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Zurich, Switzerland | AFP | Two children who received Zolgensma, a gene therapy produced by Swiss drugmaker Novartis to treat spinal muscular atrophy, have died from liver failure, the company said Friday. Health authorities in Russia and Kazakhstan, where the deaths occurred, have been notified along with those in all countries where the treatment is used, Novartis said in an e-mailed statement. The children died five to six weeks after receiving infusions of Zolgensma and […]
by Maria DANILOVA Agence France Presse Makayla Cox, a high school student in the US state of Virginia, thought she was taking medication that her friend had procured to treat pain and anxiety. Instead, the pill she took two weeks after her sixteenth birthday was fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 times more potent than heroin. It killed her almost instantly. After watching a movie — a prequel to “Harry Potter” — with her mother Shannon […]
(Eagle News)–A husband and wife from Negros Oriental were arrested in a buy-bust operation on Wednesday, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, also seized from Jomy Dela Cruz Consular, 42, and Leosella Cuenca Consular, were more or less 170 grams of shabu worth P1,156,000, one tricycle, drug paraphernalia, among others. The operation took place at 3:30 pm in Barangay Camugao, Negros Occidental. No additional details were provided on the operation. “Our continuing […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities seized over P1 million worth of shabu in a buy-bust operation in Iloilo City, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, also arrested in the operation in Jaroo on Tuesday, July 12, were Gian Paolo Riosa,39, and Sachiko Nakata, 33. The PNP identified Riosa as a “high-value individual for illegal drugs.” The PNP said 25 sachets of shabu worth P1,156,000 were seized during the operation. “They have been monitored […]
(Eagle News) — Over P400,000 worth of shabu were seized in a buy-bust operation in Cebu City, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, also arrested in the operation in Barangay Labangon on Monday, July 11, were Romenor Piañar Villamor alias Meno, and Charisse Kristine Madrid, 26. The PNP said the 13 sachets of shabu with an estimated standard drug price of P442,000 were recovered from the suspects themselves. “Police units will continue […]
SINGAPORE (AFP) — A Malaysian drug trafficker is due to be hanged in Singapore next week, campaigners said Friday, two months after the execution of a mentally disabled man in the city-state sparked outrage. Kalwant Singh, who was convicted in 2016 of trafficking heroin into the city-state, is scheduled to be executed on Thursday, Singapore-based activists and advocacy group Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network said. Singapore has faced mounting calls to abolish the death penalty, […]
(Eagle News)–A drug suspect died in an armed encounter with authorities in Cebu City early Saturday, June 18, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, the “cohort” of Mark Ronald Matig-a identified as June Tunacao, meanwhile, managed to elude arrest following the encounter during the buy-bust operation inside the Chinese Cemetery in Barangay Careta. Seized during the operation were more or less 3 kilograms of suspected shabu with an estimated value of P20,400,000, […]
(Eagle News) — Over P2 million worth of illegal drugs were seized in two separate buy-bust operations in Cebu over the weekend. According to the Philippine National Police, also arrested in the operations in Barangay San Roque, Talisay City and Barangay Sambag II in Cebu City, respectively, were Jerome Pacada Casul 36, and Jenelyn P. Alcuizar, 32. The PNP said confiscated from Casul were 38 transparent plastic sachets containing 200 grams of shabu, with an […]
(Eagle News)–Over P1 million worth of shabu were seized in a buy-bust operation in Cavite, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, also nabbed during the operation in Barangay Datu Esmael in Dasmariñas were Samsia Dicampong, Sarabanon Untong, Asimah Untong, and Suwaib Mohammad. The PNP said the eight sachets containing 170 grams of the illegal drugs were confiscated from the suspects. The drugs have an estimated street value of P1,156,000, according to the […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities seized P5.1 million worth of shabu concealed in toy drums on Thursday, June 2, the Bureau of Customs said. According to the bureau, also arrested in the anti-illegal drugs interdiction operation were the package consignee, a resident of Cainta, Rizal, and his “cohort,” a resident of San Juan City. The bureau said the two had attempted to claim the package–which had been declared as “Bateria, Musical, Dulces” and arrived on May […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) – A record one billion methamphetamine pills were seized in East and Southeast Asia last year, the UN said Monday, as crime gangs exploited the Covid-19 pandemic and instability in coup-hit Myanmar to boost their activities. Southeast Asia’s so-called Golden Triangle has long been an infamous hotspot for drug trafficking, with Myanmar, Laos and Thailand’s porous borders and lax local policing allowing illegal substances to slip across. The UN Office on […]
(Eagle News) — Over P7 million worth of illegal drugs were seized in a recent controlled delivery operation in Malolos, Bulacan, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, also arrested was Jonas Faustino, 24, who tried to receive the shipment through Philpost in Pasay City. The shabu had been shipped via Tanaporn of Ban, Nong Phaya Chonthabouly, Vientiane, Laos, the PNP said. Based on the current standard price, the PNP said the shabu […]
