Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers has hailed the passage of the Vape Law, which he said would help prevent the abuse of illegal substances via vaping. (Donn Gabriel Baleva/ Unsplash) “Vaping is a fast growing industry and vape products have been prevalent in the country for...
MABALACAT CITY, PAMPANGA -- At least 10 drug personalities were arrested in three separate buy-bust operations launched by agents of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Pampanga and PDEA Aurora on Friday afternoon (July 29). Photo from PDEA Pampanga Some P158,700 worth of shabu were seized...
Police seized more than P1.1 million worth of shabu and arrested 17 drug personalities in a series of anti-drugs operations in the province of Bulacan on Friday, July 29. Col. Charlie A. Cabradilla, acting Bulacan police director, said a buy-bust operation conducted by operatives of Marilao Police...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto and lone Congressman Roman Romulo urged local tricycle operators and drivers association (TODA) groups to help the local government raise awareness on key issues including illegal drugs, health, and safe resumption of face-to-face classes. Sotto and Romulo delivered...
BACOLOD CITY -- A son and his parents were arrested after police seized 80 grams of shabu worth P544,000 in a buy-bust operation at Purok Sigay, Barangay 2 here on Monday, July 25. The subject of the operation was identified as Michael Young, 23, while his parents were identified as Harold, 52, and...
NUEVA VIZCAYA – Three drug personalities were arrested by joint operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Unit-Nueva Vizcaya, PDEA Cordillera Ifugao and Bayombong police on Monday, July 25. Photo/ PDEA/PNP The authorities carried out a raid around 8:58 p.m. in Brgy. Magsaysay, Bayombong after...
LAGUNA – Authorities arrested a high-value individual (HVI) and confiscated P374,000 worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation in San Pablo City on Monday, July 25. Laguna Police Provincial Office identified the HVI as Mark Aljon Sadsad Diola, a 29-year-old fruit vendor from...
CAVITE – Five persons were arrested and around 45 grams of suspected shabu were seized in a buy-bust operation conducted by the Cavite Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit (PDEU) and Dasmariñas Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) on Sunday, July 24. Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) said...
BACOLOD CITY – A male teenager was arrested after police found 57 grams of shabu worth P387,600 from him during a buy-bust operation at Purok Sigay, Barangay 2 here on Saturday, July 24. The 57 grams of suspected shabu worth P387,600 seized from a 16-year-old boy in a buy-bust operation in...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga -- A barangay councilor in Tarlac City and listed as top priority regional high value individual died during an armed encounter with authorities on Saturday morning, July 23, in Tarlac. Photo from Tarlac PNP Frank Martin Bonus of Brgy. San Sebastian,...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Police arrested five suspected drug peddlers and seized from them more than P1.7 million worth of shabu in separate anti-illegal drug operations in Nueva Ecija on Friday afternoon, July 22. Photo from PNP Around 2:50 p.m., joint operatives from...
SINGAPORE, Singapore -- Singapore hanged a drug trafficker on Friday, the fifth execution in the city-state since March, after a court rejected a last-ditch appeal and despite pleas for clemency. The spate of hangings -- which included the widely criticised execution of a mentally disabled man in...
