Anti-illegal narcotics officers of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) seized 229 kilos of suspected methampethamine hydrochloride (shabu) with an estimated street value of P1.58 billion in two coordinated buy-bust operations in Cavite on Thursday...
"We didn't want this." President Duterte has apologized to countries whose nationals died in the Philippines in the course of the ongoing drug war, saying that while he regrets the loss of lives, the government has its own laws to follow. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte made...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque has dismissed as more of "victims' opinion" the Public Redacted Registry Report of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which indicated that victims “overwhelmingly support” a probe into the alleged crimes committed under President Duterte’s bloody war...
B.I (131Label) Prosecutors asked a Seoul court to sentence B.I, former member of K-pop boy band iKON, to three years in prison and impose a fine of 1.5 million won ($1.282) for using and buying illegal drugs. B.I, 24, whose real name is Kim Hanbin, attended his first trial at the Seoul Central...
Militant fishers' group Pambansang Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA) denounced on Wednesday, Aug. 25, President Duterte's acceptance of his nomination by the PDP-Laban to be its candidate for vice president in 2022. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) "He did accept the nomination, the...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) reminded on Tuesday, August 24, companies planning to import, sell, and/or purchase controlled substances like morphine and fentanyl are required to first secure the appropriate license from the agency. In a statement, the PDEA Regional Office (RO) VII...
Two delivery riders were accosted by authorities after they tried to sneak in packages allegedly containing illegal drugs to two quarantined returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs) at an isolation facility in Taguig City, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and Taguig City Police reported Friday, Aug. 20....
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Wilkins Villanueva said on Wednesday, August 4, that the new Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) which focuses more on clearing of barangay from the influence of illegal drugs. Villanueva said the Barangay Drug Clearing Program (BDCP) is a holistic...
From defending President Duterte's war on drugs, former House speaker Pantaleon Alvarez now admits that "too many" people, mostly poor Filipinos, have died in the controversial anti-illegal drug campaign. President Duterte shares a light moment with former House Speaker Pantalon Alvarez during the...
President Duterte once more defended law enforcement agencies on the killing of drug suspects against human rights advocates, claiming that Filipinos are the ones benefiting from such operations. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his regular address to the nation on August 2, 2021. (PCOO...
Senator Panfilo M. Lacson on Monday, August 2, asked why some Chinese nationals are supposedly getting "bolder" in their multi-billion-peso drug operations in the Philippines. Senator Panfilo Lacson (Czar Dancel/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) ‘’How long have they been operating here? Do they have...
Senators Panfilo "Ping" Lacson and Vicente "Tito" Sotto III are not inclined to adopt President Duterte's controversial "Oplan Tokhang" to address the Philippines' problem with illegal drugs. Senator Panfilo Lacson (Czar Dancel/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Lacson said Wednesday, July 28, that they...
