CAMP COL. RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Police arrested eight persons for illegal gambling in Surigao del Sur and Agusan del Sur on Tuesday, May 21. The suspects were identified as Nel, 51; Joc, 59; Jon, 38, and Fren, 32. They were caught in the act of playing the illegal numbers game called...
Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (Rep. Barbers’ Facebook) Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers flagged on Wednesday, May 22, the 291 “titled” land acquisitions in Metro Manila and Central Luzon by...
Former economic adviser to ex-President Rodrigo Duterte Michael Yang (Zoom screenshot) The House Committee on Dangerous Drugs issued a show-cause order to Chinese businessman Michael Yang--a former economic adviser of ex-President Rodrigo Duterte--in a bid...
BACOLOD CITY – Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky, Police Regional Office-6 chief, warned police chiefs in Negros Occidental that they will be relieved and sanctioned once caught receiving bribes from illegal gambling. WANKY (Glazyl Masculino) Wanky said their relief will be automatically implemented...
ILOILO CITY – Police seized shabu and marijuana worth P7.9 million from 16 suspected drug pushers in a two-day anti-illegal drugs operation in Western Visayas. The Police Regional Office-6 said that 813 grams of suspected shabu valued at P5.5 million and 20 kilos of marijuana worth P2.4 million...
CEBU CITY – Nine persons were arrested for their alleged involvement in a large-scale illegal recruitment operation in the province of Cebu. NBI-7 Director Renan Oliva shows pictures of suspected illegal recruiters who were arrested in Cebu. (Calvin D. Cordova) The suspects, who are facing...
Over 160 Chinese nationals engaged in offshore gambling in the Philippines were repatriated to China from Manila Tuesday, May 14. Their repatriation was described as "significant achievement of the law enforcement cooperation between China and the Philippines" by the Chinese Embassy in Manila,...
The anti-illegal drugs operations of the Rizal Police Provincial Office (PPO) in just one week have resulted in the confiscation of some ₱2,225,300 worth of illegal drugs and in the arrest of 40 personalities. Reports from Rizal PPO director Col. Felipe Maraggun showed that the 24...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – The Police Regional Office-Cordillera seized suspected shabu and marijuana worth P387.6 million from May 6 to 12. Eleven suspected drug pushers were arrested in 12 buy-bust operations during the period. The suspects yielded a total of 323.65 grams of shabu and 55...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 nabbed 391 individuals for illegal gambling in Western Visayas in April. The suspects were arrested in 127 anti-gambling operations from April 1 to 30 and P206,000 in bet money was seized. Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky, PRO-6 director, vowed to intensify...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – The Police Regional Office-1 seized illegal drugs worth P36.6 million in the Ilocos region from April 1 to 30. Police Brig. Gen. Lou F. Evangelista, PRO-1 director, said 84,300 fully grown marijuana plants, 2,589.58 grams of dried marijuana leaves, and 2,864.37 grams of...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte (Keith Bacongco/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and the judiciary are well-equipped to perform their mandates independently as far as the human rights violations during the Duterte...