Over 2,000 online posts of unauthorized selling of medicines, including prescription drugs, have been taken down after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) called the attention of three online sites. FDA Deputy Director-General Oscar G. Gutierrez Jr. said that a total of 2,202 online posts of...
Government anti-narcotics operatives arrested on Sunday, Feb. 13, four alleged drug pushers and seized some P10,000 worth of shabu in a buy-bust operation in Tacloban City. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region 8 identified the suspects as Vic Abolencia alias Bornok, 28; Narciso...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Wednesday, Feb. 9 that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pill Molnupiravir of Lloyd Laboratories Inc. may be marketed by the firm at P50 to P75 per capsule. Molnupiravir (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) During a Laging Handa press briefing,...
Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested on Tuesday, Feb. 8, three suspected drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Cebu City. The alleged drug den maintainer, 34-year old Jurlit Sanchez, was the target of the operation. Two of her visitors Ulysses Redublado, 58, and...
Do not let drug money be used to influence the ongoing campaign and the outcome of the May 2022 elections and the ongoing campaign, President Duterte said. President Rodrigo Duterte (PTV/RTVM Screenshot) Duterte briefly mentioned this during his pre-recorded public address aired Tuesday, Feb. 8,...
In a piece of profanity-laced advice to the Officer-in-Charge of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), President Duterte suggested that smugglers be made to consume the fake medicines they have illegally brought into the country. President Rodrigo Duterte and Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Monday, Feb. 7 that US Pharmaceutical company Pfizer has already applied for an emergency use authorization (EUA) for its coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pill Paxlovid. AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN FDA-Officer-In-Charge Director-General Oscar Gutierrez reported...
Anti-narcotics authorities arrested on Saturday, Feb. 5, two drug suspected drug peddlers and seized some P340,000 worth of shabu and chemicals that are being used to make explosives during an operation in Balud, Masbate. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Masbate Provincial Office said...
Anti-narcotics authorities arrested four drug suspects who allegedly yielded P81,600 worth of crystal meth or "shabu" during a buy-bust operation in Mabalacat City, Pampanga on Thursday, Feb. 3. (Courtesy of PDEA) The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Pampanga Office identified the suspects...
Anti-narcotics operatives arrested on Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 1 a seaman who yielded some P374,000 worth of shabu in a buy-bust operation in Koronadal City, South Cotabato. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) identified the suspect as 54-year old Ryan Ramos, considered a high-value target...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency PDEA) disclosed Tuesday, Feb. 1, that 24,253 barangays in the country are now considered as "drug-cleared" areas as the Duterte administration's controversial anti-illegal drug campaign approaches its remaining months. PDEA logo Based on the latest "Real...
A package containing vape cartridges and gummy candies allegedly infused with marijuana was seized by the authorities when it was delivered to a female claimant at the Central Mail Exchange Center in Pasay City on Monday, Jan. 31. (Courtesy of BOC-NAIA) Operatives of the Bureau of Customs at the...