MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte ordered an end to e-****** operations following the recommendation of Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, citing its social cost to Filipinos.
According to Duterte, an order stopping e-****** operations will come out by Tuesday.
“The recommendation of Sec. Año is to do away with e-******,” Duterte said in his Talk to the People taped on Monday and aired on Tuesday.
“It’s his recommendation and I agree with it, e-****** will end by tonight, bukas, lalabas ito bukas [tomorrow, the order will come out tomorrow],” he added.
Before this, Duterte disclosed having asked Año to conduct a survey through the Department of the Interior and Local Government to find out the social impact of online...