BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Western Visayas destroyed 5,705.393 grams of illegal drugs worth P30,135,783 and drug paraphernalia at the Acropolis Gardens in Barangay Bata here on Wednesday, December 6. THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Western Visayas...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-9 destroyed illegal drugs valued at more than P42 million here on Monday, November 13. PDEA-9 personnel lead the destruction of illegal drugs in a local canning factory in Zamboanga City. (Photo via Liza Jocson) They consisted of...
Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (Facebook) A measure filed by Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers seeks to put an end to the slow disposition of illegal drug cases once and for all--and more--by establishing...
Brgy. Salangan in San Miguel, Bulacan is submerged in flood on Sept. 26, 2022 after the onslaught of Supertyphoon Noru (Karding). (Mark Balmores / Manila Bulletin File Photo) Almost half of Filipinos attribute calamities to the destructive actions of people who frequently abuse the environment, a...
More than 500 hectares of coral reefs were reportedly destroyed in a span of four years supposedly due to China's activities in the West Philippine Sea, a maritime affairs expert said. Jay Batongbacal, Director of University of the Philippines Institute for Maritime Affairs and Law of the Sea, said...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Northern Mindanao (Region 10) on Monday, May 22, destroyed illegal drugs and expired medicines valued at over P18 million through thermal destruction in a cremation facility in this city. PHILIPPINE Drug Enforcement Agency-Region 10...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A total of 11,934 bags of smuggled onions seized during a series of anti-smuggling operations were destroyed on Saturday, Feb. 4, here. SMUGGLED onions weighing a total of 71,551 kilos were destroyed in Zamboanga City. (Photo via Liza Jocson) The onions which have an estimated...
MAYOR John Dalipe, City Administrator Mario Yanga, Executive Assistant Ed de Guzman, and Zamboanga acting police director Col. Alexander Lorenzo led the destruction of mufflers and firecrackers in Zamboanga City. (Photo via Liza Abubakar-Jocson) ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Mayor John Dalipe led the...
POLICE dispose of seized firecrackers worth P44,650 in a ceremony at the police headquarters in Bacolod City on Friday, Jan. 6. (Photo courtesy of Adrian Prietos) BACOLOD CITY – Illegal firecrackers and pyrotechnics totaling P44,650 confiscated by the police here during the holiday season were...
CEBU CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) on Monday, Dec. 12, destroyed seized illegal drugs worth more than P83 million. PHILIPPINE Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas personnel examine seized illegal drugs worth more than P83 million before their...
Vice president-elect Sara Duterte-Carpio lauded on Thursday, June 2, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) for the destruction of P14,292,230.591 billion worth of dangerous drugs, the highest ever destructed contraband in the country. Held at the Integrated Waste Management, Inc. (IWMI) in...
A total of 41 violators were reportedly involved in 245 vote buying incidents recorded from Jan. 1 to May 9, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said Wednesday night, May 11. In a news briefing with President Duterte aired on May 12, Año noted that the...
