Former Medellin mayor subjected to greyhound while on hospital arrest, ‘contraband’ found

Benjie B. Talisic and Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/20/2019

  CEBU CITY, Philippines – Several contraband items were found in the hospital room of former Medellin mayor and now town councilor Ricardo Ramirez inside a privately-owned hospital in Bogo City in northern Cebu where he has been…

PDEA intensifies drive vs drugs at ports, bus terminals, airports

Norman V. Mendoza 10/31/2018

AGENTS of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) conducted a site inspection at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport on Wednesday as part of the agency’s heightened watch against illegal drugs that might be transported through…

Politicians on ‘narcolist’ down to 85 — PDEA

Inquirer.net 10/14/2018

The number of “narcopoliticians” has been trimmed down to 85 after the arrest and death of 8 others, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said. According to PDEA Director General Aaron Aquino, the 85 “narcopoliticians” were included in…

New PDEA-7 director going after high-value targets

Benjie Talisic 10/14/2017

WAR VS DRUGS PHILIPPINE Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA-7) officer-in-charge Ana Lynn Hernandez-Nob revealed that they are targeting high-value drug personalities after receiving an order from the newly appointed PDEA-7 Director Emerson Margate. Margate is out of the…

Palace blasts Amnesty International; vows PDEA to continue war on drugs

Inquirer.net 10/14/2017

The assignment of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) to be the key implementer of the government’s war on drugs would continue despite being “vilified” by a human-rights group, a Palace official said Saturday. Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto…

Couple, two others nabbed in Toledo City drug operations

Rene F. Alima 10/12/2017

  Four suspected drug peddlers were arrested in separate anti-drug operations in Toledo City on Wednesday evening. Couple Sammy and Rosanna Bagahansol were apprehended in their home in Barangay Poblacion. The couple yielded five sachets of shabu…

PDEA-7 monitors five clubs in Cebu City, Mandaue for illegal drug trade

Winston P. Ensomo 08/17/2017

THREE bars in Cebu City and two in Mandaue City are being monitored by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency- Central Visayas after their owners reported possible illegal drug trade in their establishments, PDEA-7 director Yogi Felimon Ruiz…

Suspected drug pusher killed in shootout

Benjie B. Talisic 08/09/2017

  A SUSPECTED drug peddler was killed in a shootout with the agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency – Central Visayas (PDEA-7) in Cebu City on Wednesday afternoon. Frederick Villamala, a resident of Barangay Sambag 2,…

Job order employee nabbed in drug bust

Winston Ensomo 08/05/2017

A JOB order employee of the Consolacion municipal hall was caught in a drug bust in Consolacion, northern Cebu last Friday evening. Aldren Torrefiel who is employed under the municipal hall’s General Services Office, tried to escape…

PDEA nabs 5 drug suspects in buy-bust

Nestle L. Semilla 05/26/2017

Five drug suspects were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Alaska Mambaling Proper, Barangay Mambaling, Cebu City early morning on Friday. Agents from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA 7) successfully transacted five grams…

OPERATION: SMUGGLE

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/27/2017

Cebu City Jail inmates  smuggle contraband through  Operation Second Chance Center, an adjacent rehabilitation facility for youth offenders If there’s a will, there’s a way. Cebu City Jail inmates have found a clever way to sneak in…

Barangay captains told: Support drug war

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 03/30/2017

THERE appears to be no gray area as far as the administration’s anti-drug campaign is concerned vis-à-vis the support for it expected from barangay captains. According to Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Isidro Lapeña, barangay…

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