AUTHORITIES inventory pieces of evidence seized in a drug den raid in Zambales Saturday, July 23. SUBIC, Zambales – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Zambales and the local police arrested three persons in a drug den raid in Purok 5, Barangay Matain, here Saturday, July 23....
FDA The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said that specific batches of Häagen-Dazs™ Plain Vanilla Ice Cream have been recalled due to potential ethylene oxide contamination. Six batches of Häagen-Dazs™ Plain Vanilla Ice Cream were voluntarily recalled by Linkage Foods Venture...
TARLAC CITY – Police killed a notorious drug pusher in a buy-bust operation before dawn Saturday, July 23, in Barangay Ungot here. The suspect was identified by his alias “Mart.” He was considered a top priority regional high-value individual-drug personality. Mart drew and fired his gun when...
An alleged drug peddler was killed in a shootout with operatives of the Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) of Bulacan Police in Barangay Santor, City of Malolos Friday night, July 22. Lt. Col. Ferdinand Germino, Malolos City police chief, identified the slain suspect as Sherwin Thompson alias...
FDA The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) urged President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to veto the vape bill, stating that this is not a health measure. "The Food and Drug Administration joins the Department of Health (DOH) in requesting the Presidential veto of Senate Bill No. 2239 and House...
BACOLOD CITY – A former policeman with a pending drug case was gunned down by three unidentified gunmen in a coffee shop in Purok 2, Barangay Linaon, Cauayan, Negros Occidental Friday, July 22. A POLICEMAN secures the coffee shop in Barangay Linaon, Cauayan, Negros Occidental where a former...
SINGAPORE, Singapore -- Singapore hanged a drug trafficker on Friday, the fifth execution in the city-state since March, after a court rejected a last-ditch appeal and despite pleas for clemency. The spate of hangings -- which included the widely criticised execution of a mentally disabled man in...
Four drug suspects were arrested while P207,000 worth of suspected crystal meth or "shabu" were seized in a buy-bust operation in Tagum City, Davao del Norte on Thursday, July 21. Photo courtesy of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Jeanette Honey Paulo, 33, who was the subject of the operation of...
CEBU CITY – An elderly woman who had just been released from jail was arrested in a buy-bust operation inside a drug den here Wednesday, July 20. Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA Region 7) arrested the suspect, Violeta Morales, 61, in a drug den she allegedly...
Politicians and law enforcers who became drug lords should be meted the death penalty as first offenders as they had taken their oaths of office to follow and respect Philippine laws. Senator Robinhood Padilla emphasized this view after coming out in the open supporting the bill of Senator Ronald...
Former Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Monday, July 18 said the International Criminal Court (ICC) should decide once and for all on what it wants to do with the Philippines on alleged human rights violations “so the Philippines can react properly.” “We cannot react to a...
All Lucky Me! instant noodle products that were manufactured locally are safe for consumption, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Saturday, July 16. In a statement, the FDA said that "all flavor variants of locally manufactured Lucky Me! Instant Noodle" have "pass the standard for...
