Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. has rejected the proposed decriminalization of drug use, as he insisted that it would not help the government’s intense campaign against illegal drugs. He issued the pronouncement in reaction to...
Over 200 Filipino and foreign stakeholders have supported the Manila Declaration on Creating Alternatives to Incarceration (ATI) Systems in the country, which expands the access to evidence-based health treatment for drug users and discharge reforms for an improved criminal justice system. The...
Government anti-narcotics arrested on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 13, an alleged drug pusher in a buy-bust in Zamboanga City. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Regional Office IX (PDEA RO IX) said Abdulhan Kallon Burahan was collared at around 3:40 p.m. after selling 50 grams of shabu to an...
Brig. Gen. Roderick Augustus Alba, director of the Police Regional Office 7, warned all policemen in Central Visayas that their entire unit would suffer if any of them is caught recycling confiscated illegal drugs. Alba issued the statement on Wednesday, Dec. 14, following the arrest of the head of...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet -- Eight drug personalities were arrested in an anti-illegal drugs operation in Cordillera from Dec. 4 to Dec 10. Brig. General Mafelino Bazar, director of the Police Regional Office- Cordillera, said that based the Regional Operations Division (ROD), the Baguio City Police...
The inter-agency cooperation is a major force in the country’s continuing fight against all forms of criminality like illegal drugs, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. said on Monday, Dec. 12. Abalos emphasized the need to support the...
An alleged drug den maintainer and his four cohorts were arrested by members of the Southern Police District-Drug Enforcement Unit (SPD-DEU) during a drug-bust operation in Las Pinas on Saturday, Dec. 10. SPD director Brig. Gen. John Brion Kraft identified the suspects as John Paul Nartea Rosales,...
DAVAO CITY – A notorious drug pusher and three drug users were arrested in a buy-bust operation on Tuesday, Dec. 6, in Tagum City, Davao del Norte. Facing charges for violation of Republic Act 9165, otherwise known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, are Elizabeth Gonzales, alias...
To those who are ‘Santa’s helpers’ in giving surprises to kids who have been good, here’s a few tips on buying toys that are safe for children. Read labels carefully to check on hazardous chemicals. Check on the toy’s design. Avoid toys with sharp edges as it may harm children. Toys that...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Three suspects in the murder of anti-illegal drug operatives Senior Master Sgt. Sofronio Capitle Jr. and Staff Sgt. Dominador Gacusan last Saturday in Mabalacat City, this province, were arrested in a hot pursuit operation on Sunday, Dec. 4. Police...
Police have arrested three people who were tagged as responsible in the ambush that led to the death of two anti-illegal drug operatives in Mabalacat City, Pampanga. Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said the three suspects were collared in a follow-up...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Two policemen assigned to the Mabalacat City police station were killed in an anti-illegal drugs operation on Saturday, Dec. 3. Initial investigation revealed that Senior Master Sgt. Sofronio Capitle Jr. and Staff Sgt. Dominador Gacusan Jr. were...
