Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested on Wednesday, Sept. 8, the eighth high-value target (HVT) drug personality in Region 11 in a buy-bust in Davao City. The operation resulted in the confiscation of some P30,000 worth of marijuana in a buy-bust operation in Agdao...
Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) seized 13 parcels of 1,200 dried marijuana leaves and seeds from a courier company in Dasmariñas City in Cavite. In a statement, PDEA said that the K-9 inspection of NDD Adam initially showed positive indications that the parcels...
Combined elements of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and the Philippine National Police (PNP) arrested six suspected pushers after they yielded some P68,000 worth of shabu and marijuana valued at P1,000 n a buy-bust operation in Puerto Princesa City on Saturday, Sept. 4. PDEA MIMAROPA...
At Colorado State University, researchers studied the energy consumption of indoor weed cultivation in one thousand sites across the U.S. They found that this method of growing weeds is a major greenhouse gas emitter and that its environmental impacts vary per state. Photo by Richard T of The...
Joint teams of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) destroyed a total of P20.23 million worth of marijuana plants in a raid on eight plantation sites during their August 24 to 25 operation in Tinglayan Kalinga. PDEA spokesperson Derrick Arnold...
Police have destroyed more than P21 million worth of marijuana plants in a series of raids in Kalinga on Tuesday. Brig. Gen. Ronald Lee, director of the Cordillera Administrative Region police, said a total of 107,500 fully-grown marijuana plants were seized from more than 6,000 square meter...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) announced Friday, July 2, that it had seized a cache of firearms and 11 kilos of suspected marijuana worth P2,240,800 from a suspected crime syndicate leader during a search operation in Malolos, Bulacan. The operation was part of the larger crackdown on private...
MEXICO CITY, Mexico – Mexico's Supreme Court on Monday decriminalized recreational marijuana use for adults, declaring its prohibition under the health law to be unconstitutional, after a legalization bill stalled in Congress. "Today is a historic day for liberties," court president Arturo...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) noted an increase in various violations of health and safety protocols recorded from June 21 to 27. In his report, DILG Secretary Eduardo Año said 51,012 individuals were found to have violated the face mask regulations, 598 mass gathering...
A total of 2,250 individuals are now facing charges for violation of the face mask and physical distancing regulations from June 14 to 20, amid the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said Monday night, June 21....
Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año reported Monday night, June 14 that 2,417 individuals have been charged for violating minimum health standards for the period of June 7 to 13. DILG Secretary Eduardo Año (Photo from DILG) In a briefing with President...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) announced Monday night, May 31, that the national government’s cash aid disbursement for the NCR (National Capital Region)-plus beneficiaries has finally been completed. Secretary Eduardo Año (Photo courtesy of DILG) In the Talk to the...
