CEBU CITY – For the second time this year, a senior citizen was arrested for allegedly peddling illegal drugs. The 62-year-old suspect, known only as Kimpang, was arrested on Tuesday night, Dec. 9, by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) in Barangay Tisa here. Seized...
CEBU CITY – A 36-year-old man believed to be high on illegal drugs was arrested for assaulting his father inside their house in Barangay Inayawan here on Monday afternoon, Dec. 8. Police identified the suspect as Ritchie Navarro Avenido. Avenido asked for money from his father, Constantino Aduyon...
CEBU CITY – A senior citizen was arrested and more than P1-million worth of shabu was seized in two separate anti-illegal drug operations in the City of Naga, Cebu province on Sunday, Dec. 7. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) served two search warrants in just a span...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-8 seized P11.6-million worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation Wednesday in Barangay 97, Cabalawan, this city. Authorities apprehended the region’s top priority target in illegal drugs, “Roy,” 55, unemployed, and a resident of Barangay 109...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Police seized over P20-million worth of suspected shabu and arrested three drug pushers during a buy-bust operation on Wednesday, Dec. 3, in Daet town, Camarines Norte. Police Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office-5, identified the suspects as...
Emotions ran high among the families of drug war victims and the supporters of the Duterte family as they watched unfold the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Appeals Chamber to affirm the Pre-Trial Chamber I’s (PTC I) ruling to reject former president Rodrigo Duterte’s interim...
SILAY CITY, Negros Occidental – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency–Negros Island Region (PDEA-NIR) announced that 1,020 or 75.38 percent of the region’s 1,353 barangays are drug-cleared as of October. Siquijor, comprising 134 barangays, is 100 percent drug-cleared, with 107 cleared, 27...
CEBU CITY – A drug suspect considered by the police as a high-value individual was arrested in Tagbilaran City, Bohol province. Teodoro Tare, 45, was arrested in a buy-bust operation conducted by the Drug Enforcement Unit of the Bohol Police Provincial Office past 6 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 28. Packs...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC), through the Port of Clark, has intercepted 538 grams of high-grade marijuana or kush with an estimated value of P807,000. In a statement on Wednesday, Customs Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno said the seized contraband, which was concealed inside a parcel declared as...
There 's still no sign of Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa even as the interpellation of the 2026 budget nears its end. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said on Wednesday, Nov. 26, that Dela Rosa 's staff reached out to him to say that he will not arrive to sponsor the budget of the Department...
Vice President Sara Duterte said President Marcos should undergo a drug test to dispel allegations raised recently by his own sister, Senator Imee Marcos, that members of the First Family are using illegal drugs. In an interview with News5 during the "DU30" fun run on Sunday, Nov. 23, Duterte said...
The Pre-Trial Chamber I (PTC I) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) released a summary of decisions and orders issued by way of email on the crimes against humanity case against former president Rodrigo Duterte to the Office of the Prosecution, the Office of Public Counsel for Victims, and...
