Independent minority solon Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman has slammed the "swift" acquittal of Juanito Jose Remulla III, son of Department of Justice (DOJ) Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla, on charged of illegal drug possession. Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Screenshot from Facebook...
BACOLOD CITY -- A high value individual who yielded 15 grams of shabu worth P102,000 was arrested during a police operation at Purok Magti-ayon, Barangay 10 here on Wednesday, Jan. 4. The subject was identified as Rodolfo Vego Jr., 44, of Barangay 10. Capt. Jonito Pastrana, head of Police Station...
NUEVA ECIJA -- Police dismantled a drug den, confiscated P501,672.00 worth of shabu and arrested drug personalities in separate drug operations in this province, report said on Thursday. According to Police Colonel Richard V. Caballero, acting provincial director, joint elements of Cabanatuan City...
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested the second most wanted drug suspect in Western Visayas region and his cohort during a buy-bust operation on Wednesday, Jan. 4. Police Regional Office (PRO-6) identified the main suspect as Eddie Belleza Sevillo, a resident of Iloilo City who is tagged as the...
CEBU CITY — The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO 7) is supporting the call of Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. for all colonels and generals of the Philippine National Police (PNP) to submit a courtesy resignation. Brig. Gen. Jerry Bearis, director of PRO 7,...
The right move. Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) That's how Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers described Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin Abalos's call for all top-ranked Philippine...
Over P800,000 worth of shabu and marijuana were seized in several police operations in Caloocan and Quezon Cities on Tuesday, Dec. 27, and Wednesday, Dec. 28. The Caloocan City Police Station (CCPS) said the first three suspects -- Lolita Saavedra, 59; Robin Saavedra, 25, both residents of Marilao,...
CEBU CITY – Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. lauded the creation of a task force to combat illegal drug activities in the island of Cebu. GOV. Gwen Garcia (left) was cited by DILG Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. for creating a task force against illegal drugs in Cebu....
BAGUIO CITY -- Four barangays here have remained drug-affected even as seven others improved their status from drug-affected to drug-cleared. Edwin Changropen of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said during the City Peace and Order Council (CPOC) meeting that Bakakeng Central, Irisan, Loakan...
SHABU confiscated in various anti-drug operations in Iloilo province this year. (IPPO) ILOILO CITY – Police seized illegal drugs totaling P249 million in Western Visayas in the first 11 months of this year. The Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 said more than 36 kilos of suspected shabu and seven...
By DIANN IVY CALUCIN A man yielded a total of P238,000 worth of alleged shabu in a buy-bust operation conducted by the police in Valenzuela City on Friday, Dec. 23 The Valenzuela City Police Station (VCPS) identified the suspect as Jerome Tan Luangco, 42, a resident of Bonbon Ville Ugong,...
BAGUIO CITY -- Five drug suspects were arrested in a separate buy-bust operation here on Wednesday, Dec. 21. The arrested were identified as Alwin Camacho, 39, Stephen Galande, 21, Ronald Dean Magallanes, 23, Justine Kirby Cousins, 19, and a 15-year-old male minor. They are now facing charges for...
