Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, June 27 threw her support to the United Nations human rights experts call for an end to global “war on drugs” saying that the Philippine’s experience itself proves that it is ineffective. Sen. Risa Hontiveros...
BAGUIO CITY – A dog from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Cordillera Administrative Region K-9 Unit detected illegal drugs in an abandoned package in a courier service in La Trinidad, Benguet on Tuesday, June 20. The courier service contacted the PDEA after a parcel was left unclaimed...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 1920.52 grams of illegal drugs worth P13,059,536 were seized here from April 18 to June 18. The illegal drugs were confiscated during the 100 anti-illegal drug operations conducted by the police under Police Col. Noel Aliño, acting director of Bacolod City Police Office...
BACOLOD CITY – Illegal drugs worth P87,227,845.13 were confiscated in Western Visayas from Jan. 1 to May 31. NEGROS Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson (right) talks to PDEA-Western Visayas acting Director Melvin Estoque (left) during the recent Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) meeting...
A total of P55,338,400 worth of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride or "shabu" was seized by authorities from an arriving Liberian passenger at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on Monday night, June 5, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said. *(Photo courtesy...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte is not interested to serve as an anti-drug czar under the administration of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. Former president Rodrigo Duterte (Joey Dalumpines/Presidential Photo) “Mukha hindi na rin tama (It doesn’t seem right anymore),” Duterte...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Northern Mindanao (Region 10) on Monday, May 22, destroyed illegal drugs and expired medicines valued at over P18 million through thermal destruction in a cremation facility in this city. PHILIPPINE Drug Enforcement Agency-Region 10...
The Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs on Tuesday, May 16 cited in contempt Capt. Jonathan Sosongco, after senators noted discrepancies in his testimony in the P6.7-billion anti-illegal drug operation last October 2022. It was Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, chairman of the...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) seized 334.5279 grams of illegal drugs worth P2,274,789.82 here from April 1 to 31. Based on the data provided by the city police force, 50 police operations were conducted, resulting in the arrest of 57 drug personalities, including seven...
Anti-narcotics authorities from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and Philippine National Police (PNP) arrested four drug suspects and dismantled an alleged drug den in a joint buy-bust operation in Calamba, Laguna on Thursday, May 4. (Photo: PDEA) The Calamba City Police Station and...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Four high-value individuals were arrested by police during separate anti-illegal drug operations regionwide on May 2 and May 3. First to fall was Rommel Paras, alias “Pam,” a high-value individual on the regional level who was arrested on Tuesday,...
CEBU CITY – The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) seized more than P31-million worth of illegal drugs in the past week. From April 23 to 29, 4.6 kilos of shabu worth P31 million and 1.7 kilos of marijuana valued at P200,000 were seized in various police operations in the...
