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QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Region I on Sunday destroyed seven marijuana plantations in the boundary of Ilocos Sur and Benguet province. The destruction of almost Php 6 million worth of marijuana was part of the anti-drug agency’s two-day operation. Authorities have said that the mountains of Benguet continue to be a major source of marijuana in Region I.
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said the administration of the drug war would be back in the hands of the Philippine National Police if the illegal drugs proliferated again in the market. “Sabi ko, o sige (the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency) nalang. Pag magtaas nanaman, balik nanaman ang pulis. Alangan namang pabayaan ko bayan ko,” he told members of the Filipino community in Vietnam. He noted that Filipinos “never realized” the country was […]
(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 Department of Justice (DOJ) has junked former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon’s motion to dismiss the complaints filed against him in connection with the P6.4-billion drug shipment that slipped through the country via Customs express lanes in May. In junking Faeldon’s motion, the DOJ investigating panel said it “finds no cogent reason to deviate from (the) earlier position of the Department that it has jurisdiction to conduct preliminary investigation over drug cases involving […]
(Eagle News) — Former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon received a P107-million “pasalubong” when he took the helm of the Customs bureau, seven million more than the amount Senator Panfilo Lacson revealed he received from Customs players. In a television interview on Tuesday, Lacson said this was the confirmation given to him by “no less than” Isidro Lapeña, who replaced Faeldon after he resigned amid corruption allegations. “(Lapeña) confirmed that there’s indeed pasalubong money and he […]
(Eagle News) — Malacañang on Saturday blasted Amnesty International for what it said were its “vilification” efforts against the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency. “The (PDEA), which has been now recently assigned by (President Rodrigo Duterte) as the sole agency in charge of the government’s anti-illegal drug campaign, is now being demonized by (AI),” Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said. He noted that the group, which was “known to be disparaging of the frontline role of the […]
(Eagle News) — The fact that President Rodrigo Duterte transferred the reins of the conduct of the anti-illegal drugs war to another agency after his ratings slightly went down based on a recent Social Weather Stations survey only goes to show that he is “not a dictator,” and he listens to the people. This is according to Philippine National Police Chief General Ronald dela Rosa, who spoke to CNN Philippines’ Pinky Webb on Friday. “Frustrated si […]
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan (Eagle News) – Mabilis ang paglobo ngayon ng bilang ng mga nakakulong sa Puerto Princesa City Jail dahil na rin sa war on drugs, kung kaya’t binabalak nang ilipat ang ilan sa mga ito sa Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm. Sa datos na nakuha ng Eagle News Team mula sa pamunuan ng Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, umabot na sa 715 inmates ang kasakuyang nagsisiksikan sa mga selda, kung saan 52 […]
(Eagle News) — The chief of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said his agency will rise up to the challenge given by President Rodrigo Duterte, to lead the government’s anti-illegal drugs campaign, even if his agency only has about 2,000 personnel. PDEA Director General Aaron N. Aquino said that PDEA will follow the President’s directive, and assured that even if their numbers are small, they would manage although he admitted that they would […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has given the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency the lead role in anti-illegal drug operations in the country, essentially stripping the Philippine National Police and others of their authority to conduct the same. In a two-page memorandum, President Duterte said the PNP, the National Bureau of Investigation, the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the Bureau of Customs, the Philippine Postal Office “and all other agencies or any and all ad-hoc […]
(Eagle News) – Nakatakda na ring imbestigahan ng Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency ang tatlong alkalde mula sa Mindanao na sangkot umano sa operasyon ng iligal na droga ni Maasim, Sarangani Mayor Aniceto Lopez, Jr. Ayon kay Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Director-General Chief Supt. Aaron Aquino, ang mga nasabing alkalde ay nasa “green book” ni Lopez na kasama sa mga narekober ng mga awtoridad sa ginawang raid sa bahay nito sa Maasim, Sarangani ilang araw na […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) named the Bamboo Gang, the 14K or Hong Kong Triad, and the Sun Yee On, as the three largest and most powerful suppliers of illegal drugs in the Philippines. PDEA Director-General Aaron Aquino said these three groups are responsible for the entry of large amounts of illegal drugs, including shabu, in the country. “These three drug triads are making the Philippines their playground. […]
