DELFIN ALBANO, Isabela – Three suspected drug pushers were arrested and two minors were rescued in a recent buy-bust operation in Barangay Ragan Sur here. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Region 2 Director Levi S. Ortiz identified the suspects as Emerson, 19; John...
BAGUIO CITY (PNA) – Government troops destroyed an estimated 32,585 fully grown marijuana plants worth P6.5 million in the provinces of Kalinga and Benguet, the Police Regional Office-Cordillera said on Thursday, September 21. Police Col. Carolina Lacuata, Public Information Office chief of the...
TINGLAYAN, Kalinga – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Cordillera uprooted marijuana worth P3.4 million in a three-day eradication operation in Barangay Butbut here from September 14 to 16 . PDEA-Cordillera Director Julius Paderes said they discovered two plantations with a total land...
BACOLOD CITY – Two senior high school students were arrested by the police in a buy-bust operation in Purok Esmeralda, Barangay Poblacion, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, September 13. The two boys aged 19 are residents of Barangay Singcang-Airport here and Barangay Poblacion,...
BAUKO, Mountain Province – Three men were arrested for allegedly transporting marijuana bricks worth P1.9 million in Sitio Malupa, Abatan, this town, on August 23. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Cordillera Director Julius Padere identified the suspects as Christian Rico Navas Espiritu...
CAMP Olivas, City of San Fernando, Pampanga -- Police captured four suspected drug peddlers, including a high-value individual (HVI), and confiscated approximately P828,000 worth of shabu and marijuana in buy-bust operations in Tarlac and Angeles City. The HVI identified as Ryan Pineda from...
BONTOC, Mountain Province – A tourist was arrested after he yielded P722,640 worth of marijuana bricks in a checkpoint in Poblacion here on August 11. The suspect was identified as Raymart Flogio Mendoza, 30, a resident of Tondo, Manila. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Cordillera...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Facebook) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte reiterated on Sunday, April 13 his belief that marijuana has "healing properties", thus giving Philippine lawmakers all the reason they need to have its use...
Department of Health Secretary Teodoro "Ted" Herbosa expressed approval for the legalization of medical marijuana use but not for its cultivation and manufacturing in the country. Courtesy of Unsplash "I’m for the legalization of medical use of marijuana, but I’m not in favor of cultivating...
Batanes lone district Rep. Ciriaco Gato Jr. (left) and Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers. (PPAB) The proposed legalization of medical cannabis or marijuana has inched forward in the House of Representatives. This, after a joint technical working group (TWG) was formed Tuesday...
(MANILA BULLETIN) A congressman-proponent of the legalization of medical cannabis or marijuana has told a joint Hoiuse panel that he has personally experienced the efficacy of the substance. Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte made this admission Tuesday morning, Aug 1 before the joint...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – Suspected shabu and marijuana worth a total of P149.2 million were destroyed and 10 drug personalities were arrested in anti-illegal drugs operations in the Cordillera from July 16 to 23. Police Brig. Gen. David Peredo Jr., Police Regional Office-Cordillera chief, said these...
