Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (Facebook) House quad-committee (quad-comm) overall chairman Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers says the proposed amendments to the 22-year-old illegal drugs law ought to be...
CAMP MARCELO A. ADDURU, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – Police seized hot logs worth nearly P8 million in Region 2 or Cagayan Valley from January to November this year. Police Brig. Gen. Antonio P. Marallag Jr., Police Regional Office-2 chief, said that he would intensify the campaign against illegal...
BAGUIO CITY – Police arrested 46-year-old suspected illegal recruiter here on Wednesday, Nov. 20. Police Col. Ruel Tagel, Baguio City police director, said the suspect offered a job in Poland to her victim and encouraged him to transfer money to secure his deployment. Despite the payment, the...
CAVITE – A Chinese national was apprehended by the authorities after pointing a gun, which turned out to be an illegal firearm, at his kitchen helper's husband in Kawit on Sunday, Nov. 17. A report from Regional Police Office 4A stated that the 35-year-old suspect is a businessman from Jilin,...
CEBU CITY – Illegal drugs worth close to P500 million went up in smoke in the biggest destruction of seized dangerous drugs so far in Central Visayas. Over 71 kilos of shabu, three kilos of marijuana, 55 tablets of ecstasy, and other dangerous drugs with a combined amount of P489,415,611.42 were...
To enhance the Philippine government's efforts in identifying, controlling, and neutralizing drug abuse, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) announced on Tuesday, Nov. 12, that the University of the Philippines (UP) has upgraded its Drugs of Abuse Research Laboratory (DARL). Courtesy of...
President Marcos is shifting his anti-illegal drugs campaign from intensified rehabilitation to chasing after the "big guns" in the illegal drug trade in the country. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. meets with DILG, PDEA, DOJ, and PNP officials to discuss the administration's new strategy...
Warning that United States President-elect Donald Trump is “serious” about his deportation plan for illegal immigrants, Philippine Ambassador to Washington Jose Manuel “Babe” Romualdez said on Sunday, Nov. 10, that illegally staying Filipinos in the US are now worried about their status...
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga disclosed that the government is building up a case against the operators of a suspected illegal mineral reprocessing plant in Paracale, Camarines Norte where Chinese nationals were found. Department of...
DAVAO CITY – Former President Rodrigo Duterte is open to actively participating in the House of Representatives quad-committee (quad-comm) hearing on the interconnected issues of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs), illegal drugs, and extrajudicial killings. HOUSE session hall (FB)...
CEBU CITY – Illegal drugs amounting to more than P1 billion were seized in Central Visayas in the past eight months. During the same period, a total of 206 barangays in the region were declared by the Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug Clearing (ROCBDC) as drug-cleared, the Police...
CEBU CITY – Police arrested a group of men betting on spider combat on Monday night, September 23, in Barangay Lorega San Miguel here. Police Major Marvin Fegarido, chief of the Parian Police Station, said the illegal gambling activity was reported by a concerned citizen through the 911 national...
