CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – Twelve suspected illegal loggers were arrested in Sitio Makilo, Barangay Calaccad, Tabuk City, Kalinga, on Friday, March 24. In a report to Brig. Gen. David Peredo Jr., Police Regional Office-Cordillera chief, suspects were identified as Tiggangay Malana Dumirag, 69; Johndee...
Police seized a total of P850,000 worth of illegal drugs in two separate buy-bust operations in Marikina City on Wednesday, March 22. Marikina Police Chief Col. Earl Castillo identified the arrested suspects as Oscar Gregorio, 41; Rodolfo Unaroza, 39; and Jenny Pasuleme, 50. Gregorio was arrested by...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – Over P3 million worth of marijuana plants were uprooted and burned, while six drug personalities were arrested in a day-long intensified anti-illegal drugs operations in the different provinces of Cordillera. A total of 6,300 pieces of fully-grown marijuana plants, 15...
BUTUAN CITY – Combined personnel of Police Regional Office 13 (PRO 13) and other law enforcement agencies confiscated fresh illegally-cut flitches, lumbers and furniture during an anti-illegal logging operation in Agusan del Sur and Surigao del Sur, said a flash report reaching PRO 13 regional...
A police major is on the verge of being cited for contempt by the House Committee on Public Order and Safety after Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers accused him of "lying" to the panel. Barbers, during a hearing of the committee Wednesday, March 22, went as far as to manifest...
KAMPO HENERAL PACIANO RIZAL, Santa Cruz, Laguna – Police arrested 13 suspected drug personalities in a one-day operation in this province on Friday, March 17. Laguna police director Col. Randy Glenn Silvio said these arrests were the result of an intensified campaign against illegal drugs...
Senator Christopher "Bong" Go on Friday, March 17 backed the move of the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs to cite in contempt two anti-drug operatives for their involvement in the alleged "recycling" of illegal drugs during an operation. During a Senate hearing conducted by the...
Technical and practical reasons prevent law enforcement agencies from immediately destroying the illegal drugs that they seize from anti-narcotics operations. This was learned by congressmen during the recent House Committee on Dangerous Drugs hearing on the alleged "recycling" of confiscated drug...
The Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs on Wednesday, March 15 has cited in contempt two anti-illegal drug operatives who pilfered 42 kilos of shabu during an anti-drug operation in Manila last year. In particular, Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa cited in contempt MSgt....
And the plot thickens. Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers says that there's a existing scheme among so-called “ninja-cops” and their “ninja-informants” to underdeclare their illegal drug confiscations during every anti-drug operation, usually capped at only 30 percent....
Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers vowed on Tuesday afternoon, March 14 to pin down the law enforcement personnel who are involved in the recycling of seized illegal drugs. This, as the solon received further proof of this disturbing--and apparently 20-year-old--modus operandi...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Monday, March 13, underscored the importance of education to ensure the security of the children’s future as she urged local government units (LGUs) to prioritize educational programs for Filipino children. The official was the guest speaker...
