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...
BAGUIO CITY – The city government received the 2022 National Anti-Drug Abuse Council Performance and the 2021 Digital Governance Audit awards during the Regional Awarding of Best Performing LGUs-cum-Buhay Ingatan, Droga’y Ayawan (BIDA) Caravan on Wednesday, Feb. 8. The program was organized by...
CEBU CITY – The Police Regional Office (PRO)-7 has enlisted at enlisted 600 former drug users to help in the battle against illegal drugs in Central Visayas. Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare, spokesperson of PRO-7 director Brig. Gen. Jerry Bearis, said these Anti-Illegal Drug Advocates (AIDA) members...
BUTUAN CITY – Authorities arrested a suspected drug pusher and seized shabu valued at P700,000 in Barangay San Vicente here on Wednesday, Feb. 8. The lady suspect, whose identity was temporarily withheld pending the arrest of her dealer and other contacts, was an online seller here and was...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Western Visayas was awarded for its drug reduction program for the year 2022 recently. A K-9 dog and its handler check luggage and boxes for illegal drugs at the port of Boracay in Malay town, Aklan province. (PDEA-6) PDEA-6 was named...