SOLANA, Cagayan – Police seized suspected marijuana from a former Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Centro Southeast here on Wednesday, March 22. Police identified the suspect as Jayvee Sibbaluca, 30, of Barangay Andarayan North here. Suspect was arrested by...
BACOLOD CITY – A flower vendor was arrested for allegedly cultivating marijuana plants at Purok Catugasan 1, Barangay Minoyan, Murcia, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, March 22. POLICEMEN recovered 125 grams of suspected dried marijuana leaves worth P15,000 from a flower vendor in Barangay Minoyan,...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – Police seized suspected shabu and marijuana worth P4.1 million and nabbed nine drug pushers in buy-bust operations in the Cordillera from March 5 to 11. Brig. Gen. Mafelino Bazar, Police Regional Office-Cordillera chief, said 14,068 fully grown marijuana plants, 52...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – A 24-year-old man was apprehended after he yielded marijuana concealed in a glass jar while entering the venue of a concert here on Saturday night, March 4. Police identified the suspect as Samuel Dalwampo, a newly identified drug personality, of Barangay Ibabang Iyam...
Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez led on Monday, Feb. 27 a meeting in the House of Representatives with fellow advocates of the decriminalization of the use of cannabis or marijuana. Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez (middle, in blue) enjoys brownies with his...
Davao del Norte 1st district and former House Speaker, Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez floated on Tuesday, Feb. 21 the possibility of the Philippines being a future exporter of "good" cannabis or marijuana. (Getty images) Alvarez made these remarks during the House Committee on Dangerous Drugs' deliberation...
If government can allow the use of "harmful" products like alcoholic beverages, sugary drinks, and cigarettes, then why not cannabis or marijuana? (Unsplash) This was the main argument of Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez in his bid to delist cannabis as a form of dangerous drug...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – Police destroyed marijuana valued at P105 million in two barangays in Tinglayan, Kalinga over the weekend. Two large plantations were discovered on Saturday, Feb. 18, in Barangay Tulgao West and 500,000 fully grown marijuana plants valued at P100 million were uprooted....
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT ZONE – Authorities seized more than two kilos of high-grade marijuana or Kush from Canada valued at P3.7 million in a controlled delivery operation here on Monday, Feb. 20. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency received information from its foreign counterpart that a shipment...
CEBU CITY -- Illegal drugs composed of 28 kilos of shabu and 163 grams of marijuana with a combined value of P191 million were destroyed on Saturday morning, Feb. 18, here. Personnel of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas prepare to destroy seized illegal drugs through the...
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – Police arrested two suspected drug pushers and seized shabu and marijuana worth P300,000 in buy-bust operations in Angeles City and Mabalacat City in Pampanga on Wednesday, Feb. 15. Suspects were identified as Jhaez Vincent Carlos and Paulo Feliciano Gavieres....
Zambales -- Police authorities arrested three notorious drug peddlers and seized over P400,000 worth of marijuana during an anti-illegal drug operation in Purok 3, Brgy. Simminublan, San Narciso here on Tuesday, Feb. 14. The arrested were identified as Darewyll John Dano, Jude Balmaceda, and Jude...
