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...
The presidential candidates of the two opposing factions of the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban) have expressed their readiness to undergo a drug test. Senators Manny Pacquiao and Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa--who are both standard bearers of the ruling political party but are...
Malacañang said the report of the Department of Justice (DOJ) on the Duterte administration's infamous war on drugs proves that the Philippines is willing to fulfill its obligations to protect the people's right to life. File photo of several men carrying the body of an illegal drug suspect...
For those who claim that the administration's anti-illegal drug campaign has never snagged a "big fish", President Duterte begs to differ. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte, in a speech on Thursday night, Oct. 21 at the Quezon Convention Center in Lucena City, Quezon Province,...
President Duterte casually revealed to a huge audience Thursday, Oct. 21 that Senator and former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa was "nervous" over the International Criminal Court's (ICC) investigation on the bloody anti-illegal drug war of the administration....
The Duterte administration has not been "soft" in its treatment of law enforcers who are allegedly involved in the killing of illegal drug suspects, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (Screenshot from Facebook live) "On the contrary po ‘no, iyong...
