’Blabbering’ wasn’t only reason why drugs board chief was fired--Palace

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte fired former Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) Chairman Dionisio Santiago not only for “blabbering” about the mega drug rehabilitation center but also for allegedly using government funds for junket trips with his mistress and for benefiting from drug money, his spokesman said on Monday.

Secretary Harry Roque said that President Duterte got hold of the DDB employees’ complaint against Santiago who was accused of going to Vienna, Austria and the United States with family members and a certain “girl Friday,” as well as accepting a mansion from suspected drug lord and late Ozamiz City Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog.