Two operating units of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) were rewarded with a total amount of P10,126,589.26 for their exemplary work in nine “meritorious anti-drug operations.’’ In a statement released on Tuesday, Dec. 21, PDEA Director General Wilkins Villanueva cited his men as...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) on Tuesday, Dec. 7 which would pave the way for the conduct of random and surprise drug tests on the latter’s personnel. Under the agreement,...
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Wilkins Villanueva was among the recipients of the Outstanding Filipino Luminary Awards 2021 for National Government Service. PDEA Director General Wilkins Villanueva (File photo) In simple rites on Friday, Nov. 19, at the Conrad Manila...
A total of 64 trainees have graduated from the Handler's Basic Course as the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) stepped up its efforts to train more dogs and handlers in its campaign the smuggling of illegal drugs. PDEA PDEA Director General Undersecretary Wilkins M Villanueva said the...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) exhorted the public on Friday, Oct. 15, not to vote for candidates with illegal drug trade connections in the May 2022 national and local elections. PDEA Director General Wilkins Villanueva (Photo from PDEA) PDEA Director General Wilkins Villanueva...
A total of P62,376,591.14 worth of confiscated dangerous drugs in Central Visayas have been destroyed in Cebu City, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said Friday, Oct. 15. PDEA photo PDEA Regional Office VII Director Levi Ortiz led the destruction of the confiscated illegal drugs on...
A total of 13,244 high-value targets (HVTs) have been arrested from July 1, 2016 to August 31, 2021, based on the latest “Real Number Data’’ of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). The arrests include 5,692 HVTs who were arrested from high impact operations; 3,696 target-listed...
Combined operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the local police seized P3.4 million worth of shabu following the arrest of two drug peddlers on Tuesday, Sept. 28 in a buy-bust operation in Pasig City. PDEA-3 Regional Director Bryan Babang identified the suspects as John...
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Wilkins Villanueva absolved former presidential economic adviser Michael Yang, who is at the center of the Senate probe on the alleged anomalous transaction in the procurement of face masks and face shields, of any illegal drug connections...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) vowed on Monday, Sept. 6, to cooperate “in the legal process and exhaust all legal remedies available after the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) recommended the filing of charges against some of its men in connection with the alleged...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) assured on Monday, Sept. 6, of its continued commitment to meet its June 2022 deadline of clearing as many barangays from the influence of illegal drugs. PDEA Director General Wilkins M Villanueva said the goal of clearing more barangays was reinforced...
A retired general of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has been appointed as the new director-general for administration of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). (PNA photo) In a statement Friday, September 3, PDEA said that retired Major General Diosdao Carreon formally assumed...
