CANDELARIA, Quezon - Authorities seized P162-million worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation on Friday evening, Oct. 10, in Barangay Masin Norte, this town. Three suspected drug pushers were arrested -- Jack, 42, a farmer from Zamboanga City; Nor, 31, a farmer from Zamboanga City; and...
The Office of Public Counsel for Victims (OPCV) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) rejected former president Rodrigo Duterte’s bid for the “indefinite adjournment” of all legal proceedings against him, and instead urged for an assessment of his medical condition to evaluate his fitness...
BACOLOD CITY – A fisherman was arrested in a buy-bust operation on his 26th birthday on Sunday in Cabug Bay-bay, Barangay Guinhalaran, Silay City, Negros Occidental. Police Lt. Col. Mark Anthony Darroca, Silay police chief, said that the suspect Alden asked to spare him because of his birthday...
TACLOBAN CITY — A 45-year-old man who was supposed to undergo mandatory rehabilitation was caught in possession of two sachets of suspected shabu during a search before he was admitted to a facility Tuesday in Dulag, Leyte. His wife said she sought a court order for her husband to undergo...
BUGALLON, Pangasinan – Authorities arrested a Chinese national and his companion and 125 kilos of suspected shabu valued at P850 million were seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Polong, this town, on Thursday, Oct. 2. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said the contraband weighed one...
Senator Raffy Tulfo criticized the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its supposed negligence and inaction on the continued sale of unregistered products that pose health risks. During the budget hearing of the Department of Health (DOH) and its attached agencies on Thursday, Oct. 2, Senator...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte must remain detained in The Hague, Netherlands to face the law and be held accountable for the thousands of killings under the guise of his administration’s war on drugs campaign, former senator Antonio Trillanes IV said. In an interview on One News, the former...
The Office of Public Counsel for Victims (OPCV) and the Office of the Prosecutor filed separate objections on the interim release application of former president Rodrigo Duterte, urging the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) pre-trial chamber to reject the defense’s latest notification. The...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Two suspected drug pushers were gunned down by police in what was claimed to be an incident of self-defense here on Monday, Sept. 22. Police launched a surveillance operation under the Special Anti-Crime Law Enforcement Operations (SACLEO) at the Sagrada Familia Village in...
CEBU CITY – Packs of suspected shabu valued at P3.5 million were seized from a drug pusher considered as a high-value target in a buy-bust operation in Calape town, Bohol province on Saturday morning, Sept. 20. Police identified the suspect as Paul Michael Josol, 40, a resident of Barangay Santa...
The alleged lapses in the anti-illegal drug operations of the Manila Police District (MPD) have come to the attention of the Philippine National Police (PNP), prompting acting national police chief Police Lt. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. to direct the National Capital Region Police Office...
CEBU CITY – A South African national was arrested after he was caught carrying suspected shabu concealed in books when he arrived at the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) on Thursday morning, Sept. 18. Personnel of the Customs Anti-Drug Interdiction Group (CADIG) recovered at least four...
