A number of public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers were tested positive for illegal drug use during the random screening in parts of the country amid the Holy Week exodus of travelers, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) confirmed on Wednesday, April 1. During the first day of “Oplan...
CEBU CITY – Nine Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) drivers tested positive for illegal drug use in surprise drug tests in two major terminals here on Monday, March 30. A total of 412 PUV drivers and conductors at the South Bus Terminal and North Bus Terminal underwent random drug tests, said Leia...
ILOILO CITY – Six Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) drivers tested positive for illegal drugs during a random drug test conducted in Western Visayas on Monday, March 30. Five of them tested positive for alleged use of shabu while the other tested positive for alleged use of marijuana. Known as...
Health advocates on Friday, March 26, launched the ACCEPT Drug Education Modules in Quezon City, promoting a shift away from fear-based approaches to drug education in the Philippines. The modules, developed under the ACCEPT Project (Advancing Compassionate, Evidence-informed, Practical, and...
Around P4.5 billion worth of dangerous drugs seized from various nationwide operations were torched on Tuesday, March 24, at the Integrated Waste Management Inc. (IWMI) inTrece Martires City, Cavite, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) stated. Through thermal decomposition or...
BACOLOD CITY – A 29-year-old village councilor was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Sitio Nagbagang, Barangay Poblacion, Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental on Friday, March 20. Melvin Estoque, director of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Negros Island Region, said they had been monitoring...
Anti-illegal drug operatives on Wednesday seized P47.6-million worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation in Sibuto, Tawi-Tawi. Two high-value suspects were apprehended in the operation, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said in a news release Thursday. Authorities confiscated...
COTABATO CITY – Authorities arrested two businessmen on Monday and confiscated over P20.7-million worth of suspected shabu in Picong, Lanao del Sur, police said Tuesday. In a report, Police Brig. Gen. Jaysen de Guzman, director of the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (PRO-BAR),...
TACLOBAN CITY – Albuera, Leyte Mayor Kerwin Espinosa demonstrated his commitment to making his hometown drug-free through the recent opening of the Balay Silangan Reformation Center in the municipality. In a statement on Friday, the mayor said the center, inaugurated on March 3, is designed to...
Police arrested three suspects and confiscated more than P1.08 million worth of suspected shabu in separate anti-drug operations in Caloocan City and Makati City. Operatives of the Station Drug Enforcement Unit of the Caloocan City Police Station (SDEU-CCPS) arrested a 40-year-old female suspect...
CEBU CITY – A habal-habal or modified motorcycle driver was caught with one kilo of suspected shabu during a buy-bust operation in Lapu-Lapu City. The 26-year-old suspect, a resident of Barangay Candulawan, Talisay City, was arrested by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas...
Malacañang said the government is open to investigating alleged drug-related killings under President Marcos if concrete evidence is presented. Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary Claire Castro said this after Nicholas Kaufman, the counsel of former president Rodrigo Duterte in...
