ILOILO CITY – Police killed a drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Iloilo City on Tuesday, Feb. 21. The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) identified the fatality as Jason Opano Espaltero, 32. Espaltero sensed he was dealing with a poseur-buyer after he sold five big sachets of suspected shabu...
Senator Jinggoy Estrada has filed a resolution expressing the Senate’s opposition to the continuation of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC's) probe into the alleged crimes against humanity committed during former president Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs. In filing Senate Resolution No....
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested 23-year-old suspected drug pusher and seized 216 grams of shabu valued at P1,469,276 in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 6, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Monday, Feb. 20. A YOUNG man was arrested and yielded suspected shabu worth P1.4 million in a...
330929230_1818370085215883_9209895895097742214_n Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano announced that 99 out of 201 barangays in the city have been declared drug-free. Rubiano made the announcement during the regular Monday (Feb. 20) flag-raising ceremony held at the Pasay City Hall quadrangle. She...
Police have launched a manhunt against a barangay chairman who escaped an anti-drug operation in Pikit, Cotabato on Thursday, Feb. 16. Brig. Gen Jimili Macaraeg, Police Regional Office 12 director, said the suspect Sindato Karim eluded arrest after authorities stormed his house in Barangay Lagunde....
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said that he would not cooperate with any proposed activity of the International Criminal Court (ICC) until it could clarify questions on its jurisdiction and its effects on the Philippines' sovereignty. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (RTVM...
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – Police arrested two suspected drug pushers and seized shabu and marijuana worth P300,000 in buy-bust operations in Angeles City and Mabalacat City in Pampanga on Wednesday, Feb. 15. Suspects were identified as Jhaez Vincent Carlos and Paulo Feliciano Gavieres....
The report of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) that it had netted around 10 kilos of illegal drugs in Allen, Northern Samar, is a testament to the intensified anti-narcotics campaign of the administration of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., Malacañang said. Communications...
TACLOBAN CITY – A suspected big-time drug pusher was killed in a buy-bust operation on Wednesday, Feb. 15, in Sitio Guinputngan, Barangay Pitogo, Barugo, Leyte. The suspect was identified as Felicisimo Atienza Jr. of Barangay Cuta, Barugo. Atienza was a high-value individual (HVI) of the...
Two Koreans and a Filipino cohort were arrested in buy-bust operation conducted by members of the Pasay City Police Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) on Monday, Feb. 13. Col. Froilan Uy, city police chief, identified the suspects as Yoan Kyeong Ha, 53; Jae Hoon Kung, both Korean nationals; and...
The committee tasked to evaluate the courtesy resignation of more than 900 police colonels and generals convened for the first time on Monday, Feb. 13, at Camp Crame in Quezon City. Present during the meeting were Azurin, retired police general and now Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong, former...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a former drug offender in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Banago here on Friday, Feb. 10. A FORMER drug offender was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Banago, Bacolod City on Friday, Feb. 10. Joey Galac yielded 36.74 grams of suspected shabu worth...
