Brig. Gen. Leo "Paco" Francisco, Manila Police District (MPD) director, awarded the Malate Police Station for the successful anti-drugs operation that led to the seizure of some P3.4 million worth of shabu from a high-value target (HVT) on Mabini Street in Malate district on April 3. The awarding...
The more than 700 police officers who were involved in the illegal drug trade should not only be dismissed from service, but they must also be prosecuted and jailed, human rights lawyer Chel Diokno said. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno (Photo from Diokno’s Facebook page) Diokno made the remark...
President Duterte confessed that he is praying that the next administration will be better than his in all aspects, particularly in talking peace with the communists and resolving the country's problems with illegal drugs. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte made the statement...
"The reports are nothing but a rehash of old and recycled issues." This was how Malacañang described the US State Department's 2021 Reports on Human Rights Practices in the Philippines, saying the United States should put its embassy officials in Manila to work to verify the information it is...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – A total of 39 wanted persons and 18 drug personalities were arrested during a weeklong operation in Cordillera region as authorities continued their relentless drive to rid the society of undesirables. Based on the record from the Regional Investigation and Detective...
The National COVID-19 Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC) is looking to roll out the second booster for specific populations nationwide "as soon as possible", the Department of Health (DOH) said on Thursday, April 14. A senior citizen getting his booster shot in Muntinlupa (Muntinlupa PIO) In a...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved administering a second Covid-19 booster shot for select individuals, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Wednesday, April 13. Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali...
Reelectionist Senator Leila de Lima on Wednesday, April 13 deplored the reported falsified death certificates of the people killed under President Duterte’s “war on drugs”, which showed that the anti-narcotics campaign was “an organized malevolent conspiracy that involved even medical...
VLADIVOSTOK, April 11 (Xinhua) -- The Russian government will allocate 387 million rubles (about 4.8 million U.S. dollars) to produce Mir-19, a new anti-coronavirus drug developed by Russian scientists. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree on the allocation of the funds, the...
Drivers and other personnel from the transport at the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange (PITX) tested negative in the drug tests conducted last week. With millions expected to troop to the provinces ahead of the Holy Week break, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) conducted random...
Vaccination of children in Muntinlupa (Muntinlupa PIO) The Department of Health (DOH) said it has already sent a request to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to amend the emergency use authorization (EUA) of Covid-19 vaccines to allow the administration of booster shots for children aged 12 to...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and its partner government agencies conducted simultaneous surprise mandatory drug tests of bus drivers and conductors on Friday, Aprip 8, to ensure the safety of the riding public trooping to the provinces for the Holy Week season break. PDEA Director...
