The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is expanding access to its medical assistance programs, with 82 additional Mercury Drug branches set to accept DSWD-issued guarantee letters (GLs) under the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) and Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A habal-habal driver, identified as a high-value drug target, was arrested during a coordinated anti-illegal drugs operation between the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-9 and the Zamboanga City police here on Sunday, June 29. Suspect Nelson H. Lamon, 41, allegedly sold three...
BACOLOD CITY – Anti-drug operatives of the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) seized 1.842 kilograms of shabu worth P12.525 million and arrested nine persons in five separate buy-busts over the weekend, a police report on Sunday said. Each gram of shabu has a standard drug price of P6,800. The...
ILOILO CITY – Less than a week after assuming as police chief of Western Visayas region, Brig. Gen. Josefino Ligan led a random drug testing on Friday, June 27. Ligan initially called for a meeting of key commanders of the Police Regional Office-6 in Camp Delgado, the regional police...
Malacañang maintained that the Philippine government is not cooperating with the International Criminal Court (ICC), even as the Department of Justice (DOJ) provides assistance to witnesses in the tribunal 's ongoing probe into former president Rodrigo Duterte’s alleged crimes against...
The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) Office of Public Counsel for Victims (OPCV) has opposed the interim release request of former president Rodrigo Duterte, citing fears for the victims’ and witnesses’ safety and possible harassment by the former leader, his allies, and supporters. The...
President Marcos has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to a complete and final destruction of seized illegal drugs, saying there must be no chance for these substances to reenter the streets. Marcos said this as he led the incineration of over P9.48 billion worth of illegal drugs at the...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor formally opposed the application for interim release of former president Rodrigo Duterte, using as basis, among others, the public statements and remarks by him and his family. In a 15-page document uploaded on the ICC website on June 23 and signed...
Emphasizing that his administration 's version of 'war on drugs ' has been effective, President Marcos reminded Philippine authorities to keep the fight against illegal drugs peaceful. “The new concept of the war against drugs is working. So, we will continue down that vein. And...
CEBU CITY – A 21-year-old man who was believed to be high on illegal drugs was arrested after he allegedly sexually harassed his female neighbor in Barangay Bacayan here. The incident happened around 3:30 a.m. on Monday, June 23. Police investigation showed that the complainant was sleeping in...
Mayor Francis Zamora personally received a Certificate of Recognition from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Thursday, June 19, officially declaring San Juan as the National Capital Region 's first drug-cleared city. During the Regional Peace and Order Council-National Capital...
CEBU CITY – An e-bike driver yielded suspected shabu worth P5.4 million when he was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Mandaue City on Tuesday afternoon, June 17. The 41-year-old suspect, a certain Amel, was cornered by agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) on...
