China to help PH build more drug rehab centers

By Genalyn D. Kabiling and Ellalyn De Vera As other western nations pounded on the government over its crackdown on illegal drugs, China is planning to build more drug rehabilitation centers in the country. The President said he was “astounded” by China’s assistance to his anti-drug campaign without “any publicity” as the first Beijing-funded rehabilitation center at Fort Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija will be completed soon. “The 1,500 (-bed) dormitory is about to be finished and they are promising more,” the President said in his remarks before a business forum in Davao City last Friday. Duterte expressed gratitude to China for helping the country, especially amid his administration’s present budgetary constraints, on building rehabilitation facilities for drug addicts. “Four million drug addicts is no joke. We are not a rich country. It is only China who has helped us,” he said. Duterte said he has asked the military to open [...]