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Ni Earlo Bringas Eagle News Service QUEZON CITY, Metro Manila (Eagle News) – Nasabat ng pulisya ang mahigit P1 milyong halaga ng shabu nitong Biyernes ng madaling araw sa Quezon City. Nasa 250 na gramo ng shabu na nagkakahalagang P1, 250,000 ang nakuha sa sport utility vehicle na gamit nina Samim Mapandi at Junari Basher sa buy-bust operation na isinagawa ng Quezon City Police District Drug Enforcement Unit sa Brgy. Sto. Domingo. Ikinasa ang operasyon matapos […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency has purchased P90 million worth of equipment for use of the agency’s personnel in the war against drugs. Among those purchased were 20 high-end drones the agency said would be a big help in its men’s surveillance activities and actual operations. Over 700–753–tactical helmets and 23 ammunition reloading machines worth over P25 million were also purchased. PDEA also bought 166 handheld radios, new vehicles including motorcycles, […]
(Eagle News)– Senator Panfilo Lacson said a “less bloody, more transparent drug campaign” will be possible this year with “more vigor and enthusiasm.” In his Twitter post, Lacson also said “much improved, more dedicated intelligence work” was also needed. President Rodrigo Duterte came under fire for what critics said was his bloody war on drugs led by the Philippine National Police. In response, Duterte issued a directive giving the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, a […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs on Thursday surrendered around 3.5 kilograms of shabu it seized at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency. The BoC also arrested Francis Melvin Feliciano and Raquel Kilario dela Cruz, after they tried to claim the package at the FedEx warehouse using a fake identification card on Dec. 11. The card bore the name of one Michael Espino Cruz of 121-C Kowloon St., BF […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday asked the public to give him another year to finish off the drug problem in the country. “Basta ang sabi ko sa droga, I hope to finish the problem, give me just another year,” Duterte said before the newly-appointed government officials in the Palace. He noted the police would return in the drug war, months after it was told to refrain from engaging in drug operations following […]
The Palace on Wednesday, December 6, made public Memorandum Order No. 17 directing the Philippine National Police and other agencies to provide “active support” to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the government’s war on drugs. Although President Rodrigo Duterte recognized the strides made by PDEA, he also recognized the agency’s lack of resources, particularly of human personnel.
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has allowed the Philippine National Police to return to the government’s anti-drug war. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said under the administrative order signed by Duterte on Oct. 10, though, the lead agency would still be the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency. “They must coordinate with the lead agency. Perhaps if they want to resume Oplan Tokhang, they need to ..I don’t know how they will agree on the terms on […]
Ni Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Bukas ang Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency sa inilutang na posibilidad ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na muling isabak ang Philippine National Police sa giyera kontra droga. Malaking tulong daw ito sa kanila kung sakasakali lalo’t noong una pa lang ay aminado na sila na marami silang limitasyon partikular na sa bilang ng kanilang mga tauhan. “Truthfully speaking, limited scope (namin). There might be a possible resurgence left and right, […]
(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) — 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 […]
