Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Friday expressed her disgust over reports the staff of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio was allowed to escape during an anti-drug operation conducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in a beach resort in Davao de Oro recently. De Lima, a vocal...
President Duterte has warned the next administration about the possible "return" of illegal drugs if the person placed at the helm doesn't share his stance against narcotics. President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during the inauguration of the Puerto Princesa Seaport Expansion Project and the Philippine...
Presidential aspirant Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Tuesday said he is committed to protect himself and President Duterte from the International Criminal Court (ICC) should he win the presidency. Dela Rosa said he wants to protect himself, and Duterte, since both of them are co-accused for...
Police arrested two drug suspects and seized 100 grams of shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) in a buy-bust operation in Muntinlupa City Saturday night. The anti-illegal drugs operation was conducted by the Muntinlupa police’s Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) led by Police Maj. Peter Aquino at about...
A total of P62,376,591.14 worth of confiscated dangerous drugs in Central Visayas have been destroyed in Cebu City, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said Friday, Oct. 15. PDEA photo PDEA Regional Office VII Director Levi Ortiz led the destruction of the confiscated illegal drugs on...
Bureau of Customs (BOC) Assistant Commissioner Vincent Maronilla bared Saturday, Oct. 9, that illegal drug traders are now using open seas to smuggle drugs, instead of just placing them inside magnetic lifters and cylinders to avoid detection. "It's called open seas smuggling. They're now doing...
Vice presidential aspirant and Senate President Vicente Sotto III said Friday, Oct. 8, that he will adopt the approach he implemented during his stint as Quezon City vice mayor to address the Philippines' problem with illegal drugs. Senate President Vicente 'Tito' Sotto III (Joseph Vidal/Senate...
The Manila Police District (MPD) announced on Tuesday, Oct. 5, the seizure of more than P5.6 million worth of shabu and the arrest of seven persons in buy-bust operations in San Miguel and Tondo districts early this week. About nine packs of shabu worth around P5 million were confiscated from...
There would be no let-up in the government’s anti-illegal drugs campaign should he win in next year’s May 2022 elections, Senator Christopher “Bong” Go said. Go, who surprised the people by filing his Certificate of Candidacy (COC) as the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban’s...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), warned candidates against colluding with illegal drugs syndicates to ensure their victory in the next year's elections, saying they have already stepped up the monitoring and intelligence-gathering against them. Eleazar...
Gabriela Women's Party Representative Arlene Brosas slammed on Tuesday, September 28, what she claimed as a "special treatment" in the drug case against Julian Ongpin, the person of interest in the death of artist Bree Jonson. Mugshot of Julian Ongpin (Philippine National Police photo) Brosas...
President Duterte has vowed before the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to make accountable individuals who "acted beyond bounds" in operations connected to the Philippine government's war on illegal drugs. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his speech before the UNGA on Wednesday, Sept 22,...
