The Philippine Chamber of Food Manufacturers Inc. (PCFMI) has urged regulators to adopt more science-based, practical, and consultative approaches in crafting food and nutrition policies as the government studies new rules that could reshape the local food manufacturing industry. During PCFMI Food...
CEBU CITY – Packs of suspected shabu worth P136 million were seized from two men in a buy-bust operation in Naga City, southern Cebu on Saturday afternoon, May 23. Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) cornered Romy, 57, and Dante, 47, in Barangay Uling. PDEA-7...
Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano 's description of the previous Duterte administration 's drug war as a "pro-life campaign" despite thousands of reported deaths didn 't sit well with Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido “Benny” Abante. “Let me remind SP Cayetano that we are...
A network advocating evidence-based drug policies rejected Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano’s description of the Duterte administration’s anti-illegal drugs campaign as a “human rights campaign,” saying the bloody crackdown was marked by violence, fear, and impunity. In a statement...
Malacañang said arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) may be immediately enforced in the Philippines without the need for approval from local courts, stressing that the Marcos administration remains guided by law and due process. In an interview with DZMM on Sunday, May...
BACOLOD CITY – Slain Police Master Sgt. Davy Carampatana was laid to rest in a public cemetery in his hometown in Isabela, Negros Occidental on Sunday, May 24. The La Castellana Municipal Police Station in Negros Occidental headed by Police Major Romulo Gepilango V, police chief, gave full honors...
When the time comes that policemen would chance upon Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, the leadership of the Philippine National Police (PNP) is hoping that the lawmaker will honor and respect the process as a former top cop. Authorities consider Dela Rosa as armed and dangerous and PNP chief Gen....
An extensive manhunt such as that for Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa requires participation of a large number of law enforcers—and when you mobilize such a huge number of government people, you know where the fund would come, right? And of all people, it is Dela Rosa who knows it fully well...
The arrest of Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa appears to be a test case on how well the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) could deliver in honoring international commitments, especially that there are still at least six people listed as co-perpetrators in the crimes against humanity case in...
Four drug personalities were arrested in separate anti-illegal drug operations conducted by the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) in Novaliches, Quezon City, resulting in the confiscation of shabu worth P118,320. In a report, the QCPD said personnel of Novaliches Police Station 4 carried out...
With so many personalities and institutions already dragged into the Senate gunfire incident, Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa should start to rethink his position of continuously playing hide-and-seek with law enforcement agencies. This was the stand of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)...
When technology fails, the Narcotics Detection Dogs (NDD) comes in barking, delivering and producing remarkable results in major interdiction operations nationwide. From July 1, 2022 to April 30, 2026, the K9 teams of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) were part in 546 anti-drug...
