Drug-free Philippines almost impossible now—Sotto

Darryl John Esguerra 10/08/2019

MANILA, Philippines—Senate President Vicente Sotto III said Tuesday the Philippines should aspire to become a “drug-resistant” nation because being a “drug-free” country is almost impossible now given the severity of the drug menace. Sotto said government has…

Panelo backtracks, confirms Palace memo suspending deals with nations backing probe on drug war deaths

Darryl John Esguerra - INQUIRER.net 09/23/2019

MANILA, Philippines—Malacañang on Monday confirmed the existence of a confidential memorandum terminating all financial assistance from the 18 countries that voted to approve a United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution calling for an investigation on the…

PDEA-7 chief: More drug clearing operations in barangays

Alven Marie A. Timtim 08/27/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) is tapping the help of the barangays as they intensify their campaign against illegal drugs in these areas. PDEA-7 Director Wardley Getalla said that…

P3 million illegal drugs in 3 drug raids in Metro Cebu

Benjie Talisic 07/13/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Close to P3 million worth of illegal drugs were seized by the Drug Enforcement Units of two police stations in three separate buy-and-bust operations in Metro Cebuate late night of July 12 and early morning…

PUJ conductor caught with P600K shabu in Kamputhaw operation

Benjie B. Talisic 06/14/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — With his common law wife pregnant, a 23-year-old jeepney conductor turned to selling illegal drugs to earn more money for when his partner would give birth. Neil Canatan succeeded twice in earning P3,000…

Pampi assures local meat products safe; FDA told: Be specific on recall orders

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/31/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Philippine Association of Meat Processors Inc. (PAMPI) assured the consumers that locally-produced processed meat are safe from consumption and does not contain meat from African Swine Fever (ASF) infected countries. In a…

Pardo cops raid suspected Inayawan drug den, seize P3.4M shabu

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/30/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A raid on a suspected drug den in Barangay Inayawan, Cebu City yielded P3.4 million of suspected shabu and led to the arrest of a suspected high level drug pusher. Police Major Regino…

Three multicab drivers test positive in surprise drug test in Talisay City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/16/2019

TALISAY CITY, Cebu, Philippines — Three multicab drivers tested positive in the early morning surprise drug tests of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) in various taxi terminals in Talisay City. PDEA-7 spokesperson, Leia…

‘Drug den’ raid in Talisay nets 8 persons, yields P81K shabu

Benjie B. Talisic 04/25/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A public’s vigilance about strangers visiting a shanty has led to a successful raid on a shanty in Talisay City, which turned out to be a suspected drug den. This also led to…

179 CSBT drivers, conductors drug-free

Gerard Vincent Franciso and Benjie Talisic 04/15/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines –No one from among the 179 bus drivers and conductors at the Cebu South Bus Terminal (CSBT) tested positive for illegal drugs use. This was the outcome of the surprise drug testing organized by…

Drug suspect behind Christine’s murder – Radaza

Doris C. Bongcac 04/10/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Police now has custody of a drug suspect who “confessed” to having killed Christine Lee Silawan. Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Paz Radaza said the suspect admitted to the killing the church collector after he…

7 arrested in Talisay drug den

Benjie B. Talisic, Morexette Marie B. Erram, Zena V. Magto 04/09/2019

  CEBU CITY, Philippines – Seven men were arrested with 10 packs of shabu in a buy-bust operation in a drug den in Barangay San Isidro, Talisay City on Monday afternoon. Arrested were Jonathan Pantonial, Nestor Cabusas,…

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