President Duterte warned human rights advocates that they might find their names in the list of police informants if he made public the country’s anti-drug records. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his public address on June 14, 2021. (Malacañang photo) In his taped public address on Monday...
President Duterte wanted the speedy completion of the study on the efficacy of the antiparasitic drug ivermectin against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), saying many people have been waiting for it. President Duterte (Malacañang photo) In his pre-recorded weekly public address on Monday...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said Thursday night, June 10, that it will seek the advice of the Office of Solicitor General (OSG) after th e Court of Appeals (CA) ordered the removal of Leyte Third District Rep. Vicente Veloso from the list of the Inter-Agency Drug Information...
House lawmakers on Wednesday grilled the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on why it accepted funding from the Bloomberg external international groups, in exchange for the issuance of pre-defined policies against the tobacco industry, which is prohibited under the law. During the House Committee...
The Philippine Pediatric Society (PPS) has welcomed the announcement of the Department of Health (DOH) that Pfizer jabs could now be administered to children aged 12 to 15, its spokesperson said Wednesday, June 9. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview with GMA New's Unang Balita, PPS spokesperson...
In the fight against illegal drugs and corruption, President Duterte will do everything he could even he has to mortage his soul to the devil. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) The President, whose campaign promise includes eradicating corruption, touted what they’ve done five years...
In this file photo taken on March 4, 2021 vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 are seen. (Luis ACOSTA / AFP / FILE PHOTO) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in children aged 12 to 15, the Department of Health (DOH)...
A notorious supplier of illegal drugs and a Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) village leader were arrested by anti-narcotics operatives in a buy-bust operation in Pasay City on Monday night (June 7). ELEONOR ODTUHAN (PASAY CITY POLICE / MANILA BULLETIN) Police identified the suspects as Eleonor Odtuhan,...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) awarded a total of P3,594,314.94 in cash reward on Monday, June 7, to 16 civilian informants who provided information that led to the confiscation of “voluminous’’ amounts of illegal drugs and arrest of the high-value drug personalities under its...
BoA (Instagram) Prosecutors have decided not to indict K-pop artist BoA, who is also a creative director at SM Entertainment, over a case of smuggling psychotropic drugs to South Korea from Japan. Last Dec. 16, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office summoned BoA for allegedly attempting...
President Rodrigo Duterte’s refusal to share pertinent documents related to his administration’s controversial anti-illegal drug operations for public scrutiny is not surprising and only shows that he has much to hide, opposition Senator Leila de Lima said on Friday. “He is afraid of the...
Three female drug peddlers and their male cohort were arrested by members of the Pasay City police during a drug buy-bust operation after they yielded more than P100,000 worth of shabu. Col. Cesar Paday-os, Pasay City's police chief, identified the suspects as Janice Braga, 31, of 374 G. Villanueva...
