ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police are investigating the death of a suspected drug pusher who was allegedly shot and killed by a police officer here on Wednesday, June 4. The fatality was identified as Michael Hipolito Felix, a 39-year-old resident of Sitio Siguinan, Barangay Bunguiao, this city. Felix was...
Ninety-one individuals were arrested in 63 anti-drug operations conducted by authorities during the last week of May, Malacañang said on Thursday, June 5, as it reaffirmed President Marcos’ directive to intensify the campaign against illegal drugs. (Photo from PDEA Top Stories/Facebook) In a...
MARIVELES, Bataan – Fishermen recovered floating shabu valued at P1.5 billion in the West Philippine Sea in Masinloc, Zambales on Thursday, May 29. They turned over the contraband stored in sacks to authorities on Monday, June 2, upon arrival on land. The Philippine Drug Enforcement...
ILOILO CITY – The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has permanently revoked the driver’s licenses of four Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) drivers in Iloilo who tested positive for using shabu. “We want to prevent drug-related crashes and protect the commuting public,” said LTO-6 Regional...
The Prosecution of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and ICC judges Reine Adélaïde Sophie Alapini-Gansou and María del Socorro Flores Liera sought the dismissal of the disqualification request filed by the defense team of former president Rodrigo Duterte against the two judges. Former...
CEBU CITY – Suspected shabu worth P10.2 million were seized from a drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Mandaue City on Monday night, May 26. The City Intelligence Unit and City Drug Enforcement Unit of the Mandaue City Police Office (MCPO) seized 15 packs of shabu from the 39-year-old male...
CEBU CITY – Close to 30 more barangays in Central Visayas have been declared as drug-cleared following the recent deliberation conducted by the Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug Clearing Program. Headed by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7), the committee...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are strengthening their collaboration on regulating vaccines for bird flu and African swine fever (ASF). Both the DA and FDA recently met to discuss updates on the vaccines as part of the government’s ongoing drive to...
Authorities confiscated P788,000 worth of shabu from four individuals, including a man who allegedly sources illegal drugs from Quezon City and distributes them to several barangays in Rodriguez, Rizal. The Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO) identified the man who sources shabu from...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office has resumed its anti-drug campaign following the elections and arrested three suspected drug pushers and seized 4.6 kilograms of shabu valued at P33 million here. On Sunday at 2:15 a.m., the City Drug Enforcement Unit conducted a buy-bust operation in...
With a promise of reform and principled leadership, former Department of Health (DOH) undersecretary Atty. Paolo S. Teston has assumed office as the new director general of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). “I assume this role with a clear and urgent mandate: to raise the standard of...
ANGELES CITY, Pampanga – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency on Wednesday seized approximately 101 kilograms of suspected shabu worth P686.8 million in a buy-bust operation in this city. PDEA Director General Undersecretary Isagani Nerez said two high-value suspects – a Chinese national and...
