Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested on Tuesday, Aug. 25, a vlogger and his live-in partner during a buy-bust operation in Bacolod City. In a statement, the PDEA said content creator Joselito Peruelo and companion Christian Tolentino were collared at around 3 p.m....
“Drug War: A Conspiracy of Silence” is heading into its final two episodes after surpassing one million cumulative views on YouTube. Episode 5 follows police officer Yana Macabeo, played by Jane Oineza, as she faces a decision that could change the course of her investigation. Yana discovers a...
There is something deeply unsettling about watching “Drug War: A Conspiracy of Silence.” The six-part YouTube series does not offer easy answers or convenient endings. We caught an advance screening of Episode 4 recently and, suffice it to say, we left feeling bothered. What makes it more...
Police arrested five suspected drug pushers who are included in the list of high value targets in a raid on a suspected drug den in Taguig City. Aside from the arrest of the five suspects, Taguig City police chief Col. Julius Añonuevo said they also confiscated more than P1 million worth of...
Police seized 283 loose firearms in Western Visayas in the first 15 days of August in an aggressive regionwide operations that also resulted in the arrest of 13 people for illegal possession of unlicensed guns. In the same period from Aug. 1 to 15, Western Visayas regional police chief Brig. Gen....
Four jail officers were honored for thwarting the smuggling of illegal drugs from visitors of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) finside several Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)-supervised facilities. BJMP spokesperson Supt. Jayrex Bustinera saidthe bureau bestowed the honor to Jail...
An agent of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and a suspected drug trafficker died while three Marine commandos were wounded in a gun fight during an anti-illegal drug operation in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi on Sunday, Aug. 9. Backed by Navy personnel, PDEA agents conducted an operation to...
Police arrested a total of 473 people for illegal fishing and illegal logging as authorities intensified the campaign in implementing environmental laws in Western Visayas. Police Brig. Gen. Randulf T. Tuaño, director of the Police Regional Office 6, said the operations conducted in July also led...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has secured a very first conviction of a locally initiated money laundering case relating to illegal drugs activities in Central Visayas. In a statement on Monday, Aug. 3, PDEA said that Marie-Den Sarol Barbecho was found guilty beyond reasonable doubt...
Vice President Sara Duterte argued that the prevalence of gun violence in the Philippines makes it difficult to conclude that all alleged victims cited in the International Criminal Court 's (ICC) case against former President Rodrigo Duterte were killed as part of the government 's...
Bloodless but productive is how the aggressive campaign against illegal drugs should be, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Thursday, July 30, after the government reported around P122 billion confiscated illegal drugs since July 2022. PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr. said...
Arguing that its implementation does not constitute crimes against humanity as alleged by the International Criminal Court (ICC), Vice President Sara Duterte strongly defended former President Rodrigo Duterte 's anti-illegal drugs campaign. “How can the implementation of a government policy...
