Containers of Zyn, a smokeless nicotine pouch, are displayed for sale among other nicotine and tobacco products at a newsstand on Feb. 23, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials on Thursday backed the public health benefits of...
CEBU CITY – Preparing for the Sinulog Festival as a performing contingent isn’t easy. Members are forced to stay up until the wee hours of the night to perfect their routines. VICTOR Quijano, a drummer of the famed Lumad Basakanon, undergoes booking procedures after he was arrested in an...
CEBU CITY – Elma Paraiso went viral online last year when she was caught in a surveillance camera stealing the cellphone of a churchgoer. The 63-year-old woman is in the news again, still for the wrong reason. ELMA Paraiso (encircled) is captured by a security camera stealing from a churchgoer at...
CEBU CITY — A former policeman was arrested when law enforcers raided a suspected drug den in Barangay Duljo Fatima here on Wednesday, Jan. 15. THREE persons, including a former policeman, are placed under arrest after a suspected drug den, where packs of suspected shabu were seized, was...
BACOLOD CITY – Nineteen employees of the Negros Occidental provincial government – three regulars, seven job order casual, three contract, and six security guards – tested positive during a surprise drug test last December. NEGROS Occidental provincial government employees take...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Tuesday, Jan. 14, denied the allegation of “grand conspiracy” within its ranks to cover-up wrongdoings, particularly in illegal drugs operations. In a statement, the PNP said it has been implementing a zero-tolerance policy for misconduct and has been...
ILOILO CITY – Police here have stepped up the campaign against illegal drugs two weeks before the highlight of the 2025 Dinagyang Festival. SHABU valued at P1.36 million was seized in Iloilo City on Jan. 9. (PNP/ICPO) The Iloilo City Police Station-Drug Enforcement Team and the ICPO-Police...
CEBU CITY – A huge amount of suspected shabu was seized from a 26-year-old man in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Dao, Dauis town, Bohol province past midnight on Friday, Jan. 10. PACKS of suspected shabu worth P13.7 million were recovered from a 26-year-old drug pusher in Cortes town, Bohol on...
DAVAO CITY – The Davao City Police Office announced that 333 personnel from the Station Drugs Enforcement Unit and Intelligence Section tested negative for illegal drugs in a random drug test conducted by the Police Regional Office-11 on Jan. 2. Acting DCPO chief Police Col. Hansel...
BAGUIO CITY – Four bus drivers and two conductors tested positive in a surprise drug test conducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Cordillera here on Jan. 2. THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and Land Transportation Office-Cordillera conduct a surprise drug test on public...
CAMP COL. RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – The Police Regional Office-13 (Caraga) conducted a surprise random drug test on lawmen assigned to the regional headquarters here on Thursday, Jan. 2. “The surprise random drug test is part of the Philippine National Police's (PNP) ongoing internal...
photo: PDEG Agents of the Drug Enforcement Group of the Philippine National Police (PDEG) seized around P4.7 million worth of shabu...
