PALO, Leyte – The Police Regional Office-8 seized 25.6 kilograms of shabu, 12.5 kilograms of marijuana, and 21.1 kilograms of cocaine with a total street value of P308 million from July 2022 to July 2024. PAWID (PRO-8 FB) Brig. Gen. Reynaldo Pawid, PRO-8 director, said in a report detailing their...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) This claim puts a whole new spin to the phrase, "blood money". Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr. has bared that money generated by Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators...
Photo from Pixabay Following the recent devastation caused by the typhoon-enhanced southwest monsoon or “habagat,” the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday, Aug. 6, issued a warning regarding the purchase of health products damaged by flooding. The torrential rainfall resulted in...
Ayala Healthcare Holdings Inc. (AC Health) reported that it has completed its investment in St. Joseph Drug, officially adding the North Luzon-based pharmaceutical company to its healthcare portfolio. In a statement, AC Health’s parent, Ayala Corporation, said the definitive agreements were...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) What one committee can do, four can do better. It is with this notion that members of the House of Representatives is pushing for the formation of a four-committee panel that would...
Rowena Guanzon (left), Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa (Facebook) P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon believes that Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa is as brave as they come. "Panindigan ni Bato yan, atapang alalake sya eh (Bato will stand by his...
CAMP Olivas, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Suspected shabu and marijuana worth P2.3 million were seized from nine drug pushers in police buy-bust operations in Central Luzon last week. Lawmen arrested three suspects in Barangay San Juan, this city, on Friday, August 2. They were...
BUTUAN CITY – Police seized suspected shabu valued at P2.5 million in buy-bust operations in the Caraga region, particularly this city, Surigao del Norte and Agusan del Sur, on Friday, August 2. SUSPECTED shabu was seized from five suspected drug pushers in Surigao del Norte and Agusan del Sur on...
SAN ANTONIO, Quezon – Police seized suspected shabu worth P4 million from a drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Arawan here on Saturday night, August 3. A SUSPECTED drug pusher was arrested and shabu worth P4 million was seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Arawan, San...
CEBU CITY – Forty-nine barangays in Central Visayas have been declared as drug-cleared. THE Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug Clearing (ROCBDC) convenes to discuss the drug situation in various barangays in Central Visayas. (PDEA-7) The 49 barangays earned the drug-cleared status...
CEBU CITY – The National Bureau of Investigation arrested a woman in a buy-bust operation beside one of the biggest churches here on Wednesday, July 31. The NBI-Central Visayas identified the suspect as Norma Talaba, who owns a “sari-sari” or community convenience store beside the Cebu...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – A suspected drug pusher died after he was accidentally shot by a police officer during a gun scuffle in Barangay Ibabang Dupay, this city, on Tuesday, July 30. Police identified the victim as Inan, 38, of Barangay Ibabang Iyam here. Investigation said lawmen served a...