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(Eagle News) — Mula sa isang libong piso kada gramo, umakyat na raw ulit sa dalawa hanggang tatlong libong piso kada gramo ang bentahan ngayon ng iligal na droga sa Metro Manila at iba pang bahagi ng bansa. Ito ang lumabas sa panibagong test buy na isinagawa ng Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency. Nitong mga nakalipas na buwan, bumagsak ang presyo ng shabu dahil umano sa nakapuslit na bilyong pisong halaga ng iligal na droga sa […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Richard Gordon on Monday, Dec. 3, said no charges would be recommended against former Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña in connection with the entry of shabu in the country allegedly via magnetic lifters. According to Gordon, the blue ribbon committee which he chairs, however, would recommend charges against sacked Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Deputy Director Ismael Fajardo and dismissed Senior Supt. Eduardo Acierto. “Lack of commitment to the job, that makes the criminal […]
(Eagle News) — Sinalakay ng pinagsanib na pwersa ng mga operatiba ng Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) at National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) Regional Drug Enforcement Unit ang isang bahay na ginagawang drug den sa Rodriguez compound sa Tramo Rosario, Pasig City, Martes ng gabi, Nobyembre 13. Pagpasok ng bahay ng operatiba inabutan ang katakut-takot na bulto ng shabu. Agad naaresto ang may-ari ng drug den na si Deogracias Banares Jr., alyas Junior at […]
(Eagle News)–The National Bureau of Investigation has filed graft raps against former Customs chief Isidro Lapeña. Also charged with violation of Section 3, Paragraph (e) of Republic Act No. 3019, or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, over the disappearance of 105 containers of ceramic tiles from the Bureau of Customs this year was another who has not been identified. The containers had been under an “alert order” and had been prevented from being released. Eighty five […]
(Eagle News)—-Fifty one percent of Filipinos support a mandatory drug testing for Grade 4 students and older, a Social Weather Stations survey said. According to the Third Quarter 2018 Social Weather Survey fielded from September 15 to 23, of the 51% who agreed, 31% strongly agree and 20% somewhat agree. Thirty six percent disagreed (24% strongly disagree, 12% somewhat disagree), and 13% are undecided about the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency proposal, the survey said. According […]
(Eagle News) – Bureau of Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña has backtracked on his earlier statement on there was no shabu inside four magnetic lifters found in Cavite, and now admits that these may have indeed contained shabu. This was after hearing various testimonies at the House of Representatives, including that of a Department of Public Works and Highways official on Wednesday, Oct. 24. “With the continuing investigation and yung mga lumalabas na mga circumstantial evidences, […]
(Eagle News) — Before he left for Indonesia, President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, October 10, visited the wake of five Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agents who were killed in an ambush in Lanao del Sur. The President personally condoled with the family of the fallen PDEA agents and assured that justice will be served. The five PDEA agents who were ambushed were identified as IA 1 Vencio Ardepolla, IO 1 Laurice Joy Amar, […]
(Eagle News) — A report which President Rodrigo Duterte ordered declassified implicated current and former officials of the Philippine National Police, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and the Bureau of Customs to the illegal drug trade. Among those linked to drug-related activities were former PDEA deputy director general for administration Ismael Fajardo Jr., former head of the PNP’s now-defunct Anti-Illegal Drugs Group ex-Sr. Supt. Eduardo Acierto, and Bureau of Customs intelligence officer Jimmy Guban. According to the report, Fajardo, who was fired by PDEA […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has filed criminal charges against ten individuals allegedly behind the ambush of five Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency agents in Lanao del Sur. PNP Chief Oscar Albayalde did not identify the suspects in a radio interview on Wednesday, Oct. 10, but said they were members of a drug trafficking group. Albayalde said the PDEA had conducted a successful anti-drug campaign in the area. “Mukhang retaliation po yung nangyari,” Albayalde […]
(Eagle News) — Five agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency were killed in an ambush in Lanao del Sur on Friday, October 5. Authorities said Kenneth Tabulo, Lores Joy Amar, Kristine Mae Torlao, Binzo Dipolla and Diobel Pacinio were killed after the van they were in was fired at as it was on its way to Marawi. Injured in the incident were Rachel Gentapanan, a PDEA agent, and Normina Dicay of the Tagoloan Municipal Police Station. […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Aug. 21, lamented the alleged involvement of policemen and Philippine Drug Enforcement personnel in Cebu in illegal drug activities, as he reiterated his commitment to put a stop to the drug menace. “The Cebu police are all addicts, even your officials and your PDEA. Imbes na mataas na ang rango ng p***** ina niya, he’s the distributor [of illegal drugs],” he said in a speech before local chief executives […]
(Eagle News) — Nasabat ng mga tauhan ng Bureau of Customs (BOC) ang halos 500 kilo ng hinihinalang shabu sa Port of Manila matapos makatanggap ng tip mula sa Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) at Philippine National Police (PNP). Ayon sa PDEA, ang nasabat na kontrabando ay nagkakalahaga ng halos 3.4 bilyong piso. Dumating ang shipment noong June 28, lulaln ng isang container van na galing sa Malaysia. Naka-consign ito sa Vecaba Trading International na […]
