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CEBU CITY, Philippines—The anti-narcotics agency here arrested in Panglao, Bohol an alleged drug pusher, who is also accused of selling the contraband to tourists, both local and foreign ones. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas…
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — A Drug-Free Barangay marker was unveiled on Friday at Barangay Caohagan, Lapu-Lapu City. The unveiling was done by the Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug-Clearing Program. Coahagan is an islet barangay of Olango…
MANILA, Philippines — Around 30 percent to 70 percent of “shabu” or crystal meth that authorities had seized during anti-drug operations go back to the streets, an informant told the House committee on dangerous drugs according to…
Some informants of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) prefer to be rewarded in kind—specifically a cut of the illegal drugs that were seized based on their tip—instead of in cash, PDEA Director General Virgilio Moro Lazo…
MANILA, Philippines — Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla wishes his son, Juanito Remulla III, “further redemption” in the future after being acquitted for drug possession by a Las Piñas court. Remulla in an ambush interview on Friday…
MANILA, Philippines — A district office chief of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and two other agents have been arrested in a buy-bust operation in Taguig City. In a police report on Wednesday, the National…
MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Three medium sachets of suspected shabu and drug paraphernalia were confiscated from two suspects during a drug bust operation in Barangay Centro in Mandaue City on Monday, November 7, 2022. However, Arnel Pura,…
Historian Mina Roces in 2001 defined “palakasan” as “a system wherein those in power compete with each other in obtaining special privileges and exemptions from regulations and bending the rules of law for their kinship group.” It…
A country’s institutions are strong when they are able to maintain their autonomy against pressures that seek to alter their standard operating procedures in order to accommodate the interests of powerful actors. The key word here is…
The son of Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla will not be subjected to a drug test, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said on Saturday, even as it maintained that he would be accorded no special treatment.…
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City Government through its anti-drug office initiated an Anti-Drug Summit in Panglao Island, Bohol. The activity which was supervised by the City of Lapu-Lapu Office for Substance Abuse Prevention (CLOSAP), started…
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines- Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan turned over on Monday, August 8, 2022, the cheque worth P50,000 to Barangay Caw-oy as cash incentive. This was after the barangay was declared as drug-cleared barangay by…
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