Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez thinks it's high time to take his campaign to legalize cannabis or marijuana on a national public consultation tour. Alvarez, a former House Speaker, took to Facebook Wednesday, March 29 to announce the conduct of the National Marijuana...
KIBUNGAN, Benguet – Authorities discovered a marijuana plantation covering 750-square meter lot in the mountains of Sitio Lesbeng and Batangas in Barangay Tacadang in this town on March 22 and 23. Joint operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Regional Special Enforcement Team...
TINGLAYAN, Kalinga – Authorities destroyed marijuana worth P4.4 million in a three-day eradication operation from March 22 to 24 in Barangay Butbut Proper here. Authorities burned a total of 10,400 fully grown marijuana plants from 1,200-square meter plantation and 20,000 grams of dried...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Police authorities uprooted an estimated P1.5 million worth of marijuana in the secluded area of Sitio Bagalbal, Barangay Guinuyoran, Valencia City, Bukidnon on Friday, March 24. POLICE personnel from the Bukidnon Provincial Drug Enforcement Group and the Bukidnon 2nd...
SOLANA, Cagayan – Police seized suspected marijuana from a former Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Centro Southeast here on Wednesday, March 22. Police identified the suspect as Jayvee Sibbaluca, 30, of Barangay Andarayan North here. Suspect was arrested by...
BACOLOD CITY – A flower vendor was arrested for allegedly cultivating marijuana plants at Purok Catugasan 1, Barangay Minoyan, Murcia, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, March 22. POLICEMEN recovered 125 grams of suspected dried marijuana leaves worth P15,000 from a flower vendor in Barangay Minoyan,...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – Police seized suspected shabu and marijuana worth P4.1 million and nabbed nine drug pushers in buy-bust operations in the Cordillera from March 5 to 11. Brig. Gen. Mafelino Bazar, Police Regional Office-Cordillera chief, said 14,068 fully grown marijuana plants, 52...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – A 24-year-old man was apprehended after he yielded marijuana concealed in a glass jar while entering the venue of a concert here on Saturday night, March 4. Police identified the suspect as Samuel Dalwampo, a newly identified drug personality, of Barangay Ibabang Iyam...
Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez led on Monday, Feb. 27 a meeting in the House of Representatives with fellow advocates of the decriminalization of the use of cannabis or marijuana. Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez (middle, in blue) enjoys brownies with his...
Davao del Norte 1st district and former House Speaker, Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez floated on Tuesday, Feb. 21 the possibility of the Philippines being a future exporter of "good" cannabis or marijuana. (Getty images) Alvarez made these remarks during the House Committee on Dangerous Drugs' deliberation...
If government can allow the use of "harmful" products like alcoholic beverages, sugary drinks, and cigarettes, then why not cannabis or marijuana? (Unsplash) This was the main argument of Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez in his bid to delist cannabis as a form of dangerous drug...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – Police destroyed marijuana valued at P105 million in two barangays in Tinglayan, Kalinga over the weekend. Two large plantations were discovered on Saturday, Feb. 18, in Barangay Tulgao West and 500,000 fully grown marijuana plants valued at P100 million were uprooted....
