Breaking News, Latest Philippines Headlines, World, Entertainment, Politics, Weather & Video News
(Eagle News) — Authorities seized P68 million worth of shabu in a buy-bust operation in Cavite on Monday, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, also arrested during the operation in Town and Country Homes Subd., Dasmariñas City was Michael Lucas, 35. Apart from the 10 kilograms of shabu seized from him, the PNP said it also seized three digital weighing scales and IDs. According to the PNP, Lucas is a member of […]
(Eagle News) — A convicted drug trafficker died after authorities were forced to retaliate when he attacked a prison official during search operations in a Bureau of Corrections facility in Zamboanga on Wednesday, Feb. 3. The Philippine National Police said Ronald Apariso Natividad, 48, was shot by police officers who responded to the call for help from BuCor Inspector Ave Akilit. Akilit was at that time among those conducting simultaneous Oplan Galugad operations inside Dorms […]
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) — The African Union has secured an additional 400 million doses of coronavirus vaccines for its members, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said Thursday. This comes on top of an earlier announcement by the AU that it had secured 270 million vaccine doses. Most African countries have not begun vaccinating their populations, lacking the financial means to purchase the drugs which have largely been scooped up […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Malaysia’s coastguard has made its largest ever seizure of methamphetamine, a top official said on Sunday, seizing 2.12 tonnes of the drug disguised as tea in a shipment believed to have come from Myanmar. Coastguard chief Zubil Mat Som said the drugs found on a boat in northern Penang state were worth around 105.9 ringgit ($26.2 million). A local suspected trafficker was arrested. “It is the coastguard’s record-breaking seizure […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte emphasized his administration’s war against drugs as he recently led the destruction of P7.51-billion worth of confiscated illegal drugs, and vowed to spend the remaining year of his term battling illegal drugs. Duterte, who was elected in 2016 by a popular vote, had made it his campaign promise to fight crime, corruption and illegal drugs. In his campaign, he claimed that he could eradicate illegal drugs in six […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said that the number of Filipinos using illegal drugs has significantly decreased during his administration. In his recent address to the nation, the President reported that based on the figures from the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB), there were about 1.67 million who are currently still hooked onto illegal drugs. He said that around two out of 100 Filipinos are still using drugs. Duterte said that this is significantly […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — The maker of anti-influenza drug Avigan said Wednesday it will apply for the medication to be approved for treating coronavirus patients after trials showed it can shorten recovery time. In a statement, manufacturer Fujifilm Toyama Chemical said its phase III trial in Japan, which began in March, was now complete. Of 156 individuals described as “analysis targets”, the median recovery time was 11.9 days in those receiving Avigan compared with 14.7 […]
(Eagle News) — Police have seized suspected illegal drugs worth P137.7 million in separate drug operations on Wednesday, Aug. 19. A consolidated report to PNP Chief Archie Gamboa said around P136 million worth of shabu–or 20 kilograms–was seized from three people–identified as Joel Narido, Maria Teresa Concil, and Ronald Solomon—in a buy-bust operation of the PNP Drug Enforcement Unit in Maybunga, Pasig City. The shabu was contained in a Chinese tea bag. In Northern Luzon, […]
Vienna, Austria (AFP) — The new coronavirus pandemic could hit drug markets just as the 2008 economic crisis did, exacerbating the risks for users, the UN drugs and crime agency warned Thursday. In its 2020 World Drug Report, the agency predicted an overall increase in drug use due to the pandemic, with a shift towards consuming cheaper products and injecting them, which carries greater risks. Countries were also likely to reduce drug-related budgets, it warned. […]
by Dmitry ZAKS with Patrick GALEY in Paris Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The steroid dexamethasone was shown Tuesday to be the first drug to significantly reduce the risk of death among severe COVID-19 cases, in trial results hailed as a “major breakthrough” in the fight against the disease. Researchers led by a team from the University of Oxford administered the widely available drug to more than 2,000 severely ill COVID-19 patients. Among […]
(Eagle News)–Wilkins Villanueva is the new director-general of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency. PDEA spokesperson Derrick Carreon said this was after Aaron Aquino was “relieved” to assume another post “but we are not at liberty to disclose further details.” Aquino served as PDEA chief for almost two years. Villanueva’s appointment paper was signed by President Rodrigo Duterte and was dated May 22. In a statement, Villanueva, who was head of PDEA Northern Mindanao prior to […]
(Eagle News)–The National Capital Region Police Office has ordered the relief of its entire drug enforcement unit. The relief announced in a statement on Wednesday, April 29, came after one of the unit’s personnel, Patrolman Orlando Perez, was caught in the act of using a motorcycle that was seized as evidence during an anti-drug operation in Marikina City last April 5. Perez reportedly did not declare the same as evidence and instead took it home […]
