TACLOBAN CITY – A dismissed cop and a woman were nabbed in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Poblacion District 3, Babatngon, Leyte on Tuesday, Feb. 17. Police identified the suspects as Fred, 55, Eastern Visayas’ Rank 1 Regional Priority Target List (RPTL), and Gela, 21, resident of Babatngon...
ILOILO CITY—Another barangay captain in northern Iloilo province was caught in an anti-drug operation over the weekend with nearly P1.5-million worth of suspected shabu from his possession. Authorities identified the suspect as Kap Redan of Barangay Bondulan in San Dionisio town. Recovered from...
BACOLOD CITY – A 23-year-old man was apprehended in a buy-bust operation in Purok Paraiso, Barangay Banago, this city, on Thursday, Feb. 12, becoming the fifth member of his family to be arrested for drug peddling. The City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU) arrested the suspect, Janjan, listed as a...
A four-month pregnant woman was arrested during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Masoc, Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya on Thursday. Seized by the police from the 20-year-old suspect were four sachets of suspected shabu weighing 15 grams and valued at P102,000, buy-bust money, cellphone, and and drug...
ILOILO CITY – All 110 police chiefs in Western Visayas region tested negative in mandatory drug testing this week. The Police Regional Office-6 said that no police commander in Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras, and Iloilo provinces as well as the capital of Iloilo City was found to be using...
CEBU CITY – Instead of transporting parcels, a 43-year-old delivery boy was selling drugs in different areas in Bohol province. After weeks of surveillance, Peter John Dote was arrested in a buy-bust operation past midnight on Friday, Jan. 30, in Purok 5, Barangay Libaong, Panglao. Police seized...
Victims of the Philippines’ deadly anti-drug campaign will participate in the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) confirmation of charges hearing against former president Rodrigo Duterte, scheduled from Feb. 23 to 27. In a decision issued on Jan. 26, Pre-Trial Chamber I found Duterte fit to...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities seized illegal drugs valued at P70.8 million and arrested two suspected pushers in a buy-bust operation on Monday, Jan. 26, in Barangay Pasiagan, Bongao, Tawi-Tawi. Apprehended were a Malaysian, Chomen, and a former Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) chairman, Jerry. Recovered...
Senators on Tuesday, Jan. 27, expressed concern over the continued sale of counterfeit, unregistered, and unsafe health products online, pressing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), online platforms, and law enforcement agencies to take stronger action to protect consumers. During a Senate...
BACOLOD CITY – A Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) councilor and two others were arrested and 105 grams of suspected shabu valued at P714,000 was seized in a buy-bust operation in Purok Sigay, Barangay 2 here on Monday, Jan. 19. Police identified the suspects as Jess, 19, SK Councilor; SK Kagawad Jov,...
Lawyers representing victims of the Duterte administration’s deadly war on drugs have pressed the International Criminal Court (ICC) Appeals Chamber to retain jurisdiction over the case against former president Rodrigo Duterte, warning that allowing the defense challenge to succeed would...
ILOILO CITY – A barangay captain in northern Iloilo province was caught with nearly P 6.5-million worth of suspected shabu in an anti-drug operation on Wednesday. Authorities identified the suspect as Matt, captain of Barangay Poblacion Tuble in San Dionisio town. Seized from the 39-year-old...
