The controversial bill seeking to legalize access to medical cannabis or medical marijuana is now up for plenary deliberations in the Senate. Sen. Robinhood Padilla wants to allow the use of medical cannabis as he pushes the passage of Senate Bill No. 2573 or the Cannabis Medicalization Act...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Members of the so-called “Young Guns” in the House of Representatives told the public to be cautious with the emergence of marijuana-infused vapes and e-cigarettes. In a press conference on Wednesday, March 20, the young...
TUBA, Benguet – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency seized marijuana valued at P7.2 million from a suspected drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Camp 4 here on Wednesday, March 20. The suspect was identified as Arnel Guidayos, 26, of Kibungan, Benguet. Guidayos yielded 60 marijuana...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has confiscated dried marijuana valued at over P158.74 million hidden inside six balikbayan boxes from Thailand. The BOC said that the 132.288 kilograms of marijuana were found through a physical examination by the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service-Manila...
Police arrested a 21-year-old student in a buy-bust operation in Quezon, Isabela on Sunday, March 17. The suspect was identified as Kring-Kring, considered high-value drug personality and a resident of Barangay Agbannawag, Tabuk City, Kalinga. Recovered from the suspect were seven plastic bags...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – The Police Regional Office-Cordillera discovered and destroyed marijuana plants worth P21 million in Benguet, Kalinga, and Mountain Province from March 13 to 14. The Benguet Police Provincial Office (PPO) uprooted and burned 9,165 fully grown marijuana plants (FJMP)...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Police destroyed 25,250 fully-grown marijuana plants worth P5 million in four barangays in Tinglayan and Rizal, Kalinga on Thursday, March 14. Police said these were planted in a land area totaling 2,550-square meters in Barangays Loccong and Buscalan in Tinglayan and...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Authorities seized marijuana valued at P2.3 million in a remote mountain barangay bordering the provinces of Sarangani and Davao del Sur on Tuesday, March 12. MARIJUANA worth P2.3 million was seized in a barangay bordering Malungon, Sarangani and Kiblawan, Davao del Sur...
Customs officials uncovered over P200 million worth of dried marijuana inside balikbayan boxes from Thailand at the Manila International Container Port (MICP). Verne Enciso, Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS) director, said that the they found multiple balikbayan boxes containing...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Police uprooted 27,500 fully grown marijuana worth P5.5 million from two plantations in a two-day eradication operation in Barangay Loccong, Tinglayan, Kalinga on Saturday and Sunday, March 9 to 10. POLICE uproot fully grown marijuana plants in a 2,000-square...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Police seized marijuana worth P4.3 million from three suspected drug pushers in a checkpoint in Sitio Dinakan, Barangay Dangoy, Lubuagan, Kalinga before dawn on Saturday, March 2. A POLICE officer conducts an inventory of marijuana worth P4.2 million seized in a...
While Senator Imee Marcos appreciates the intent behind the bill seeking to legalize medical marijuana, she said that this requires very strict enforcement to ensure its intended use. "I appreciate the intent particularly the compassionate use of marijuana but at the same time I would like to...
