CAMP DANGWA, Benguet -- Four drug personalities were arrested during separate anti-illegal drugs operations of the Police Regional Office-Cordillera in the provinces of Apayao and Abra on Saturday, Dec. 17. PRO Cordillera director Brig. General Mafelino Bazar said operatives of Conner Municipal...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. defended on Sunday, Dec. 17, the government’s illegal drug drive amid criticisms that the current drug war is too weak. Abalos said the campaign against illegal drugs today is geared towards due...
By DIANN IVY CALUCIN Members of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) seized P600,896 worth of illegal drugs and arrested 14 suspects in a series of buy-bust operations conducted from Tuesday, Dec. 13, to Wednesday, Dec. 14. The QCPD said police seized more or less 70 grams of suspected shabu...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. has rejected the proposed decriminalization of drug use, as he insisted that it would not help the government’s intense campaign against illegal drugs. He issued the pronouncement in reaction to...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Tuesday, December 13 urged the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) to embark on an internal cleansing process to rid its ranks of scalawags in uniform. Dela Rosa made the call after his privilege speech where he...
CEBU CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) on Monday, Dec. 12, destroyed seized illegal drugs worth more than P83 million. PHILIPPINE Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas personnel examine seized illegal drugs worth more than P83 million before their...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte wants the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to spearhead an operation against illegal gambling sites together with the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR)....
Two men were arrested by the police for carrying guns in public and frightening residents in two barangays in Quezon City on Saturday, Dec. 10. Lt. Col. Mark Janis Ballesteros, QCPD) Talipapa Station (PS 3) commander, identified the arrested suspect as Marlon Marino, 41, of Barangay Balon Bato,...
CAMP FRANCISCO S. Macabulos, Tarlac City – Police arrested a suspected illegal recruiter tagged as the seventh most wanted person in Central Luzon in Barangay San Saturnino, Borongan City, Eastern Samar on Thursday, Dec. 8. The suspect, Arnel Norombaba, 44, married and a resident of Barangay...
CEBU CITY – The province of Cebu has launched a united task force against illegal drugs to combat the menace of narcotics which Gov. Gwen Garcia believes have crept back in since President Duterte stepped down in June. CEBU Gov. Gwen Garcia speaks at the launching of the One Cebu Inter-Agency...
By Glazyl Masculino By Glazyl Masculino BACOLOD CITY -- At least 15 grams of suspected shabu worth P102,000 were seized from a fish vendor during a buy-bust operation at a public market in Barangay 2, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Dec. 6. Police identified the suspect as Renato...
The pilot thickens on the alleged anomalous P1.1-billion fund transfer between the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA). Northern Samar 1st district Rep. Paul Daza (Screenshot from Zoom) This, after whistleblower and...
