Crime in the Philippines reduced by more than 60 percent in the past five years, with the Philippine National Police (PNP) attributing it to the aggressive campaign against illegal drugs which was started when President Duterte took over the country's leadership in July 2016. In a statement...
Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año stressed Friday, July 16, that President Duterte’s bid to curb illegal drugs in the country has gained ample ground as the government institutionalized its campaign against all forms of criminality. (DILG photo) During the...
Papal Nuncio to the Philippines Archbishop Charles Brown on Friday, July 16, met with some widows and orphans of drug war victims when he visited the St. Arnold Janssen Kalinga Center in Tayuman, Manila. Papal Nuncio Archbishop Charles Brown at the St. Arnold Janssen Kalinga Center in Manila (Photo...
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) Less than one percent of individuals who have already received their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine have experienced side effects, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Wednesday, July 14. “As of now...yung ating adverse events reporting system, ang...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) said it is now investigating reports that some individuals have already taken coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine booster shots. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that booster shots are not yet recommended by local health...
Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Regional Office Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group (IADITG) arrested on Monday, July 12, two female drug pushers and seized 5,637 pieces of ecstasy placed in a box of foot massager during an...
Widowed after assassins executed her husband three years ago, a congresswoman claimed on Monday, July 12 that she has become the latest target of an assassination plot to be carried out by a “gun-for-hire” group operating in La Union. Gun .45 caliber Rep. Sandra Eriguel (Second District, La...
Leyte 4th District Representative Lucy Torres-Gomez on Monday, July 12, expressed hope that the next administration would continue a strong anti-illegal drugs advocacy to sustain the gains achieved by the Duterte administration. Leyte 4th District Representative Lucy Torres-Gomez Torres-Gomez,...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Saturday, July 10, the creation of a Technical Working Group (TWG) that will study and incorporate the rules on the use of the body-worn cameras issued by the Supreme Court to the existing protocols of the...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) signed Friday, July 9, a joint memorandum circular (JMC) which seeks to avoid fatal misencounters in anti-illegal drug operations by strengthening their coordination efforts. PNP Chief General Guillermo Eleazar...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Friday, July 9 welcomed the election of Bishop Pablo Virgilio David as the new head of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), saying his courage and compassion is necessary to fight the abuses and corruption in the government. “I can attest to...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) issued Friday, July 9, their unified coordination guidelines in the conduct of anti-illegal drug operations to prevent incidents of misencounter. PDEA Director General Wilkins Villanueva (PDEA photo) In a...
