NEW TAKE ON DRUG WAR

The launch of “Buhay ay Ingatan, Droga’y Ayawan” (Take Care of Life, Reject Drugs) at Quezon Memorial Circle on Saturday includes an exercise routine involving mascots (top photo) and a program led by Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos (above). Among the guests were Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez of Victorias City, Negros Occidental; Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines president and Quirino Gov. Dakila Carlo Cua; Malabon City Mayor Jeannie Sandoval; Quezon City Vice Mayor Gian Carlo Sotto; San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora; and Navotas City Mayor John Rey Tiangco. The government wants to veer the antidrug campaign away from the bloody “Oplan Tokhang’’ approach of the Duterte administration.