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...
Vice presidential candidate and Senate President Vicente Sotto III said he could help the next president address the country’s problem on illegal drugs, as well as lend his expertise on matters concerning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) should he win in the upcoming May 2022 elections. Sotto...
House Dangerous Drugs Committee Chairman Rep. Robert Ace Barbers urged law enforcement agencies to remain vigilant against drug activity during the election period. Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (Photo from congress.gov.ph) “I am urging officials of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), the...
It runs in the family. Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested on Tuesday, March 15, a 72-year old man, his son and his grandson in a buy-bust in Cebu City. They were identified as Moises Villanueva, his son Manolo, 36, grandson Wimblo, 18. Also nabbed were Rosita Diana...
