The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) said that 467 jail officials and personnel yielded negative results after they were submitted to a surprise drug test on Monday, Jan. 9. BJMP photo BJMP chief Allan Iral ordered the drug test after the flag-raising ceremony at the national...
GEN. Rodolfo Azurin Jr. leads the ‘Lakad Konta Droga’ in Iloilo City on Wednesday. (PRO-6) ILOILO CITY – More than 1,000 volunteers joined the Philippine National Police (PNP) led by Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr. in the “Lakad Konta Droga” in Iloilo City on Wednesday, Dec. 21. “I hope that...
Fourteen local government units (LGUs) in Northern Mindanao were cited for their exemplary performances in enforcing the national government’s anti-illegal drug campaign, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) disclosed on Wednesday, Dec. 21. During the National Anti-Drug...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. defended on Sunday, Dec. 17, the government’s illegal drug drive amid criticisms that the current drug war is too weak. Abalos said the campaign against illegal drugs today is geared towards due...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. has rejected the proposed decriminalization of drug use, as he insisted that it would not help the government’s intense campaign against illegal drugs. He issued the pronouncement in reaction to...
The administration of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. officially launched on Saturday, Nov. 26, the Buhay Ay Ingatan, Droga Ayawan (BIDA), a coordinated anti-illegal drugs program which is described as more holistic in approach. Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) called on the public Friday, Nov. 25, to help the government put an end to the country’s illegal drug woes by supporting the "Buhay Ingatan, Droga’y Ayawan" (BIDA) program. DILG Sec. Benjamin "Benhur" Abalos Jr. (File photo courtesy of...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. urged the local government units (LGUs) on Thursday, Nov. 24, to organize their respective anti-illegal drug initiatives ahead of the grand launch of the Buhay Ingatan, Droga’y Ayawan (BIDA) Program....
An alleged drug peddler was killed in a shootout with operatives of the Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) of Bulacan Police in Barangay Santor, City of Malolos Friday night, July 22. Lt. Col. Ferdinand Germino, Malolos City police chief, identified the slain suspect as Sherwin Thompson alias...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is set to choose the top local government units (LGUs) with best performing local Anti-Drug Abuse Council (ADACs). Consisting of 81, provinces, 146 cities and 1,488 municipalities nationwide, DILG Secretary Eduardo Año said the best anti...
Vice presidential candidate and Senate President Vicente Sotto III said he could help the next president address the country’s problem on illegal drugs, as well as lend his expertise on matters concerning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) should he win in the upcoming May 2022 elections. Sotto...
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP stressed Friday, Dec. 24, that the organization will relentlessly pursue its goal of ensuring persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) and their personnel are drug-free. Photo from Supt. Xavier Solda's Twitter account BJMP spokesperson Superintendent...
