Tag: anti-illegal drug operations

PNP’s “Tokhangers” to wear body cams starting June

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa said that police officers who will join drug operations or the so called “Tokhangers” will wear body cameras starting June. Dela Rosa said that the agency had set aside Php 334 million for the procurement of body cameras which would be used by members of the PNP in their anti-illegal drugs operations. The body cameras would promote transparency in police […]

NBI, tutulong na rin ulit sa PDEA sa war on drugs

(Eagle News) – Muling tutulong ang National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) sa mga anti-illegal drug operations ng Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). Ayon kay Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre, naglabas na siya ng Department Order upang atasan ang NBI na ipagpatuloy na ang kanilang mga anti-illegal drug operations. Ginawa ito ng kalihim isang araw matapos ibalik naman ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang Philippine National Police (PNP) at iba pang mga law enforcement agencies sa kampanya kontra […]

Malacañang to issue memorandum order on return of anti-illegal drug operations to PNP

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malacañang is set to issue a memorandum-order that will return the anti-illegal drug operations to the Philippine National Police. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said that Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea will issue the memorandum-order. President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, November 22, said that the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency’s personnel are not enough to fight the illegal drugs machinery,. “Whether I like it or not, I have to return that power […]

DepEd, tiniyak na may confidentiality ang gagawing random drug-test para sa mga estudyante

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – Tiniyak ni Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Briones sa mga mambabatas na hindi magagamit sa pagsasampa ng kaso laban sa mga menor de edad ang gagawing random drug-testing sa mga mag-aaral sa pampuliko at pribadong paaralan. Ayon sa kalihim, ang gagawing random drug test ay upang malaman kung gaano na katindi ang problema sa droga sa mga paaralan at magawan ito ng agarang solusyon. Nilinaw ni Briones na ang […]

Ex-Davao City Police Director, itinalagang unang hepe ng National Anti-Illegal Drug Task Force

DAVAO City (Eagle News) — Inilagay ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte si Police Senior Superintendent Vicente Danao Jr., dating Director ng Davao City Police Office (DCPO), bilang Commander ng National Anti-Illegal Drug Task Force sa ilalim ng bagong nalikhang Inter-Agency Committee on Illegal Drugs (ICAD). Naging opisyal ang pagkaka-appoint sa kanya pagkatapos na mailabas ang kanyang appointment papers nitong nakaraang Miyerkules, Mayo 17, 2017. Pangunahing naka-atas sa Task Force ang “sustained anti-illegal drug operations” o ang […]

More than 22, 000 arrested in gov’t’s anti-illegal drug operations

QUEZON City, Philippines – More than 22,000 men were arrested in the government’s anti-illegal drug campaign. In the report made by Police Chief Supt. Augusto Marquez of the Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management of the Philippine National Police, he said 2,066 were killed in the operations, 1,375 of which were due to legitimate police operations where the suspects resisted arrest and fought with the police. All in all, 22,474 were arrested by the police […]