Former Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson has thumbed down a proposal to decriminalize illegal drug use saying this would only boost the market for illegal drugs. Lacson, a former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, made his position known after Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa said he is now...
Government anti-narcotics authorities arrested on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 26, a suspected drug pusher during a search warrant operation in Abucay, Bataan. In a statement, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said suspect shad M. Dela Fuente yielded some P731,200 worth of shabu. Considered...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) needs more manpower in order to become more effective and efficient in running after illegal drugs syndicates operating in the country, its former head said. As a multi-billion peso illegal operation, former PDEA director general Wilkins Villanueva said...
The administration of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. officially launched on Saturday, Nov. 26, the Buhay Ay Ingatan, Droga Ayawan (BIDA), a coordinated anti-illegal drugs program which is described as more holistic in approach. Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- The Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (TRC) of the Department of Health region 10 (DOH-10) in upper Barangay Puerto in this city is almost fully occupied as the facility resumed accepting clients who need to undergo treatment because of illegal drug addiction. The...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) called on the public Friday, Nov. 25, to help the government put an end to the country’s illegal drug woes by supporting the "Buhay Ingatan, Droga’y Ayawan" (BIDA) program. DILG Sec. Benjamin "Benhur" Abalos Jr. (File photo courtesy of...
The criminal conviction handed down by the Caloocan City court against the police officers involved in former President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody war on drugs was a “sorrowful and partial victory,” Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Thursday, November 24. “We hail as sorrowful and partial...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has welcomed the conviction of a policeman for torture and planting of evidence in connection with the deaths of Carl Angelo Arnaiz and Reynaldo De Guzman in August 2017. PNP chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr. issued the statement amid the shift of strategies in the...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. urged the local government units (LGUs) on Thursday, Nov. 24, to organize their respective anti-illegal drug initiatives ahead of the grand launch of the Buhay Ingatan, Droga’y Ayawan (BIDA) Program....
Everything flushed down the toilet eventually goes into the rivers and seas, affecting ecosystems along the way. This is also true with dangerous illicit drugs such as methamphetamine getting washed into waterways and ending up inside foraging fish. A study published in the Journal of...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Police Regional Office 4-A director Brig. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. cited the Binan City Police Station for arresting three suspected drug pushers during a buy-bust operation on Tuesday, Nov. 22. “I commend the personnel of the Drug Enforcement Unit of Biñan...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Four more barangays in Zamboanga City have been declared drug-cleared by the Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug-Clearing (ROCBDC) during a deliberation on Monday, Nov. 21, at the Zamboanga City Hall. Mayor John Dalipe, PDEA Regional Director Emerson Margate and other...
