The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) launched the “Dangerous Drugs and Controlled Precursors and Essential Chemicals Monitoring System (DDCPEC-MS), a scheme that will monitor the regulated dangerous drugs and prevent the diversion of chemicals used in...
The Department of Health (DOH) said Monday, Nov. 15, that it has created an administrative order allowing hospitals and local government units (LGUs) to procure a supply of Ronapreve drug on their own. DOH/MB The policy, according to DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire, will hasten the...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Friday expressed her disgust over reports the staff of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio was allowed to escape during an anti-drug operation conducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in a beach resort in Davao de Oro recently. De Lima, a vocal...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque belittled on Tuesday, Nov. 9 the opposition raised by a group of 152 Filipino lawyers to his candidacy to the International Law Commission (ILC). Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (Photo from Harry Roque's Facebook) "Para po sa kaalaman ng ating mga...
The Marikina City Police Station (MCPS) seized over P 1 million worth of shabu in a buy bust operation conducted by the Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Minahan Interior, Barangay Malanday, Marikina on Monday, Nov. 8. MCPS Chief of Police...
President Duterte explained that he initiated all his programs -- including his controversial war on drugs -- because he wants to protect the country, the Filipinos, and the youth. President Rodrigo Duterte (RTVM Screenshot) Duterte made the statement after the International Criminal Court (ICC)...
President Duterte has warned the next administration about the possible "return" of illegal drugs if the person placed at the helm doesn't share his stance against narcotics. President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during the inauguration of the Puerto Princesa Seaport Expansion Project and the Philippine...
Two lawmakers are seeking the passage of a bill that directs the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) to create a program that detects the use of performance-enhancing drugs by national team athletes. Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez and Bulacan Rep. Jose Antonio Sy-Alvarado filed House Bill...
The House Committee on Justice has endorsed the passage of a bill for the segregation of high-level convicts from other prisoners through the establishment of a separate facility for the former. Prison cell Majority Leader and Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, one of the principal authors of...
Medicines (File Photo) An administrative order will soon be released by the Department of Health (DOH) in order to allow hospitals to procure investigational drugs for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that it will only cover investigational drugs for...
Vice President Leni Robredo said if she wins the presidency next year, the fight against illegal drugs in the Philippines will remain as intense as the current administration's anti-narcotics campaign but will not be as bloody. Vice President Leni Robredo (Mark Balmores/MANILA BULLETIN) "Ganun...
A total of P8.2 million worth of party drugs concealed in three shipments from abroad have been seized by the Bureau of Customs (BOC)'s Port of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Pasay City. Bureau of Customs personnel seize ecstasy hidden inside a turntable from a foreign shipment at a...
