The Internal Affairs Service (IAS) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) is set to conclude its investigation on the administrative cases against the Quezon City policemen who were involved on the February 24 ‘misencounter’ with agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). PNP...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) vowed on Monday, Sept. 6, to cooperate “in the legal process and exhaust all legal remedies available after the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) recommended the filing of charges against some of its men in connection with the alleged...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said on Monday, August 23, that it is withholding any comments regarding the misencounter between its men and the Philippine National Police (PNP) personnel during botched drug operation near a Quezon City mall on February 24. The incident along...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) signed Friday, July 9, a joint memorandum circular (JMC) which seeks to avoid fatal misencounters in anti-illegal drug operations by strengthening their coordination efforts. PNP Chief General Guillermo Eleazar...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) issued Friday, July 9, their unified coordination guidelines in the conduct of anti-illegal drug operations to prevent incidents of misencounter. PDEA Director General Wilkins Villanueva (PDEA photo) In a...
Police Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), instructed on Monday, June 21, all police anti-narcotics unit commanders to exercise effective supervision of their men in the conduct of anti-drugs operations as the operational guideline of coordination with the...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Tuesday, May 25, underscored the need to improve coordination among law enforcement agencies after separate drug buy-bust operations of the Novaliches police station drug enforcement unit and agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) almost led to...
Finding Answers Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina Unless otherwise repealed, amended, suspended, or superseded, a law supposedly remains in effect and it ought to be implemented no matter what – unless, of course, budgetary constraints make it impossible to do so. RA 9165 or the Comprehensive...
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Wilkins Villanueva claimed that a member of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) did not follow standard procedures when they were supposedly conducting a buy-bust operation prior to the deadly encounter last February 24. In a video clip...
