ILOILO CITY – The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology has initiated additional administrative charges against a jail officer who not only tested positive for drug use but also suspected to have ties to the illegal drugs trade here and province of Iloilo. Jail Senior Insp. Juniven Rey Umadhay...
Road clearing operations have been intensified by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) across Metro Manila to recover public spaces long obstructed by illegal parking, sidewalk vendors, and other road encroachments. Gabriel Go, head of the MMDA’s Special Operations Group-Strike...
A 43-year-old car dealer yielded over P2 million worth of shabu in a buy-bust operation launched by the Antipolo Police Station and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) early Wednesday morning, May 28. Police identified the suspect as "Unyo," a resident of Barangay San Roque, Antipolo...
Authorities confiscated P788,000 worth of shabu from four individuals, including a man who allegedly sources illegal drugs from Quezon City and distributes them to several barangays in Rodriguez, Rizal. The Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO) identified the man who sources shabu from...
Authorities destroyed P5.32 billion worth of illegal drugs and other substances at the Integrated Waste Management, Inc. in Trece Martires City on Tuesday, May 20. The activity was led by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). Present during the event were PDEA Director General...
Around P705 million worth of illegal drugs were seized by various government anti-narcotics authorities during the nationwide “high-impact’’ operations from May 9 to 16, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said. During the seven-day illegal drug operations, PDEA said a total of...
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) closed three language training centers allegedly involved in illegal recruitment and human trafficking during simultaneous operations in Bulacan and Cebu on Friday, May 16. Ordered closed were the IWA Language Learning Center in Malolos, Bulacan; Aseanway...
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) arrested a Japanese national and his Filipino accomplice at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 for trafficking 13 Filipinos under the pretense of offering factory jobs in Japan. DMW operatives, in coordination with the NAIA Task Force...
DAVAO CITY – Police Regional Office-11 Director Police Brig. Gen. Leon Victor Rosete confirmed on Tuesday, April 29, that 15 police officers in the Davao region are facing dismissal from the service after testing positive for illegal drug use. Rosete said the 15 police officers tested...
Ombudsman Samuel R. Martires has ordered the six-month preventive suspension of Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn F. Garcia over the issuance of a quarry permit in a protected areas in 2024. In an order, Martires said Garcia's preventive suspension is immediately executory and the suspension cannot be...
CEBU CITY – Packs of illegal drugs worth close to P2 million and firearms were seized in separate police operations in Cebu City and Bohol province on Tuesday, April 22. The bulk of the seized suspected shabu was recovered from an ex-convict who was arrested by operatives of the Mabolo Police...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) announced on Black Saturday, April 19, that it will show cause orders (SCOs) to bus operators whose drivers tested positive for illegal drug use during a nationwide drug screening by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) this...
