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Manila Bulletin devider devider Duterte honors 5 slain PDEA anti-drug agents, vows to serve justice

Duterte honors 5 slain PDEA anti-drug agents, vows to serve justice

Published Oct 11, 2018 12:35 pm
By Genalyn Kabiling President Duterte paid tribute to the five slain members of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) with a posthumous conferment of Order of Lapu-Lapu with the rank of Kalasag. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte condoles with the family of one of the slain Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agents as he pays his last respects during the wake at the Sto. Niño de Cebu Chapel in Camp BGen. Gonzalo H. Siongco in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao on October 10, 2018. Accompanying the President are PDEA Director General Aaron Aquino and Secretary Christopher Lawrence 'Bong' Go of the Office of the Special Assistant to the President. (TOTO LOZANO/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) President Rodrigo Roa Duterte condoles with the family of one of the slain Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agents as he pays his last respects during the wake at the Sto. Niño de Cebu Chapel in Camp BGen. Gonzalo H. Siongco in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao on October 10, 2018. Accompanying the President are PDEA Director General Aaron Aquino and Secretary Christopher Lawrence 'Bong' Go of the Office of the Special Assistant to the President. (TOTO LOZANO/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The President went to the wake of the fallen PDEA agents at Camp Siongco, Maguindanao last Wednesday and extended his condolences to the families. "President Duterte awarded the Order of Lapu-Lapu with the Rank of Kalasag to the victims’ family representatives, and also extended financial, burial, and employment assistance," a Palace press statement read. "The Order of Lapu-Lapu with the Rank of Kalasag is given to those who lost their lives in the line of pushing for a campaign of the President," it added. The PDEA agents were killed by unknown gunmen in Kapai, Lanao del Sur last Friday while they were on their way to Marawi City. The group just came from a dialogue with former drug dependents in Baranggay Kianibong, Togoloan II. Special Assistant to the President Christopher Go said the families of the slain PDEA agents each received P20,000 in cash, P250,000 in cheque, and cellphone from the President. The President has assured the families that "justice will be served," the Palace added. The President earlier condemned the killing of the anti-drug personnel and directed the police to apprehend the perpetrators. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said the killings proved the dangers faced by law enforcement authorities in ending the illegal drug trade. "These deaths attest that the drug war is real," Roque said.
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