The Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs on Tuesday, May 30, lifted the contempt order against six policemen who were linked to the P6.7-billion worth of shabu seized during an anti-drug operations in Manila last year. It was Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada who made the motion, and was...
Senator Robinhood C. Padilla dared rogue elements of the Philippine National Police (PNP) to show their "bayag" (balls) as a sign of their respect to the Constitution. Sen. Robinhood "Robin" Padilla at the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs hearing on the seized P6.7-billion shabu...
The Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs has cited in contempt seven (7) anti-drug operatives believed to be part of a grand “cover-up” in the P6.7-billion shabu that was seized in Manila on October, 2022. Those cited in contempt are Police Master Sgt. Rodolfo Mayo Jr. and his...
The House Committee on Dangerous Drugs is now pressuring law enforcement agencies to show proof of their custody of illegal drugs confiscated during anti-narocotics operations. Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) This, after the panel chaired...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) destroyed on Tuesday, Dec. 20, a total of ₱7,273,125,331.09 worth of dangerous drugs and controlled precursors and essential chemicals (CPECs) at the Integrated Waste Management, Inc. (IWMI) in Barangay Aguado, Trece Martires City, Cavite. A total of...
The House Committee on Dangerous Drugs is pursuing several amendments to Republic Act (RA) 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 for the purpose of strengthening the provisions of the law. Illegal drugs (Stock photo) During a panel hearing on Wednesday, Nov. 9, the committee chaired...
Outgoing Senator Vicente “Tito” Sotto III on Saturday, June 18 questioned why the Philippine National Police (PNP), did not follow the proper and necessary procedures against the family of the suspect in the Mandaluyong City hit-and-run accident. Sotto said he believes PNP Officer-in-Charge Lt....
Vice president-elect Sara Duterte-Carpio lauded on Thursday, June 2, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) for the destruction of P14,292,230.591 billion worth of dangerous drugs, the highest ever destructed contraband in the country. Held at the Integrated Waste Management, Inc. (IWMI) in...
The Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs is seeking to regulate the operations of online cockfighting (e-sabong) and limiting its operations only every Sunday and legal holidays. Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa said this is just one of the initial recommendations of the Senate...
Senator Ronald ‘’Bato’’ dela Rosa on Monday, March 21 warned policemen not to use their uniforms and badges to commit illegal activities ‘’or bye bye’’. Dela Rosa, chairman of the Senate public order and dangerous drugs committee, issued the warning after Charlie ‘’Atong’’...
On-line ‘e-sabong’ (cockfight) licensee Charlie ‘’Atong’’ Ang denied allegations that he could make a ‘sabungero’(cockfight afficionado) disappear for P5,000 for game fixing. Ang made the denial before the Senate public order and dangerous drugs committee chaired by Senator Ronald...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa disclosed that vital witnesses might attend the Senate’s second hearing on the case of the 31 online cockfighting enthusiasts who have gone missing on Friday, March 4. In an interview on CNN Philippines, Dela Rosa said one vital witness, who was with a group of...
