Anti Drugs Campaign
2 villages in Antique capital town now 'drug-cleared'
September 26, 2020, 12:06 pm
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – The mayor here is optimistic that their municipality would be declared as drug-cleared before the end of 2020. In an interview Friday, Mayor Elmer Untaran said the Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug Clearing Operation (ROCBDCO) has declared as drug… Read More
Over 500K wellness programs held for drug surrenderers: PDEA
September 25, 2020, 4:06 pm
MANILA – The government has conducted more than 500,000 wellness and recovery programs for drug surrenderers across the country as part of the Duterte administration's move to holistically address the illegal drug problem, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said on Friday. “This is… Read More
‘Great’ measures taken to protect human rights in drug war: DILG
September 24, 2020, 4:37 pm
MANILA – Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año on Thursday assured to continue upholding the protection of human rights during the government’s campaign against illegal drugs. Año said the DILG values the concern shown by the United Nations High… Read More
PDEA, PCOO, media ink pacts for wider anti-drug drive
September 23, 2020, 7:37 pm
MANILA – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO), and two media and events organizations have partnered to bring the government’s anti-drug campaign to a wider audience. PDEA Director General Wilkins Villanueva with lawyer Marvin… Read More
Teacher, 5 others nabbed in Zambo anti-drug ops
September 21, 2020, 7:40 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY--A teacher and five others were arrested in separate anti-drug operations in this southern port city, a police official said Monday.Capt. Edwin Duco, Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9) information officer, identified the teacher as Alelyn Gangoso Guynong, 35, who was arrested along… Read More
PNP chief orders probe into continued drug ops inside prisons
September 21, 2020, 12:37 pm
MANILA – Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Camilo Cascolan has ordered a probe into the alleged continuing illegal drug operations inside prisons. "I have directed PDEG (PNP Drug Enforcement Group) to coordinate closely with PDEA (Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency) and BuCor (Bureau… Read More
Lanao Sur town councilor, 3 others fall in Marawi anti-drug op
September 17, 2020, 8:30 pm
COTABATO CITY – A town councilor in Lanao del Sur, two former municipal council members, and their alleged cohort were arrested by authorities during an anti-drug operation in Marawi City on Thursday.Director Juvenal Azurin of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Bangsamoro Region in… Read More
P136-M shabu seized in Parañaque buy-bust
September 15, 2020, 10:13 am
MANILA – Members of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested two suspects and seized shabu worth PHP136 million in a buy-bust operation in Parañaque City on Monday afternoon. In an advisory, PDEA said the suspects were identified as Mangie Sotolombo, 49, resident 254 St. Mary St.,… Read More
Weeklong anti-drug ops net P39-M shabu worth of shabu: PNP
September 14, 2020, 4:40 pm
MANILA – A series of anti-illegal drug operations conducted by the different police operatives last week resulted in the confiscation of around PHP39 million worth of shabu, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Camilo Pancratius Cascolan said on Monday In a press briefing at Camp Crame,… Read More
PDEA, DDB, FDA sign agreement regulating sale of controlled drugs
September 10, 2020, 10:17 am
MANILA – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have joined forces in regulating and monitoring the sale and dispensing of controlled drugs and substances. PDEA Director General Wilkins M. Villanueva, DDB Chairperson… Read More
19.8K villages now drug-cleared: PDEA
September 5, 2020, 1:42 pm
MANILA – More than 19,000 barangays across the country have already been cleared of illegal drugs since the start of the Duterte administration's crackdown on illegal drugs in 2016, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) reported on Friday. Based on a PDEA infographic, at least 19,876 out… Read More
House panel approves creation of anti-drug abuse councils
September 5, 2020, 10:05 am
MANILA – A committee at the House of Representatives on Friday approved a measure creating anti-drug abuse councils (ADACs) in all provinces, cities, municipalities, and barangays across the country. The House Committee on Dangerous Drugs, chaired by Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers,… Read More
16 NCRPO cops, employee test positive for illegal drugs
September 3, 2020, 12:49 pm
MANILA – Sixteen cops assigned at the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) and an employee tested positive for illegal drug use, NCRPO chief Maj. Gen. Debold Sinas said on Thursday. He said the random drug testing has been done to weed out drug-using police officers within their ranks.… Read More
49 Zambo Peninsula villages declared drug-cleared
August 29, 2020, 4:38 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Regional Oversight Committee (ROC) on Barangay Drug Clearing Program in Region 9 (Zamboanga Peninsula) has declared 49 barangays as drug-cleared villages.The oversight committee is Emerson Margate, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) regional head.In a statement… Read More
Drug suspect killed; 7 nabbed in Bacolod buy-bust
August 28, 2020, 2:24 pm
BACOLOD CITY – A drug personality died in a shootout with operatives of Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) while his seven companions were arrested during a buy-bust in a house at Purok Florenceville, Barangay Pahanocoy on Thursday night. The fatality was identified as Jose Paterio Tolete, 42, of… Read More
15 Zambo Sur villages declared drug-free
August 26, 2020, 8:29 pm
PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has declared 15 barangays in six of the 26 towns and one component city in the province as drug-free villages.The declaration was made during the Regional Oversight Committee in Barangay Drug-Clearing Program… Read More
Zambo anti-drug ops net 3 suspects
August 22, 2020, 7:50 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Law enforcers arrested a “priority person of interest” and two others in separate anti-drug operations here in the region, officials said Saturday.The officials identified the suspects as Ricardo Uy Jr., 54; his live-in partner, Princess Jerlen Guieb, 22; and Domingo Andale,… Read More
No more big drug labs in PH: PDEA
August 21, 2020, 2:02 pm
MANILA – The supply of illegal drugs in the Philippines is primarily coming from abroad as there are no longer huge drug laboratories in the country, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said on Friday after leading the biggest destruction of confiscated illegal drugs worth PHP13… Read More
Cops raid shabu lab in Subic
August 21, 2020, 11:17 am
SUBIC, Zambales – Authorities raided a warehouse allegedly being used as a shabu laboratory here under a search warrant on Thursday afternoon. Col. Ponce Rogelio Peñones, Zambales provincial director, said the shabu laboratory in Barangay Cawag was reportedly operated by certain Mark Rae Lapid… Read More
P2-M shabu seized from 2 drug suspects in Lanao del Sur
August 20, 2020, 12:51 pm
COTABATO CITY – Anti-narcotics operatives seized PHP2-million worth of suspected shabu from two drug suspects during a sting operation in Balindong, Lanao del Sur on Wednesday afternoon. Director Juvenal Azurin of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Bangsamoro Region in Muslim Mindanao… Read More
