07-07-2019 04:44 via news.yahoo.com

Duterte Won’t Let Up on Deadly Drug War Amid Calls for UN Probe

(Bloomberg) -- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte pledged to continue his war against drugs in his final three years in office despite international calls for a probe into the rising death toll.“Do not destroy my country for the three years that I am still here,” Duterte said in a speech in Leyte, central Philippines, on Friday. “Do not produce drugs for our children to eat and go crazy. I will really kill you.”Since taking office in 2016, Duterte has waged a campaign a
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