President Duterte warned that those selling coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines will be held accountable, saying they were taking away the opportunity for poor people to receive the free shots. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Duterte made the statement after the National Bureau of...
Malacañang assured the public that the government will go "all-out" in getting to the bottom of the illegal sale of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines, saying no one should profit from the suffering of the nation. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement after...
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. has condemned in the strongest terms the reported illegal selling of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines which could place the country's immunization program in jeopardy. Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. attends President Duterte's "Talk to the Nation" address on May...
President Duterte, catapulted to office on a campaign promise to eliminate illegal drugs and corruption in 2016, is on the final stretch of his presidency. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) And the President is first to admit that addressing the problem of illegal drugs and...
Is the Philippines better off than when President Duterte stepped into power in 2016? Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said this is what he wants to find out when the Chief Executive delivers his final State of the Nation Address (SONA) this July. “After five years, where are we now, or what is...
The Philippine government has successfully repatriated the last batch of overseas Filipinos who were victims of trafficking in persons and illegal recruitment from Syria. The last batch of Filipino survivors of trafficking and illegal recruitment from Syria shortly before their departure in...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) called on the public Saturday, June 26, to join the government’s fight against illegal drugs by rejecting illegal substance abuse and drug addiction. (PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE-DRUG ENFORCEMENT GROUP / MANILA BULLETIN) The call was made as...
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director-General Wilkins Villanueva warned on Wednesday, June 23, that the agency may have no choice but to divulge the courts that have yet to grant their requests for search warrants on suspected dens of drug personalities. “Siguro papangalanan na natin...
A blatantly illegal and potentially catastrophic tree-cutting activity is taking place in the Upper Marikina Watershed. (Photo from Masungi Georeserve Facebook page) The Masungi Georeserve Foundation recently discovered what it described as a "tree massacre" during its on-the-ground inspection of...
Three kidnapped Chinese nationals were rescued by members of the Manila Police District (MPD) during a follow-up operation in Makati City, police said Thursday. Screenshot from video of MPD CIDU Chief PMaj. Rommel Anicete / MANILA BULLETIN Police identified the rescued victims as Zhen Xiao, 24; Gao...
Five local fishermen were arrested by the personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) for illegal fishing in Candijay, Bohol on Wednesday, June 9. Five local fishermen were arrested by the PhilippineCoast Guard (PCG) for illegal fishing in Candijay, Bohol on Wednesday, June 9. (Photo courtesy of...
A notorious supplier of illegal drugs and a Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) village leader were arrested by anti-narcotics operatives in a buy-bust operation in Pasay City on Monday night (June 7). ELEONOR ODTUHAN (PASAY CITY POLICE / MANILA BULLETIN) Police identified the suspects as Eleonor Odtuhan,...
