Despite losing in the province in 2016, presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo said on Wednesday, Nov. 24, that it was a “pleasant surprise” to see her Bulakenyo supporters lining up along the roads from the border of Bulacan in Pulilan to Malolos City, where she was scheduled to...
Amid President Duterte’s blind item that a presidential candidate is using cocaine, Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday, Nov. 24, said she is willing to undergo a “random” and “unannounced” drug test anytime. Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo attends the Pulilan...
Anti-narcotics operatives arrested a suspected drug pusher in the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency’s (PDEA’s) high value target (HVT) list on Tuesday night, Nov. 23 in an enforced search warrant in his place in Iriga City, Camarines Sur. The operating team identified the suspect as Dennis...
Individuals recovering from illegal-drug use in Luzon are expected to benefit from a two-year program that will provide them livelihood skills training designed to help them earn a living. (Photo courtesy of the Ako ang Saklay, Inc. Facebook Page) The program dubbed "Ako ang Saklay" livelihood...
Presidential aspirant and Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" on Wednesday, Nov. 24, said he already wrote a request to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) to conduct a drug test on him. Mayor Isko Moreno (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) "Sumulat na ako sa sa PDEA, testing sa cocaine, shabu,...
The camp of presidential aspirant Senator Manny Pacquiao on Tuesday released a copy of his drug test results which showed him negative of any substances prohibited by the World Boxing Council (WBC). Pacquiao’s camp said the test conducted on the boxing icon turned politician was conducted by the...
Pfizer-BioNTech and Sinovac vaccines are expected to be administered to children ages four to 11 as part of the pediatric vaccination program before the end of 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Tuesday, Nov. 23. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) "I would think before the end of the...
It's up to the election hopefuls whether or not they want to undergo drug testing. (Clockwise) Former Senator Bongbong Marcos, Senator Tito Sotto, Senator Ping Lacson (MANILA BULLETIN) This was basically Malacañang's reaction Tuesday, Nov. 23, even as it acknowledged that several aspiring...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Monday said she is dismayed over the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor to heed the request of the Duterte administration and suspend its investigation into the drug war and killings in the Philippines. De Lima, a staunch critic of the...
Presidential aspirant Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Monday said he is willing to undergo a drug test after President Duterte claimed a presidential candidate is using cocaine. “Ako naman po willing magpa-drug test (I am willing to under drug test) anytime of the day. Anytime po kung...
Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III and Senator Panfilo M. Lacson today, Nov. 22 underwent an ‘’encompassing holistic drug test’’ at the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) to show that they are drug free as they prepare for the May 2022 national elections. The Lacson/Sotto...
President Rodrigo Duterte will have no immunity from the case filed against him before the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his bloody war on drugs campaign even if he gets elected senator in 2022, former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said. President Rodrigo Duterte and former Senator Antonio...
