep.
r\, ers to. develop a source for illegat drugs iJrai;ti.t%f Mi..'Or., but lost in his Edelmiro Arnante, who served as a top
supply in the .9u"? fust attempt. He ran again and won *1s man of {ormer Piesident Fidel V Ramos.
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many years ago and was l.-pte.,t:g urrJ.u"lect"X overwhelmingly in the Rosebell AngelMatb4 Buh.ran city ayot m
by his capability and sincerity^as .lri"f ;";;;;;;i".ti; oi ZOOZii a 20t 0, who are running for the same congressio-
= execr:tive of Cagayan de oro City. I*" ii" u"."-?;;;;i" the two mayoral
weeks ago my husband and I Pald IUT a .i..tio* of 20i3 and 2016. He is now
nalseat. This is just like the Birny Srother-
sister-feud in Luzon, isn't iL?

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