CEBU CITY – At least 50 drivers at the Cebu South Bus Terminal here underwent a surprise drug test on Friday afternoon, March 22. PHILIPPINE Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas personnel collect specimens from bus drivers during a random drug test at the Cebu South Bus Terminal on Friday...
DAVAO CITY – Former President Rodrigo R. Duterte appeared anew here on Tuesday night, January 30, and dared President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to take a drug test. DUTERTE (Keith Bacongco) Duterte explained why he has been taking fentanyl. He said that he was prescribed a fentanyl patch eight...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – Thirty Sangguniang Kabataan officials here tested negative for banned substances during a recent drug test conducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Region 2. This was announced on Thursday by the agency five days after SK Federation president and...
ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power), the sole power utility distributor in this city, has started random drug testing of its workers. “Considering that we are an electric utility, we want to make sure that our employees are drug-free, especially they go out on the field,”...
CAMP JUAN, Ilocos Norte – Seventy-four police officers in this province tested negative in a random drug test here. Police Col. Julius Suriben, Ilocos Norte police director, said the activity was part of the Ilocos Norte Police Provincial Office’s (INPPO) commitment to a drug-free workplace, a...
LAGAWE, Ifugao – One-hundred seventy police officers from the Ifugao Police Provincial Office (PPO) and the 1501st Maneuver Company of the Regional Mobile Force Battalion-15 passed the drug test conducted in Camp Col. Joaquin P. Dunuan here on September 29. According to Police Lt. Col....
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Police Regional Office-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Kirby John B. Kraft and 46 other ranking police officers in the Caraga region tested negative in a surprise drug test in this camp on Tuesday afternoon, September 26. THE Police Regional Office-13 holds...
ILOILO CITY – Only three out of the 13,201 police officers tested positive for illegal drugs in Western Visayas. The Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 said 99.56 percent of policemen tested negative in the massive drug test ordered by Police Brig. Gen. Sidney Villaflor since he took over as Western...
At least 42 policemen from the Police Regional Office 4B have been subjected to a surprise drug test in a bid to purge the police organization of drug users. PRO4B director Brig. Gen. Joel Doria himself underwent the drug tests that were conducted on Wednesday, Sept. 20, at the regional...
Gen. Benjamin Acorda, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), led the surprise drug test of 89 senior officers to set an example amid recent results that at least 25 cops already tested positive since January this year. Acorda said the mandatory drug test was announced on Friday, Sept....
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – Three Public Utility Vehicle drivers tested positive for illegal drugs during the conduct of surprise drug tests in line with "Oplan: Balik Eskwela" in several bus terminals here on September 1. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Region 2 Interdiction...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez revealed on Tuesday, August 1, that 46 city government personnel tested positive for illegal drug use. BENITEZ Benitez said they comprise eight to 10 percent of job order city government employees. Twenty-nine were from the Bacolod Traffic...