Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Wednesday said he expects more Filipinos to have access to affordable medicines now that President Duterte has signed an executive order adding more medicines and drugs that would be subject to a price cap. Duterte had earlier signed Executive Order No. 155...
A Chinese national was arrested for kidnapping his fellow Chinese and for possession of illegal drugs Monday, Dec. 6, in Pasay City. Col. Cesar Paday-os, Pasay City police chief, identified the suspect as Gao Lei of Unit 520 Shore Residence Tower C1, Barangay 76, Pasay City. Paday-os said the...
President Duterte says it gives him "a little bit of pride" that he fulfilled "almost everything" that he promised to Filipinos when he ran for the Palace seat a few years ago. 'I TRIED MY BEST'--President Rodrigo Duterte talks about his campaign promises during his speech at the Port of Busay,...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is bracing for the local development of new anti-cancer and antimicrobial drugs. Bioactive Compounds from Marine Sediments project (DOST-PCHRD Facebook page) During the Talakayang HeaRT Beat on the agency’s BIG 21 Tuklas Lunas Projects initiated by...
Presidential candidate and Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso tested negative for illegal drugs after submitting himself to a test on Thursday, Nov. 25. Manila mayor Isko Moreno and Doc Willie Ong show the negative results of their drug tests at the PDEA office in Quezon City on Nov. 25...
Malacañang has, for the nth time, insisted that the United Nations (UN)-backed International Criminal Court (ICC) has no jurisdiction to investigate the Duterte administration's war against illegal drugs. (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential...
Presidential aspirant Senator Manny Pacquiao on Wednesday expressed his belief it is only fitting that the government goes after high-profile illegal drug traffickers and do its best to save the users. Asked to expound on his admission he tried using drugs when he was young and “naïve,”...
Presidential aspirant Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Monday said he is willing to undergo a drug test after President Duterte claimed a presidential candidate is using cocaine. “Ako naman po willing magpa-drug test (I am willing to under drug test) anytime of the day. Anytime po kung...
Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III and Senator Panfilo M. Lacson today, Nov. 22 underwent an ‘’encompassing holistic drug test’’ at the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) to show that they are drug free as they prepare for the May 2022 national elections. The Lacson/Sotto...
Opposition senator Leila De Lima said on Saturday, Nov. 20 that the reasons cited by the government for the suspension of the International Criminal Court's (ICC) investigation were just done to delay the proceedings, if not for the ICC to entirely defer investigation and prosecution to President...
Malacañang has welcomed the International Criminal Court's (ICC) decision to suspend its "investigative activities" on the Philippines' war against illegal drugs, which has become the signature of the current Duterte administration. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) "We welcome the...
President Duterte has identified as couple of things that "worry" him as he counts his final days in Malacañang. President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during the joint meeting of the NTF-RTF ELCAC in Mimaropa held in Calapan City on Nov. 18, 2021 (Malacañang photo) "Eh ako magtapos na (I'm finishing...
