Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said he would voluntarily take a drug test had he chosen to become a candidate in the upcoming May 2022 polls. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (Photo from Harry Roque's Facebook) However, Roque, a lawyer, quickly pointed out that there is no law that...
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) Four vaccine developers have already submitted their application to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the approval of their COVID-19 vaccine booster shot or third dose for emergency use. FDA Director-General Rolando Enrique Domingo said the vaccine makers that...
The presidential candidates of the two opposing factions of the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban) have expressed their readiness to undergo a drug test. Senators Manny Pacquiao and Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa--who are both standard bearers of the ruling political party but are...
Malacañang said the report of the Department of Justice (DOJ) on the Duterte administration's infamous war on drugs proves that the Philippines is willing to fulfill its obligations to protect the people's right to life. File photo of several men carrying the body of an illegal drug suspect...
The Department of Justice's (DOJ) initial report on the 52 cases of deaths in the government’s anti-drug campaign showed “many lapses” in the operations, Vice President Leni Robredo said on Sunday, Oct. 24. As such, the opposition leader called for a thorough investigation into thousands more...
Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Region III (PDEA-3) seized on Saturday, Oct. 23, some P3.4 million worth of shabu following the arrest of a drug pusher in a but-bust operation in Caloocan City. Anti-narcotics authorities said that suspected drug peddler, Arthuro Dela Cruz, 38,...
Police arrested a drug personality and her three cohorts in a buy-bust operation in Quezon City on Thursday evening. (QCPD PIO photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Police Lt. Col. Richard Ian Ang, Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Novaliches Police Station (PS4) commander, identified the suspects as Jeniffer...
Both President Duterte and his former police chief, Senator Ronald Dela Rosa, should both be nervous of the International Criminal Court (ICC) case that will look into the spate of extrajudicial killings they perpetrated in the name of the government’s war on drugs, former Senator Antonio...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested three alleged drug pushers who yielded P3.4-M worth of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) in a buy-bust operation in Bacoor, Cavite on Thursday, Oct. 21. PDEA National Capital Region (NCR) Director Christian Frivaldo identified the...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested a mayoralty candidate who allegedly yielded P3.4 million worth of methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) in an anti-illegal drug operation in Midsayap, Cotabato on Thursday night, Oct. 21. (PDEA photo) The PDEA identified the suspect as Tom...
For those who claim that the administration's anti-illegal drug campaign has never snagged a "big fish", President Duterte begs to differ. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte, in a speech on Thursday night, Oct. 21 at the Quezon Convention Center in Lucena City, Quezon Province,...
President Duterte casually revealed to a huge audience Thursday, Oct. 21 that Senator and former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa was "nervous" over the International Criminal Court's (ICC) investigation on the bloody anti-illegal drug war of the administration....
