TACLOBAN CITY - Six high-value individuals were arrested as police authorities dismantled a drug den at Sitio Thru-cut, Brgy Sto. Rosario, Matag-ob, Leyte on Friday. (Photo via Tonette Marticio) PMaj J-rale Paalisbo, Leyte Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit Chief, identified the suspects as Anastacio...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is set to choose the top local government units (LGUs) with best performing local Anti-Drug Abuse Council (ADACs). Consisting of 81, provinces, 146 cities and 1,488 municipalities nationwide, DILG Secretary Eduardo Año said the best anti...
Presidential aspirant Senator Manny Pacquiao, a devout Christian who recently said "if you kill, you commit a sin," has warned drug personalities that he will publicly kill those who will import illegal drugs in the country if he becomes the country's leader. "Kaya kung ako ang magiging pangulo...
A total of 398 elected officials have been arrested in various anti-illegal drug operations since President Duterte launched the controversial "drug war" in 2016, and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) vowed on Friday, April 1, to intensify their operations as the May 2022 elections...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga -- Authorities arrested a suspected drug peddler who was found in possession of nearly P400,000 worth of shabu during an anti-illegal drug operation in Guagua, Pampanga on Wednesday, March 30. (Photo from Liezle Basa Inigo) Col. Jonas Amparo, OIC,...
Members of the Las Pinas and Paranaque police Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) conducted separate buy-bust operations that led to the arrest of eight drug suspects and the confiscation of P110,160 worth of shabu on Wednesday, March 30. Col. Jaime Santos, Las Pinas police chief, identified the...
DepEd / MANILA BULLETIN Education Secretary Leonor Briones highlighted the important role of the Filipino youth when it comes to drug prevention. While the Department of Education (DepEd) is working on new methods in drug prevention education, Briones said that the department believes that the...
President Duterte was enraged by the continuous drug problems in the country despite the recent accomplishments wherein some P13.2 billion worth of shabu and were seized from March 6-19. Duterte's outrage was due to the fact that the illegal drugs problems in the country is still serious despite...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has expressed deep concern over the dramatic rise in the illegal drug trafficking activities using the Internet. With the Covid-19 pandemic, PDEA Director General Wilkins Villanueva drug traffickers took advantage of the “technological boom’’...
SUBIC, Zambales – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and the police dismantled another drug den in this town on Saturday, as law enforcers’ relentless drive against illegal drugs operation continued to yield positive results. (Photo courtesy of PDEA / MANILA BULLETIN) The raid also resulted...
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Science and Technology's Vaccine Expert Panel (DOST-VEP) is waiting for the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) decision on their recommendation to allow a fourth Covid-19 vaccine dose for senior citizens and immunocompromised individuals. "As far as...
A "narcopolitician" and a "danger to peace and order". That's how regional political party, Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) described vice presidential candidate, former congressman Walden Bello following his tirades against Davao City and its mayor, Sara Duterte-Carpio. Davao City Mayor Sara...
