Police arrested three suspected drug distributors and confiscated ₱1.36 million worth of shabu in a buy-bust operation in Las Piñas City on June 4. The suspects—identified only as Emer, 48; Jerick, 34; and Leonardo, 51—were arrested around 9 p.m. at the rear parking area of a food chain in...
Makati City Mayor Nancy Binay on Saturday, June 6, announced that the city is closer to attaining full drug-cleared status after Barangay Guadalupe Viejo, the last of its 23 barangays, earned official certification. Barangay Guadalupe Viejo was declared drug-cleared following the validation and...
The Pasig City Police Station on Tuesday, June 2, said the operatives and sub-station commander involved in the anti-illegal drugs operation that resulted in the death of a man in Barangay Kalawaan have been disarmed and reassigned amid a motu proprio investigation into alleged irregularities...
BACOLOD CITY – A woman voluntarily surrendered 150 grams of suspected shabu valued at P1 million in Barangay 1 here last week. A report from the Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) released on Monday, June 1, said that the contraband was kept by her live-in partner who was...
Ayala Healthcare Holdings Inc. is betting on the growing local appetite for Japanese consumer goods, partnering with Nagoya-based Sugi Holdings Co. to launch a new chain of wellness-focused pharmacies in the Philippines. The healthcare arm of Ayala Corp., through its retail unit AC Health Pharma...
Two suspected drug personalities were arrested, and more than P102,000 worth of suspected shabu was seized in a buy-bust operation conducted by the Parañaque City Police Station 's anti-narcotics operatives early Friday morning, May 29. Parañaque City Police chief Col. Nicolas Pinon...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Friday, May 29, expressed support for the newly formed civilian-led “EJK Truth Commission” that seeks to document alleged extra-judicial killings and abuses tied to the previous administration’s war on drugs. The police leadership said the initiative...
Anti-narcotics agents of the Philippine National Police (PNP) uncovered a clandestine drug laboratory following a raid in a remote island village in Looc, Occidental Mindoro. PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr. said the operation stemmed from the information provided by a suspect...
More than two weeks after a series of gunfire rocked the Senate, the Filipino people are still asking, “Was it related to the escape of Senator Ronald ‘Bato’ Dela Rosa?” On Thursday, May 28, the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) ended all the speculations and conspiracy...
“How can I say no to a project that’s as timely as today’s headlines, like they always say,” Ian Veneracion blurted out when asked what attracted him to the 6-part mini-series, “Drug War: A Conspiracy of Silence.” The veteran actor, otherwise known for his sweet, caring...
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) disclosed Wednesday, May 27, that it is now preparing subpoenas for people linked to Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa after agents raided a house in Angeles City, Pampanga tied to a relative of Senator Robinhood Padilla in the expanding manhunt for the...
CEBU CITY – The two men who were arrested in possession of P136-million worth of illegal drugs belonged to a drug syndicate that has just started operating in Cebu, according to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7). The PDEA-7 said the group that the suspects...
