The Bureau of Customs (BOC) exceeded its cumulative revenue target since the start of the Marcos administration's term, generating an additional P126.26 billion. The government's second-largest revenue-generating agency collected P1.73 trillion over the past two years, higher than the P1.601...
"Malicious." This was how Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin reacted to the video supposedly showing President Marcos using illegal drugs which was circulating online on the day of his third State of the Nation Address (SONA). “Malicious.” This was how Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin...
CAMP Major Saturnino L. Dumlao, Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya – Thirteen individuals were arrested for alleged illegal mining in Solano, Nueva Vizcaya, police said on Thursday. DOWNTOWN Solano, Nueva Vizcaya. (Wikipedia) Police identified the suspects as George, Wane, 32; Noli, 24; Jeremy, 25;...
(Unsplash) A House of Representatives joint panel on Wednesday, July 17, is urging the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) to compile a list of social media influencers who are promoting illegal gambling operators through Facebook, TikTok, and...
By MARIE TONETTE MARTICIO TACLOBAN CITY – Suspected shabu worth over P57 million was recovered by two farmers in Barangay San Roque, San Isidro, Northern Samar on July 14. The farmers found the contraband in two white transparent plastic bags in an abandoned and dilapidated hut near their...
Michael Yang, a Chinese businessman and an ex- economic adviser of former President Rodrigo Duterte (Zoom screenshot) The House Committee on Dangerous Drugs on Wednesday, July 10, cited Chinese businessman Michael Yang, a former economic adviser of...
CAMP Olivas, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Police seized shabu and marijuana valued at over P5.9 million in Central Luzon from July 1 to 7. Police Regional Office-3 Director Police Brig. Gen. Jose S. Hidalgo Jr. said 243 suspected drug pushers and 851.30 grams of shabu and 1,037.70 grams...
CEBU CITY – Suspected shabu worth P17 million was seized in Central Visayas in a three-day police operation dubbed Simultaneous Anti-Criminality Law Enforcement Operations from July 5 to 7. The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) reported that 2.6 kilos of shabu were recovered and 174...
BUTUAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-13 (PRO-13) arrested 454 illegal gamblers in 238 operations in the Caraga region from January to July 4. “All the arrested suspects are now facing charges at different courts in the region, in relation to the illegal gambling law and local ordinances,”...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – The Police Regional Office 4-A confiscated illegal drugs worth P9.8 billion and arrested 6,269 suspected drug pushers in the Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon or the Calabarzon region from January 1 to July 2. PRO 4-A chief Police Brig. Gen. Paul Kenneth Lucas...
BUTUAN CITY – Police seized more than P40 million in illegal drugs in the Caraga region from January 1 to June 30. Five-hundred eighty-three drug suspects were arrested, Police Regional Office-13 Regional Public Information Office (RPIO) chief Police Major Jennifer S. Ometer said on Thursday,...
Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (left), President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (MANILA BULLETIN) Are the dozens of packets of illegal drugs found along the coastline of the Ilocos region part of a plan to discredit President...