{"id":87859,"date":"2017-02-03T04:20:26","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T09:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=87859"},"modified":"2017-02-03T04:22:57","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T09:22:57","slug":"intl-community-urged-to-visit-phl-look-at-it-from-a-new-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/02\/03\/intl-community-urged-to-visit-phl-look-at-it-from-a-new-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"Int’l community urged to visit PHL, look at it from a new perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano on Friday urged the international community to visit the Philippines to see for themselves that the country is more than what is depicted by foreign media. (Photo: Alan Peter Cayetano\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u2014Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano on Friday urged the international community to visit the Philippines to see for themselves that the country is more than what is depicted by foreign media.<\/p>\n

“Come to the Philippines and please look at us from a different perspective,” Cayetano, chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, told delegates of the National Prayer Breakfast held in the US.<\/p>\n

The event was attended by leaders from different religious and business groups across the globe.<\/p>\n

“We invite you to come to the Philippines and see for yourselves that the Philippines is not about hatred and violence as being shown in the international media,” he added.<\/p>\n

Cayetano, during the event, took the opportunity to discuss to the international community his insights on the campaign against illegal drugs under the administration of Pres. Rodrigo Duterte.<\/p>\n

He clarified that the anti-drug campaign is not a war against life but a war to fight for the lives of all Filipinos.<\/p>\n

“The war on drugs is not a war to kill criminals,” Cayetano clarified.<\/p>\n

He noted that the President has acknowledged that there are law enforcers who abused their power, but added that this should not be a reason to stop the entire drug campaign.<\/p>\n

“President Duterte is being portrayed in the international community as a ‘violent’ man. But a ‘violent’ man does not want peace for anyone,” Cayetano said.<\/p>\n

“Our President is doing everything to make the peace talks successful, achieve lasting peace, and win the war against illegal drugs,” he added.<\/p>\n

Cayetano compared the rogue cops in the law enforcement agencies like the Philippine National Police (PNP) to the corrupt personnel in tax agencies.<\/p>\n

“When tax collecting agencies become rigged with corruption, we did not tell them to stop collecting taxes, but we cleansed the agencies,” the senator said.<\/p>\n

Cayetano explained that despite weaknesses in the systems and opportunities for corruption and abuse, the PNP is exerting its best efforts to succeed in cleansing its ranks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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