The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has cleared two businessmen who were accused of transporting marijuana-laced hygienic products in their shipment at the Bureau of Customs-Port of Clark (BOC-Clark) in September last year. (Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency) Cleared were businessman...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has warned the public anew against people posing as its agents. This, after a recent anti-drug operation resulted in the death of a fake PDEA agent in Camarines Sur. He was later identified as 32-year old Noel Vasquez. PDEA Director General Wilkins...
The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) has rolled out what it calls Mobile KTB (Kusina, Tele-Eskwela and Barangayanihan) in a bid to assist Metro Manila residents who were severely affected by the implementation of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ). NCRPO director Maj. Gen. Vicente...
The provincial director of the Sulu Provincial Police Office (PPO) was gunned down by a subordinate cop whom he allegedly scolded at a quarantine checkpoint in Jolo town on Friday afternoon, Aug. 6. (Philippine National Police) Police Col. Michael Bawayan Jr., 49, director of Sulu PPO, was shot...
Anti-narcotics agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Mandaluyong police arrested on Wednesday, August 4, two Chinese nationals after they yielded some P68,000 worth of shabu when arrest warrant was being served in a Mandaluyong City condominium. In a statement released on...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the National Nutrition Council (NNC) conducted a dialogue with the local chief executives (LCEs) on Wednesday, August 4, in a bid to enhance the link between the national government and its local counterpart in attaining a sustainable...
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Wilkins Villanueva said on Wednesday, August 4, that the new Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) which focuses more on clearing of barangay from the influence of illegal drugs. Villanueva said the Barangay Drug Clearing Program (BDCP) is a holistic...
Department of Science and Technology (DOST)-Mimaropa Regional Director Dr. Ma. Josefina P. Abilay has been conferred with the Benita and Catalino Yap Foundation (BCYF) Innovation Award (BIA) for Government Service category for bringing innovative water technology solutions to address water scarcity...
Global passenger demand this June showed "a very slight improvement in both international and domestic air travel markets", remaining significantly below pre-COVID-19 levels due to international travel restrictions, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced last night (July 28)....
Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) Deputy Director General for Space Science and Technology (DDG-SST) Dr. Gay Jane P. Perez has been named as this year’s Outstanding Young Scientist (OYS) in the field of Satellite Technology (Physics). (Screenshot from PhilSA Facebook page) The National Academy of...
A total of P61.69 billion worth of illegal drugs, controlled precursors and essential chemicals (CPECs) and laboratory equipment were seized by anti-narcotic agents within the five-year period of the administration of President Duterte. In PDEA’s #RealNumbersPH data released Wednesday, July 28,...
Most local executives remained heavily dependent on income they received from the national government to fund their operations, data from the Department of Finance’s (DOF) Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF) revealed. Based on the latest operating income reports submitted by local...
