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…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Law enforcers will continue the war on illegal drugs as this is part of the four flagship programs of the Philippine National Police, together with campaigns against illegal gambling, loose firearms, and wanted persons.…
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Some 122 former drug dependents in Lapu-Lapu City have already completed their six months Community-Based Drug Rehabilitation Program (CBDRP) for this year. The self-confessed drug users came from five barangays namely: Bangkal with…
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City Government will give P50,000 in cash incentives each to the Lapu-Lapu City Police Office (LCPO) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) due to the two agencies’ successful anti-drug abuse…
MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Barangay Tawason here has received its P500,000 incentive from the city government on Tuesday, February 15, 2022, for being declared a drug-cleared barangay. Tawason was declared drug cleared by the Regional Oversight Committee…
MANILA, Philippines — To put to rest speculations brought by President Duterte’s claims of a cocaine-hitting presidential aspirant, former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Tuesday claimed he has undergone a cocaine test, and had tested negative.…
