The House quad-committee (quad-comm) on Tuesday, Jan. 21, lifted its contempt and detention order on former Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) chief Wilkins Villanueva. Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers, lead committee chairman, approved Abang Lingkod Rep. Joseph Stephen...
CEBU CITY – The former chief of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) has criticized the decision of the House quad-committee to cite former PDEA Director General Wilkins Villanueva for contempt. RUIZ Yogi Filemon Ruiz on Facebook aired his frustration over the...
Former Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) director general Wilkins Villanueva (left), Police Col. Hector Grijaldo (Screenshots from Facebook livestream) The House quad-committee (quad-comm) finally cited for contempt two...
The Office of the President (OP) has commended the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) for its 100 percent resolution rate of public complaints and grievances on acts of red tape lodged through the 8888 Citizens’ Complaint Center. PDEA logo The 8888 Citizens’ Complaint Center serves as a...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) vowed Friday, Sept. 9, to explore other strategic measures that would further increase the agency’s conviction rate for illegal drug cases. PDEA Director General Wilkins Villanueva (Photo by PDEA) “To be frank, what I really want is a 100-percent...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) handed out a total of P9,684,257.86 cash rewards on Tuesday, Sept. 6, to 11 private informants for providing information that led to the agency’s successful big-time illegal drug busts. In simple rites at the PDEA National Headquarters, PDEA...
The national government should equip barangay officials with the necessary tools to effectively fight illegal drugs problems in their respective areas, officials of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said on Wednesday, Aug....
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has garnered an unmodified opinion, the highest audit rating given by the Commission on Audit (COA) for the "fair presentation" of its financial reports and records. PDEA Director General Wilkins Villanueva (Photo courtesy of PDEA) PDEA Director General...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has solidified its link with the country’s 42,045 barangays to further intensify the government’s all-out war against illegal drugs. “The fight against illegal drugs begins and ends in the barangays. Together with other drug law enforcement...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has distributed on Monday, June 6, a total of P9.6 million cash to six confidential informants who helped the agency in the conduct of successful anti-drug operations in various parts of the country. PDEA Director General Wilkins M. Villanueva...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) is working to attain a zero drug inventory and zero illegal drug dependency in the country. PDEA Director General Wilkins Villanueva said the goal is not farfetched as they are now working to clear the remaining 10,410 barangays from influence of...
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Wilkins Villanueva insisted on Tuesday, May 31, that the thousands of death in the government's drug war was because those who died put up a fight against anti-narcotics operatives. “To the persistent critics (of the government’s drug...
