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A Start-Up Approach to the Drug Problem

    7-Eleven Philippines chief Victor Paterno pitched not one but two ambitious plans when he addressed the Makati Business Club in March. The first is a plan to roll out community-based drug rehabilitation programs, working with police and local leaders to curb drug-related deaths by getting communities certified as drug-free zones.

    The second is a proposal to finance the plan in start-up fashion, with investors coming in at several phases in venture-capital style.

    Statement on Respect for the Constitution and the Rule of Law to Assure Filipinos and Investors

      The Makati Business Club calls on the country’s political and judicial leaders to let the House of
      Representatives and, if so determined, the Senate follow the impeachment process set forth in the
      Constitution against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. Regardless of the outcome of the process,
      giving the chief justice the chance to defend herself within our constitutionally-defined process is
      essential to demonstrate this country’s respect for the rule of law and to assure all Filipinos that we are
      protected by our laws.