The International Criminal Court (ICC) announced it has formally constituted the Trial Chamber in the case against former President Rodrigo Duterte, marking a key step toward the start of trial proceedings over alleged crimes against humanity linked to his anti-drug campaign. In a decision dated...
Two individuals with previous drug-related cases were arrested in a pre-dawn police buy-bust operation on Tuesday, April 28, in Barangay Payatas, Quezon City, which yielded about P374,000 worth of suspected shabu, following a tip from a concerned citizen. Batasan Police Station (PS 6) officers,...
The Southern Police District (SPD) launched a 24-hour relentless anti-crime operation that seized P2.24 million worth of illegal drugs and put 51 suspects behind bars. From April 23 to 24, SPD operatives recovered 329.96 grams of shabu and 2.1 grams of marijuana kush in buy-bust operations,...
Malabon police have warned residents about the circulation of counterfeit medicines, stressing serious health risks and urging the public to buy only from licensed drugstores. The Malabon City Police Station (MCPS) reminded consumers to buy medicines only from certified pharmacies and to avoid...
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) arrested two suspects and confiscated marijuana and vape devices containing suspected liquid marijuana in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Bagong Silangan on Monday, April 14. The operation was conducted at around 1:50 a.m. on Brookside Street in Barangay...
Britney Spears has entered rehab for substance abuse, according to information obtained by TMZ. She checked into a facility in the United States a few days ago. Sources with direct knowledge of the situation say that those close to the singer had been encouraging her to seek treatment voluntarily,...
A fisherman stumbled upon an estimated P22.3 million worth of suspected crystal meth or “shabu” in a remote island village in Patnanungan, Quezon, the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported on Black Saturday, April 4. Personnel of the Patnanungan Municipal Police Station (MPS) said the...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – The Police Regional Office-Cordillera Administrative Region (PRO-CAR) seized illegal drugs worth P234.7 million from March 1 to 31 in the region. The PRO-CAR said 36 drug personalities were arrested – 27 street-level individuals and nine high-value individuals – in 126...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-10 (Northern Mindanao) said Wednesday it remains vigilant against the movements of "notable" personalities engaged in illegal drug use and trade, warning that no one is above the law. In a briefing, PDEA-10 Director Alex Tablate...
Malacañang has rejected former president Rodrigo Duterte’s defense’s claims of betrayal, saying his arrest served justice for the victims of his bloody war on drugs. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro asserted that the Philippine government did not betray the...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte is the most responsible individual in the killings of thousands of victims during the war on drugs for ordering the operations as the commander-in-chief at that time. On the last day of the confirmation of charges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday,...
In an attempt to prove that the exit of former president Rodrigo Duterte from power did not stop the killings, defense counsel Nicholas Kaufman argued that deaths at the hands of state agents continued under the Marcos administration. During the third day of the confirmation of charges hearing at...
