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...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – The Police Regional Office-Cordillera conducted 31 anti-illegal drug operations and confiscated suspected shabu and marijuana valued at P27.9 million from September 16 to 22. Seven suspected drug pushers were arrested. Lawmen found 107,430 fully grown marijuana plants,...
POLILLO, Quezon – Authorities seized illegal fishing boats and gear and illegally caught fish valued at P3.2 million during a seaborne patrol operation in Lamon Bay near Balesin Island here on Thursday, September 19. ILLEGAL fishing boats and gear were seized in a seaborne patrol operation...
If reports were true, having a former Philippine National Police (PNP) on the payroll of illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators’ (POGO) bosses is in fact alarming and reprehensible, former senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said. Lacson, himself a former PNP chief, said this is...
ILOILO CITY – Police seized P3.9-million worth of suspected shabu in Western Visayas from September 11 to 13. The Police Regional Office-6 said that 586 grams of shabu were seized from 29 suspected drug pushers in 27 anti-drug operations from 6 a.m. on September 11 to 5:59 a.m. on September 13....
