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(Eagle News)– A member of an all-male singing group and his companion were arrested early Friday for alleged possession of drugs. Robin Robel of the group Masculados, and Rodel Isaac were nabbed during an Oplan Sita operation. Senior Supt. Alexander Santos, chief of police, said the arrest took place after policemen found two sachets of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride on the artist. The police had approached and frisked the two after finding them on board a vehicle that […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — A 27-year-old woman from the Ivory Coast has been arrested on the Thai island of Phuket after an airport X-ray found more than one kilogram of cocaine in her stomach wrapped in scores of small packets. The woman was stopped by officials late Wednesday night at Phuket’s international airport after landing on a flight from Doha. An X-ray revealed more than 60 small packages in her stomach, filled with 1.2 […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — The United States has asked China to crack down on postal shipments of synthetic opioids, which President Donald Trump says are fueling a US drug-abuse crisis, a State Department official said Wednesday. Because synthetic opioids, such as the highly potent drug fentanyl, are hard to detect in the mail, fighting drug trafficking into the United States has become “a completely different ballgame,” said James Walsh of the State Department’s Bureau […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Aminado ang Quezon City Police District na dumarami na naman ang mga kaso ng robbery hold-up sa kanilang lugar mula nang huminto ang Philippine National Police (PNP) sa kanilang “war on drugs.” Ipinahayag ito ni QCPD District Director, Chief Supt. Guillermo Eleazar, kasabay ng pagprisinta sa media ng mga riding-in-tandem suspect na naaaresto sa kanilang pinaigting na operasyon laban sa krimen. Naobserbahan niyang […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima on Friday asked the Supreme Court to reverse its earlier decision dismissing her petition to nullify the arrest warrant in connection with her drug case. In a 24-page motion, De Lima said the absence of a majority vote in the SC on the nature of the charges against her “is the clearest possible indicator—coming from the Supreme Court itself—that the accusation ‘is blatantly a pure invention’ and ‘a fake […]
(Eagle News) — Actor Cogie Domingo and two others were arrested in an anti-drug operation early Friday. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said their operatives from the intelligence section of region IV-A and the Laguna Provincial Office nabbed Domingo while buying illegal drugs in BF Homes, Parañaque. The PDEA identified the two others who were arrested as Almira Bautista (and not Domingo’s wife as earlier reported) and Francisco Lim. A PDEA report said confiscated from […]
(Eagle News) — The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the dismissal of Iloilo Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog from government service. The anti-graft body, in a 13-page decision dated Aug. 29, dismissed Mabilog, who was named a narcopolitician by President Rodrigo Duterte, for serious dishonesty relative to his unlawful acquisition of wealth. This was after Mabilog failed to explain the almost P9-million increase in his wealth as shown in his 2012 and 2013 Statement of Assets, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump is poised to meet with top advisers and officially declare the opioid crisis in the United States a “national emergency,” he said on Wednesday. “We’re going to have a big meeting on opioids tomorrow,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “We’re going to be doing an important meeting sometime in the very near future on opioids in terms of declaring a national emergency, which gives us power to do […]
by Marlowe Hood Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — People with heart trouble who take blood-thinning medication to avoid strokes may also significantly reduce their risk of dementia, a study published Wednesday said. Researchers found that of 444,106 patients in Sweden who had atrial fibrillation, an abnormal heart condition that can provoke strokes, those taking drugs to prevent blood clots had a 29 percent lower risk of developing dementia. The risk further decreased […]
(Eagle News) — Only President Rodrigo Duterte “had the guts” to address the drug problem. This was the message of Rep. Ace Barbers to people who continue to criticize the administration’s drug war without “giv(ing) the President the benefit of the doubt and looking at the whole picture objectively.” “In the first place, way before the President took office, the drug menace was already spiralling out of control. He alone had the guts to ‘grab […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima said on Wednesday she would appeal the Supreme Court decision that junked her petition questioning the issuance of an arrest order against her. In a handwritten statement sent to reporters on Wednesday, De Lima said her lawyers would file a motion for reconsideration before the High Court. “(We) will continue to appeal to the source of fairness and justice of the Court. There is no other recourse but […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has junked Senator Leila de Lima’s petition questioning the arrest warrant issued against her in connection with her alleged role in the illegal drug trade in the New Bilibid Prison when she was justice secretary. The High Court ruled the petition dismissed with a vote of 9-6 for “lack of merit,” its Public Information Office said in a Twitter post. Those who voted for the dismissal were Associate Justices […]
