The Duterte administration has not been "soft" in its treatment of law enforcers who are allegedly involved in the killing of illegal drug suspects, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (Screenshot from Facebook live) "On the contrary po ‘no, iyong...
Senators on Thursday welcomed the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) move to review the Duterte government’s infamous war on drugs following indications of foul play and the involvement of policemen. This was after the DOJ announced it will review the 52 cases of summary killings under that happened...
Human rights lawyer and senatorial aspirant Jose Manuel 'Chel' Diokno wants the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release the entire list of cases related to the government’s war on drugs campaign, or the Oplan Tokhang, that killed tens of thousands of Filipinos. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno...
Vice President Leni Robredo has promised families of extrajudicial killings (EJK) that she and her office will help them in every way they can as she attended the blessing and turnover of the cremated remains of some of the victims. Vice President Leni Robredo attends the blessing and turnover of...
A total of 66 out of 201 barangays in Pasay City were declared drugs-free by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). Out of the remaining 135 barangays in the city, 22 were classified as slightly affected, 85 that are moderately affected, and 28 that are seriously affected. Records as of...
Food and Drug Administration The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned the public against the use of 10 antigen and rapid test kit brands for the detection of the virus that causes coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In its Advisory No. 2021-2452, the FDA said these brands failed the...
Bracing for “good results,” the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Thursday, Oct. 21, that the drug developers and the public are expected to benefit from the country’s clinical trials seeking to assess the efficacy, safety, and effect on viral clearance of anti-parasitic drug...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is now reviewing the draft of the memorandum of agreement t in the conduct of the review and case build-up of the police and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) against policemen who may have committed abuses in the rug war of the Duterte administration...
Government's anti-narcotics operatives seized some P1.65 billion worth of shabu from two suspected big-time drug dealers in a buy-bust in Dasmariñas City on Saturday, Oct. 16. pdea2 A police report obtained by the Manila Bulletin identified the arrested suspects as Wilfredo Blanco, 37; and,...
Combined Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency agents (PDEA) and the local police confiscated on Friday, Oct. 15, more than P100,000 worth of shabu following the arrest of five drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Quezon City. PDEA Regional Office-National Capital Region (RO-NCR) officer-in-charge...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) exhorted the public on Friday, Oct. 15, not to vote for candidates with illegal drug trade connections in the May 2022 national and local elections. PDEA Director General Wilkins Villanueva (Photo from PDEA) PDEA Director General Wilkins Villanueva...
More than five years after he warned the public of the dangers of electing President Duterte to Malacañang, former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Thursday, October 14, is finally elated that Filipinos have been enlightened. Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV (Czar Dancel / MANILA BULLETIN) “In...
