A total of 41,906 Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Councils (BADACs) nationwide will be assessed starting April 1, 2022 to monitor their progress and improved the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of anti-illegal drugs activities in their respective areas, the Department of the Interior and Local...
CAGAYAN -- Governor Manuel Mamba of this province has promised to reward anyone who can provide information on illegal drugs that may be found or fished out in the waters off Cagayan. The governor made the offer following the recovery of plastic packs of suspected cocaine valued at P30 million by...
If he would have his way, presidential candidate and UniTeam member Bongbong Marcos would regulate online cockfighting or "e-sabong" in a way that it would become less frequent and inaccessible to children. (Photos from Lakas-CMD, putakputak.com) Marcos was asked during his participation in Go...
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion Taking advantage of people desperate to take up high-paying jobs abroad is as easy as grabbing a piece of candy or lollipop from a one-year- old child and simply walking away. It doesn’t really take much to lure people keen to escape the hardships of carving a living in...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has revoked the registration and secured conviction of several illegal lending companies as part of its sustained crackdown against illegal and abusive lenders, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. In a statement, the DOF cited an SEC report that showed...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) clarified Friday, March 18, that it will never allow the operation of the illegal number game "Peryahan ng Bayan" contrary to the claims being floated in some reports. Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya (DILG photo) Undersecretary Jonathan...
An alleged crime group leader, who earlier tried to shoot a man, was arrested in a police operation that also led to the rescue of his 14-year-old live-in partner in his house in Caloocan City on Wednesday morning, March 16. The Northern Police District (NPD) Special Operations Unit (DSOU)...
Police arrested two men who were seen carrying a gun and a grenade in Novaliches, Quezon City on Sunday night, March 13. Lt. Col. Richard Ian Ang, Quezon City Novaliches Station (PS 4) commander, identified the suspects as Carlo Condes, 36; and Cyrus Reyes, 41, both residents of Barangay Gulod,...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Department of Tourism (DOT) signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) on Monday, March 14, that will pave the way for securing tourist spots from the influence of illegal drugs. In the MOA signing, PDEA...
LAGUNA — Authorities accosted 10 individuals engaging in an illegal card game locally known as tong-its on Saturday, March 12. Los Baños Municipal Police Station held an anti-gambling operation in Purok 1, Barangay Bayog, where they arrested Olympio Basco, Nicolas Macapua, Mauro Macapua,...
Government anti-narcotics agents seized on Sunday, March 13, some P27 million worth of shabu following the arrest of a suspect in an anti-drug operation in Iligan City, Lanao del Norte. In a statement, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) identified the arrested suspect, Arnel Magno whom...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Angeles City Director Martin Porres B. Moral ordered barangay officials to report local political candidates violating the guidelines of the Commission on Election (Comelec) for the May 9 polls. He also gave strict instructions to the barangay...
