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(Eagle News) — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Tuesday, June 5, seized P74.8 million worth of illegal drugs in Paranaque City and Cavite province. The 11 kilos of methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) were confiscated in two separate “controlled delivered operations” in Barangay San Martin De Porres in Parañaque and in San Nicolas in Bacoor, Cavite. The anti-drug operations were launched following a Bureau of Customs tip that there were suspicious packages brought to the […]
(Eagle News) — Criminal and administrative charges will be filed against the Special Action Force member who was caught in a pot session in Taguig on Saturday, June 2. National Capital Regional Police Office head Chief Supt. Guillermo Eleazar said in a radio interview on Sunday, June 3, that to be charged was P03 Lyn Tubig, who already faces administrative charges for being absent without leave. Tubig was caught in the session after police, in […]
(Eagle News) — Arestado sa isinagawang buy bust operation ang dalawang naka-absent without leave (AWOL) na pulis sa Rodriguez, Rizal matapos masangkot sa umano’y bentahan ng iligal na droga. Kinilala ang dalawang suspek na sina PO2 Benjo Sionilo at si PO1 Ivan Henrick Tavas na kapuwa huling naitalaga sa Rizal Police Provincial Office. Iprinisinta ang dalawa kay Philippine National Police Calabarzon Director PolChiefSupt. Guillermo Eleazar sa Camp Vicente Lim sa Calamba City. Pasado alas dies […]
(Eagle News) The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Tuesday, May 22, turned over two shipments of methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) and party drug “ecstasy” to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). The two drug shipments allegedly came from California, United States. They were seized last month at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). One of the drug shipments was discovered on April 23 inside a pillow. The pillow contained 344.50 grams of drugs addressed to a […]
(Eagle News)–Over 70 barangay officials will be charged before the Office of the Ombudsman next week. Interior Undersecretary for Barangay Affairs Martin Diño said in a radio interview that these barangay chairs would face administrative complaints for their failure to submit a Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Council report. “Nasa batas yan limang taon na ang nakalilipas, dapat ginawa na nila yan,” Diño said. He said a list of barangay officials who did not organize the council […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte warned barangay officials who are still engaged in the illegal drug trade that he would not have any middle ground in dealing with criminals. “Basta ako dito sa drugs, zero tolerance ako. There is no middle ground here. Hindi ako maglalaro sa droga. I do not talk to criminals,” Duterte said in answer to reporters’ questions on barangay officials involved in drugs, shortly after his arrival Friday morning, […]
(Eagle News) — Isang hinihinalang shabu laboratory ang nadiskubre ng Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) sa Dela Cruz Street, Baranagay Tenejeros sa Malabon nitong Biyernes, Abril 13. Arestado naman ang dalawang katao na kinilalang sina John Ming Shen at ang kaniyang driver na si Lauro Santiago. Ayon sa otoridad, ang nasabing shabu lab ay hinihinalang konektado sa isa pang shabu laboratory na sinalakay din ng PDEA sa Batangas nitong Huwebes, Abril 12, kung saan limang Pilipino […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang said that “some human rights groups” may have become “tools of drug lords” in trying to stop the Philippine government’s campaign against illegal drugs and criminality. Presidential Spokesperson gave this warning in a statement as he noted that the “attacks against the President’s war on drugs have been vicious and non-stop.” “We therefore do not discount the possibility that some human rights groups have become unwitting tools of drug lords to […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday renewed his warning against local chief executives who he said were still involved in the illegal drug trade. “Yong mga mayors na sumobra talaga…Huwag kayong magkumpiyansa sa iyang ginagawa ninyo. Do not feel so invulnerable, na pati yong mga pulis ninyo pinapatay ninyo,” Duterte said in a speech during his visit at the Edwin Andrews Air Base (EAAB) Grandstand in Sta. Maria, Zamboanga City. According to President […]
(Eagle News) — Foreign Affairs secretary Alan Peter Cayetano told the 37th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday, February 27, that the Philippines was ready to have its human rights records scrutinized. But Cayetano also called on the UN council to also hear the side of the Philippine government and to not just listen to “critics who have politicized and even weaponized the issue.” He also appealed to the Council […]
(Eagle News) – The lawyer of controversial drug dealer Kerwin Espinosa was shot dead on Monday, February 19, in an ambush after attending a hearing for his client in Cebu City in one of the busiest sections of the city Lawyer Jan Ungab was declared dead at around 2 p.m. after two unidentified gunman staged an ambush, shooting him twice in the head while he was inside his car just before noon. Ungab, who […]
(Eagel News) — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) reported on Wednesday that over 5,000 barangays in the country have already been declared drug-free under the administration’s anti-drug campaign since July 1, 2016 up to February 8, 2018. PDEA Spokesperson Derrick Carreon said in a press briefing that the 5,327 barangays were out of the 24, 137 drug-affected barangays which represent 57.42% of the 42,036 barangays nationwide. According to Carreon, this was the result of […]
