BANGKOK, Thailand – A Buddhist temple in central Thailand has been left without monks after all its holy men failed drug tests and were defrocked, a local official said Tuesday. Four monks including an abbot at a temple in Phetchabun province's Bung Sam Phan district tested positive for...
ISABELA -- Four drug personalities who were caught with an undetermined amount of shabu during a buy-bust operation were arrested in Barangay Malapat in Cordon town here on Monday, Nov. 28. Arrested were alias Noli, 30, and alias Win Win, 36, both residents of Malvar, Santiago City; alias Joey, 44,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Suspected shabu valued at P1 million was confiscated from two drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in a motel in Zamboanga City last Sunday, Nov. 27. Col. Alexander Lorenzo, Zamboanga City acting police director, identified the suspects as Al-Hammad Alih Ahadain, alias...
A total of 24,159 illegal drug personalities were arrested while P9.9 billion worth of dangerous drugs were seized from July 1 to Nov. 24 this year, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) disclosed. DILG Secretary Benhur Abalos said the multi-billion worth of illegal drugs...
Senator Manuel “Lito” Lapid has filed a bill institutionalizing a system of reporting for persons who died of drug overdose. In filing Senate Bill No. 1498, Lapid emphasized the importance of gathering information on drug overdose trends to effectively address the issue on drug overdose. The...
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) vowed on Monday, Nov. 28, to implement stricter measures against the entry of illegal drugs entry in its facilities while ensuring that counseling and rehabilitation will be provided to the persons deprived of liberty (PDLs). BJMP chief Director...
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...
