CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Four drug suspects were arrested on Sunday, April 17, 2022, including three in a buy-bust operation, and one at a Commission on Elections (Comelec) checkpoint in Occidental Mindoro. Twenty-two year-old Raniel Liedo, a vacationer from Tondo, Manila is being frisked...
MANKAYAN, Benguet -- A drug courier died after a shootout with police in an encounter that took place early morning of Saturday, April 16, in Pas-adan, Colalo, Mankayan. (Photo courtesy of Mankayan MPS/via Zaldy Comanda) Maj. Wiltz Konrad Sally, chief of police of the Mankayan Municipal Police...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office (PRO-6) kept its anti-drug operations going even during the observance of Holy Week as its operatives caught a couple in possession of shabu worth P380,000 in Pavia town, Iloilo province. Arrested during a Black Saturday operation were Emil Buyco Sansolis...
The more than 700 police officers who were involved in the illegal drug trade should not only be dismissed from service, but they must also be prosecuted and jailed, human rights lawyer Chel Diokno said. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno (Photo from Diokno’s Facebook page) Diokno made the remark...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Police authorities arrested a suspected drug peddler and seized more than P360,000 worth of shabu during a buy-bust operation on Wednesday (April 13) at Brgy. San Nicolos, Manalin, Pampanga. Photo via Liezle Basa Inigo Joint elements of Minalin Police...
Amy Austria has come out to reveal how she overcame several years of her relying on illegal drugs simply to get by. In a vlog, the actress shared how she did not via forced rehabilitation but simply by praying in earnest. It happened, she said, while she was on a spiritual retreat. “Isinurender...
President Duterte on Tuesday said he does not like the next president to be influenced by the communists as well as to have links with illegal drugs. Duterte reiterated that he "will not support any presidential candidate" for the upcoming elections except "if there is a compelling reason to...
BAGUIO CITY – The Baguio City Jail male dorm reported that some 57 percent of the 390 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) are facing charges before the local court for violation of pertinent provisions of Republic Act (RA) 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. (Photo from Rizaldy...
CEBU CITY -- At least 300 bus drivers, taxi drivers and conductors underwent a surprise drug test as part of the authorities’ campaign to ensure safe travel this coming Holy Week. Dubbed as Oplan Harabas, the conduct of the surprise drug test at the Cebu North Bus Terminal and Cebu South Bus...
TACLOBAN CITY - Six high-value individuals were arrested as police authorities dismantled a drug den at Sitio Thru-cut, Brgy Sto. Rosario, Matag-ob, Leyte on Friday. (Photo via Tonette Marticio) PMaj J-rale Paalisbo, Leyte Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit Chief, identified the suspects as Anastacio...
Police seized a total of P340,000 worth of alleged shabu from a woman and her live-in partner in a buy-bust operation in Caloocan City early Thursday morning, April 7. The Northern Police District (NPD) Drug Enforcement Unit (DDEU) identified the suspects as Benita Belluco, 53, and Ruben Asuncion,...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is set to choose the top local government units (LGUs) with best performing local Anti-Drug Abuse Council (ADACs). Consisting of 81, provinces, 146 cities and 1,488 municipalities nationwide, DILG Secretary Eduardo Año said the best anti...
