350k worth of shabu seized in Brgy. Suba drug den

Morexette Marie Erram 04/04/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Anti-narcotics agents in Central Visayas destroyed yet another drug den here on Monday, April 3, leading to the arrest of four suspects and the confiscation of illegal drugs worth P350,000. The Philippine Drug…

Suspected drug pusher, who also sells illegal drugs to tourists, nabbed in Bohol

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/22/2023

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…

Caohagan declared drug-free barangay, the first in Lapu-Lapu City

Futch Anthony Inso 03/17/2023

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…

Informant tells House panel: 30%-70% of seized ‘shabu’ return to streets

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - Reporter / @GabrielLaluINQ 03/14/2023

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…

PDEA: Some tipsters prefer drugs as reward, not money

Julie Aurelio 02/22/2023

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…

Remulla wishes son ‘further redemption’ after acquittal in drug possession case

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 01/08/2023

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…

PDEA district chief, 2 other agents nabbed; P9.1M worth of shabu seized in Taguig drug sting

Daphne Galvez 12/07/2022

  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…

3 medium sachets of shabu seized from 2 suspects in Mandaue bust

Mary Rose S. Sagarino 11/08/2022

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,…

Weakness at the top

Manuel L. Quezon III - @inquirerdotnet 10/19/2022

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…

Testing the strength of our institutions

Randy David - @inquirerdotnet 10/16/2022

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…

Remulla son won’t be tested for drugs; ‘not material’ to case

Dexter Cabalza 10/16/2022

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.…

CLOSAP holds Anti-Drug Summit to boost war vs illegal drugs

Futch Anthony Inso 10/06/2022

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…

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