Authorities seized on Wednesday, Mar. 2, some P408 million worth of shabu following the arrest of.an alleged big-time drug trafficker in Marilao, Bulacan. In a report, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said that Jalon Supe Laurete of Bacoor, Cavite was nabbed at Kilometer 23 of the...
Ten drug suspects were arrested in a series of drug operations conducted by the police and seized P71, 680 worth of shabu in the cities of Las Pinas, Pasay, and Paranaque on Tuesday, March 1. In Las Pinas City, Xander Cruz, 38, was arrested at about 6:30 p.m. along Bernabe compound, Pulang Lupa 1...
President Duterte is pinning his hopes that his successor would continue his administration’s relentless campaign against illegal drugs, a problem that he described “will destroy our country.” President Rodrigo Duterte addresses the nation on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. (RTVM Screenshot) In his...
Anti-narcotics operatives arrested on Monday evening, Feb. 28 three drug suspects in a buy-bust operation in Quezon City. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) identified the suspects as Edgar Mayo, 52, Bryan Monterde, 33, and Milan Yaba, 46. With information from their assets, the teams...
Vice presidential candidate and Senate President Vicente Sotto III has vowed to work for the institutionalization of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program for older Filipino children in the primary school curriculum as one way toc combat illegal drugs, should he win in the May 2022...
BACOLOD CITY - Thirteen persons were arrested after the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) raided two alleged drug dens here and in Negros Occidental on Thursday. PDEA agents arrest eight persons in an alleged drug den in Barangay 5, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Thursday. (Photo...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga — Two local tourist were nabbed for transporting P13 million worth of marijuana bricks at a checkpoint by the joint operatives of the Kalinga Provincial Police Office and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Cordillera in Barangay Dinakan,Lubuagan, Kalinga, Friday morning...
Makabayan party senatorial candidate Neri Colmenares has called for the immediate release of Senator Leila de Lima on the fifth year anniversary of her incarceration for drug charges. “As Senator Leila de Lima marks her fifth year of unjust detention, I join the calls to free the senator and drop...
DAGUPAN CITY, Pangasinan – More than P500,000 worth of various marijuana products were recovered by operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) – Pangasinan in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Anolid, Mangaldan town, this province on Tuesday, Feb. 22. Drug items recovered during...
No significant effect on symptom resolution and hospitalization rates has been shown by the anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin making it an inadvisable treatment against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Ivermectin pills (Photo courtesy of IndiaMart via PNA) In a statement on Monday, Feb. 21, the...
Police confiscated P443,360 worth of alleged shabu from three persons in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Hulong Duhat, Malabon City early Wednesday morning, Feb. 16. The Malabon City Police Station (MCPS) identified the suspects as Lynn Martin-ao, 21; Coney Soria, 46; and Raymond Gaspar, 28, all...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) opened Wednesday, Feb. 16, its K9 Team Leaders’ Course in simple rites at its national headquarters in Quezon City. Participating were 17 handlers and their Narcotics Detection Dogs (NDDs). In a statement, PDEA disclosed that the participants will...
