Members of the Bulacan Provincial Police Office arrested 18 suspects, including two most wanted persons, and recovered over P408,000 worth of illegal drugs on Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 1 and 2. Col. Charlie A. Cabradilla, acting Bulacan police director, identified the arrested top seven municipal...
BACOLOD CITY -- A man who was previously arrested in a buy-bust operation here in 2012 was found buried under a tower at Purok Katilingban, Barangay Vista Alegre here on Sunday, July 31. Police cordon the area in Barangay Vista Alegre, Bacolod City, where a decomposing of a man was found buried...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. declared that the Philippines has no intention in rejoining the International Criminal Court (ICC). President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) "The Philippines has no intention of rejoining the ICC," Marcos said in a press...
Ten suspected drug pushers were arrested during three separate drug operations in Mabalacat City, Pampanga on Friday, July 28. In the first operation, anti-narcotics authorities collared six suspects identified as Marjun Duron, 34; Ponciano Alcantara, 43; Morris Mendoza, 34; Ronald Sevilla, 22;...
CEBU CITY – Government anti-narcotics agents raided and dismantled a suspected drug den in Barangay Carreta here Wednesday, July 27. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA 7) arrested the joint’s alleged maintainers – Jimboy Peñas, 25, and Elñino Rosal, 20. Three other...
CABANATUAN CITY – Police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested four persons and seized suspected shabu valued at P102,000 in a buy-bust operation in a drug den in Barangay Dicarma here Thursday, July 28. The PDEA-Region 3 identified the suspects as Alex Salandanan, alias...
GENEVA, Switzerland -- A deal has been reached to allow for distribution of a low-cost generic version of a long-term preventative treatment against HIV in low-income countries where most of the world's infections occur, Unitaid and the Medicines Patent Pool announced Thursday. The deal will see...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said it is now in communication with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in order to obtain smallpox vaccines and medicines for its possible fight against monkeypox. “We like to assure that we are in constant communication with our counterparts,...
INFANTA, Quezon – Police seized P408,000 worth of suspected shabu and arrested two alleged drug pushers in Purok Langka, Barangay Binulasan, here Wednesday, July 27. The suspects were identified as Michelle Tañola, 47, and Edgardo Salvadora, both residents of Sitio Langka, Barangay...
CEBU CITY – Police arrested 12 persons and seized suspected shabu valued at P68,000 in a drug den raid in Barangay Tisa here Wednesday, July 27. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA 7) arrested Arnel Pacaña, a 49-year-old aircon technician and the alleged maintainer of...
Malacañang assured the public that President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is not forgoing the fight against corruption and illegal drugs despite not mentioning them in his first State of the Nation Address (SONA). President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) Press Secretary...
Unlike his predecessor, who was passionate about fighting illegal drugs, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. made no mention in his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) how his administration plans to address this particular problem. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo...
