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RIZAL COPS ORIENTED ON ANTI-DRUG CLEARING OPERATIONS
Wednesday 24th of April 2013
ANTIPOLO CITY, Rizal, April 24 (PIA) -- Chiefs-of-police (COPs) from Rizal province’s component city and 13 municipalities attended an Orientation Seminar on the Management of Barangay Anti-Drug Clearing Operation at Rizal PPO Conference Room, Hilltop, Taytay, Rizal last April 17.
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) led by Regional Director Jeffrey Bangsa and PDEA-4A staff briefed the local officials and personnel regarding PDEA Operations Concepts, the regional drug situation, Revised Guidelines in the Conduct of Barangay Drug-Clearing Operations, Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 and Demand Reduction Strategies.
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17Apr2013QUEZON CITY, April 17 (PIA) -- Members of the Philippine National Police Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operations Task Force (PNP-AIDSOTF) seized some P5-million worth of cocaine in a recent buy-bust operation in Quezon City. Three suspects were arrested Monday, April 15 along Araneta Avenue, Barangay Doña Imelda, Quezon City together with operatives from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) and Quezon City Police District (QCPD). Confisca...
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02Apr2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Abril 2 (PIA) -- Mas pinapaigting ngayon ng Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) 12 ang kanilang kampanya laban sa droga. Inaasahan na kasi ng pamunuan ang pagdagsa ng iligal na droga sa iba’t ibang bahagi ng Rehiyon Dose ngayong nasa bakasyon ang mga kabataan at karamihan sa kanila ay walang ginagawa. Maari umano itong samantalahin ng ilang masasamang grupo dahil tumataas din sa mga panahon na it...
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27Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 27 (PIA) -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-National Capital Region (PDEA-NCR) and non-government organization Brotherhood Resistances Against Drug, Incorporated (BRAD) recently partnered to boost their anti-drug campaign. This after PDEA-NCR Regional Director Wilkins Villanueva and BRAD President Rey Santia signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with PDEA chief Undersecretary Arturo G. Cacdac and other key officials of both parties present. “The creation of a com...
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22Mar2013DAVAO CITY, March 22 (PIA) -- The drug-bust conducted on March 19 in Davao City is considered the biggest apprehension in recent years. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency 11 Regional Director Emerson Rosales said that the confiscated shabu is the largest in the past four years. About P1.08 million worth of shabu were recovered from a couple during the joint buy-bust operation conducted by the PDEA and the operatives from the San Pedro Police Station in an apartment inside the market community ...
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20Mar2013BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 20 -- On its campaign against illegal drugs, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Caraga has been conducting buy-bust operations in the area. At about 4 p.m. on March 14, the Special Enforcement Team of the agency conducted a buy-bust operation in one of the known fastfoods along Montilla Boulevard corner JC Aquino Avenue, this city that resulted in the arrest of a suspect, a provincial target list, 28, male, single and a resident of Punta, Nasipit, Agusan del Nort...
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19Mar2013TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, March 19 (PIA) -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Bohol is covering all bases as the fight against drugs and its proliferation goes active and proactive here. PDEA here has shifted to a two-pronged approach, focusing proactive information dissemination on the effects of drug use in addition to supply reduction. This was revealed during the recent Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) Meeting. PDEA is aggressively pursuing pro-active measures esp...
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17Mar2013CALOOCAN CITY, March 17 (PIA) -- Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) operatives arrested two notorious pushers of a drug group operating in Caloocan City during the implementation of simultaneous search warrants on March 14, 2013. PDEA Director General Undersecretary Arturo G. Cacdac, Jr. said that the suspects are both members of the Bandiola Drug Group and residents of Phase 8B, Bagong Silang, Caloocan City. Agents of PDEA Regional Office-National Capital Region (PDEA RO-NCR), under D...
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01Mar2013DAVAO CITY, March 1 -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency has launched a school-based TV advertisement contest for its anti-drugs advocacy campaign. PDEA’s Kontra: The First Mindanao Anti-Drugs TV Ad Competition seeks to gather students from across Mindanao to produce either 30 seconder, 45 seconder or one minute television advertisements with the theme “Kabataang Ligtas sa Droga, Kinabukasan ay Kay Ganda.” PDEA-XI regional director Emerson Rosales hopes that student filmmakers and ...
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20Feb2013DAGUPAN CITY, Feb. 20 (PIA) -- Local authorities netted at least P1 million worth of illegal drugs and arrested 17 suspects last Friday in what the police considered as the biggest drug bust in this city. Acting on a tip that a large shipment was going to transpire that day, the city and provincial police along with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and Naval Intelligence swooped down on Pagasa village in Bonuan Gueset, and imposed a search and seizure order. The group served separate sea...
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19Feb2013BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 19 -- At about 6:30 p.m. on February 15, joint elements of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Caraga and Sta. Josefa Municipal Police Station conducted a buy-bust operation and implementation of search warrant issued by Judge Eduardo S. Casals, Regional Trial Court, dated February 13 at Purok-1, Poblacion, Sta. Josefa, Agusan del Sur that resulted to the arrest of its suspect, a target-listed drug personality in Agusan del Sur. It also resulted to the confiscation/s...
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05Feb2013TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Feb 5 (PIA) -- Gov. Edgar Chatto is pushing the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) into seeking areas for cooperation to firm up a regional inter-agency Anti-Drug Enforcement Group. The move is consistent with reports from Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Bohol which pointed to the lack of coordination among government enforcement agencies and allies in their anti-drug operations. According to police operatives, their roles in anti-drug operations ar...
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28Jan2013QUEZON CITY, Jan 28 (PIA) -- Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) chief Undersecretary Arturo G Cacdac Jr. called for an intensified campaign against illegal drugs through quality anti-illegal drug operations. Cacdac directed all operating units to go after drug syndicates and personalities in the priority target list; dismantle clandestine laboratories and chemical warehouses; control chemical diversion; and confiscate significant volume of dangerous drugs and, or controlled precursors an...
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21Jan2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Jan 21 (PIA) -- The Peace and Development Coordinating Committee (PDCC) also known as Team Basilan has resolved to re-organize and activate the Provincial Anti-Drug Council to address the escalating drug problem in the province. In a recent meeting of Team Basilan, Provincial Administrator Tahira Ismael recognized the urgency of addressing the illegal drug situation in the province. She fears that the drug menace has slowly crept into the different communities in Basilan,...
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10Jan2013QUEZON CITY, Jan 10 (PIA) -- The Ninoy Aquino International Airport Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group (NAIA-IADITG) recently nabbed a Filipino for trying to smuggle around seven kilograms of methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu. NAIA-IADITG Task Group Commander and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Undersecretary Arturo G. Cacdac Jr. said the suspect is a businessman from Monkayo, Davao City. According to PDEA, the suspect arrived at the NAIA Terminal 2 from...
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07Jan2013QUEZON CITY, Jan 7 (PIA) – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said additional K-9s will help the government it its illegal drug detection efforts. PDEA chief Arturo G. Cacdac, Jr. said the agency will empower private canine service providers to boost the quality and credibility of accredited drug-sniffing dogs in the country. “Public places, such as schools and other establishments where illegal drugs are smuggled and transited, will be duly covered with the presence of more qua...
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30Dec2012QUEZON CITY, Dec. 30 (PIA) -- A Malaysian national is facing life imprisonment for transporting illegal drugs in the country. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) chief Arturo G. Cacdac, Jr. in a statement expressed appreciation to Judge Racquelen Abary-Vasquez of Regional Trial Court, Branch 116, Pasay City for the favorable decision against the accused Malaysian national. “PDEA salutes Judge Abary-Vasquez for ensuring that justice is promptly served. The dedication and commitment of t...
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29Dec2012LOILO CITY, Dec. 29 (PIA6) -- Now it is not only the taxi drivers that should be randomly tested for illegal drugs, but also employees in offices and business establishments. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) officer-in-charge Atty. Ronnie Delicana said the agency is pushing to expand the random drug testing among workers. “We will get the cooperation of the local officials to pass ordinances that require business establishments to allow random drug testing in their workplaces,...
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07Dec2012QUEZON CITY, December 7 (PIA) --The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) bared that 7,372 barangays, out of 42,025 barangays nationwide or 18 percent, are affected by drugs. PDEA Director General Undersecretary Arturo G. Cacdac, Jr. said the percentage is based on consolidated data validated by PDEA and partner drug law enforcement agencies. “A barangay is said to be drug-affected when there is a determined existence of drug user, pusher, manufacturer, marijuana cultivator or other dr...
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28Nov2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Nob. 28 (PIA)-- Hanga si Philippines Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA-12) Director Aileen Lovitos kanu mga kinasikap nu lokal a guberno nu prubinsya nu South Cotabato kontra sa ipadsapal a gamot. Kanu langun nu sakop nu Rehiyon Dose ataw ka Soccsksargen Region, su South Cotabato tigin e aden pinaka-aktibo a Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Council (PADAC) endo mga municipal ataw ka barangay anti-drug abuse councils a padtulik kanu pabpakauladen a kampanya kontra sa drog...
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26Nov2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Nov 26 (PIA) -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Region 12 is giving special attention on North Cotabato and General Santos City in curbing supply and demand of illegal drugs and other controlled substances. Aileen Lovitos, PDEA 12 regional director said, both locations have remained areas of concern pertaining to the proliferation of illegal drugs, especially methamphetamine hydrochloride, popularly know as shabu. She said they are g...
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23Nov2012KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Nov 23 (PIA) -- Ang Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) 12 gintagaan sang daku nga pagtamod ang Siyudad sang General Santos kag probinsiya sang North Cobabato sa ila padayon nga maid-id nga pagpalakat kontra druga sa rehiyon. Si Aileen Lovitos, PDEA Region 12 director, nagsiling nga ginakabig nila ang siyudad sang General Santos kag probinsiya sang North Cotabato tungod amo ini ang pinakaproblemado sa rehiyon sa patag sang paglapta sang mga ginadumilian nga dru...
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13Nov2012NAVAL, Biliran, Nov 13 (PIA) -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) announced the recruitment of additional drug enforcement officers who will help step-up the all-out campaign of the agency in containing the illegal drug activities in the country. Liza Fabi Baoy, information officer, PDEA Regional Office 8, said through email that the hiring of drug enforcement officers has already been given a go-signal by Arturo G. Cacdac Jr, the new PDEA director-general. Baoy said PDEA is hi...
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11Nov2012QUEZON CITY, Nov 11 (PIA) - - A strengthened, more organized, and systematic airport interdiction operations was mutually agreed on by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC). The agreement was made by heads of the agencies when PDEA Director General Undersecretary Arturo G. Cacdac Jr. called on BOC Commissioner Rozzano Rufino B. Biazon on November 8. In PDEA’s press statement, Cacdac said, “The successful arrests of drug couriers who attempted to ...
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28Oct2012QUEZON CITY, Oct 28 (PIA) -- Newly installed chief of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has strengthened partnership with the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). This after PDEA Director General Undersecretary Arturo G. Cacdac Jr. recently paid a courtesy visit to NBI Director Attorney Nonnatus Caesar R. Rojas at the NBI headquarters in Manila. The two chiefs have agreed to strengthen their efforts to cripple down organized local as well as international drug syndicates. “...
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26Oct2012CITY OF BACOOR, Cavite, Oct. 26 (PIA) -- The multi-million pesos illegal drug trade in the Philippines needs concerted efforts not only by the concerned government agencies including local government units but the community as well, a Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) official said. Attorney Benedict Byron Villalba, representative of PDEA Region IV-A during the PIA Talakayan held at the SM City Bacoor yesterday said the rise in criminality in our community with the use of illegal dru...
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23Oct2012QUEZON CITY, October 23 (PIA) – Members of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group (NAIA-IADITG) has nabbed two female Thai nationals for smuggling illegal drugs in the country. In a statement, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said the first suspect was Napaporn Khamsa, 40 years old from Patumthani Province, Thailand. Khamsa was arrested Saturday, October 20 for smuggling three kilos of methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu NAIA-IADIT...
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21Oct2012QUEZON CITY, Oct. 21 (PIA) –- Newly-installed chief of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Director General Arturo G. Cacdac, Jr. vowed to further strengthen ties with other law enforcement agencies against illegal drugs. “One of my priorities upon assuming the helm of PDEA’s leadership, is to coordinate with other drug law enforcement agencies such as the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Bureau of Customs (BOC), the PNP and even the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP...
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12Oct2012AGUSAN DEL SUR, Okt 12 (PIA) -- Ang mga pamahalaang bayan at panlalawigan sa Agusan del Sur ay magbibigay ng mga pangangailan ng Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) para maipatupad ng lubusan ang kanilang mga tungkulin para masugpo ang paglaganap at paggamit ng illegal na druga ayon sa ipinirensenta ng kumakatawan ng idaos ang Provincial Peace and Order Council noong nakaraang linggo. Sa ipinasang resolusyon ni Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) member at chairman ng committee ng peace and ord...
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20Sep2012QUEZON CITY, Sept 20 (PIA) -- Authorities from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested a suspected big-time drug dealer last Tuesday, September 18 in Quezon City. In a statement, PDEA Director General Jose S. Gutierrez, Jr. said the suspect is from Brgy. Talipapa, Quezon City. Armed with a search warrant, personnel of PDEA - National Capital Region swooped down on the residence of the suspect and immediately arrested him after being caught red-handed with one big plastic sachet...
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12Sep2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga Sept 12 (PIA) -- Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Jose Guttierez has designated Lyndon Aspacio as the new regional director of the office in Central Luzon. Aspacio was introduced by Gutierrez to Governor Lilia Pineda and officials of the Pampanga Provincial Police Office (PPO) led by Police Senior Superintendent Edgardo Tinio during a peace and order meeting at the Executive House, Capitol Grounds, Thursday. Pineda said the courtesy ca...
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06Sep2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, September 6 (PIA) -- Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Central Luzon nabbed three drug pushers after a buy-bust operation conducted in Pampanga and Bulacan. In Pampanga, a 31 year old male suspect from Mawaque, Mabalacat City was nabbed after selling white crystalline substance suspected to be a methamphetamine hydrocholoride or most known as “shabu” to a PDEA agent who acted as a poseur buyer. While in Bulacan, 2 male suspects were arrested. PD...
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27Aug2012QUEZON CITY, Aug 27 (PIA) -- Authorities from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has intensified its monitoring on foreign nationals after recent airport interdiction operations have exposed their involvement in illegal drug activities. In a release, PDEA Director General Undersecretary Jose S. Gutierrez Jr. said that based on consolidated data, since June 2012 to present, seven foreign nationals were arrested for transporting shabu at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). ...
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02Aug2012QUEZON CITY, August 2 (PIA) -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) granted over P4.6 million in cash to 16 informants during PDEA’s 10th anniversary celebration on Monday, July 30. In a statement, PDEA Director General Jose S. Gutierrez lauded 16 informants for providing vital information that led to the arrest of several notorious drug personalities and the confiscation of illegal drugs under operation called, "Private Eye." “Our 16 informants were identified only by their coden...
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01Aug2012ILOILO CITY, Aug. 1 (PIA) -- The illegal drug situation in the region is on a downward trend, according to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Western Visayas, on its 10th anniversary. “This should give us more reasons to bring our fight further,” PDEA-6 Director Yogi Felimon Ruiz said in media interviews. Ruiz said his focus has been on intensification of anti-drug operations on high value targets, with constant monitoring of identified drug dens or convergence areas. He a...
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31Jul2012QUEZON CITY, July 31 (PIA) -- Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Jose S. Gutierrez Jr. vowed to intensify anti-drug operations. This after the Gutierrez led the agency during the 10th anniversary celebration of PDEA Monday, July 30 at the PDEA National Headquarters in Quezon City with guest of honor, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Deputy Governor Juan de Zuñiga, Jr. “PDEA faced many challenges. Along the way, some of our comrades made the supreme sacrifice, giving the...
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25Jun2012LUNGSOD NG SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Hunyo 25 (PIA) -- Kasama ang Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region 3 sa paggunita ng International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking sa Martes, Hunyo 26. Sinabi ni PDEA regional director Roybel Sanchez na “sa taong 2012, mas pinagtutuunan namin ng pansin ang isyu patungkol sa kalusugan kung saan ang opisyal na campaign slogan ay “Kalusugan ay Kayamanan, Droga ay Iwasan.” “Ang PDEA ay magsasabit ng mga streamer sa regional offic...
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22Jun2012AGUSAN DEL SUR, June 22 (PIA) -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) have intensified their operation against drug trafficking and abuse while participating and conducting activities believed to reduce the demand of drugs by students and other illegal drug users. In a report by the PDEA regional director Joel Plaza to the members of the Provincial Peace and Order Council on June 14 Plaza said they have conducted one operation per month since Ma...
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18Jun2012QUEZON CITY, June 18 (PIA) -– Authorities from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) recently seized drugs worth around P874 million from an abandoned industrial laboratory in Parañaque City. In a release, PDEA Assistant Secretary Carlos F. Gadapan confirmed the recovery of some 372 kilograms (kg) of ephedrine; 100 liters of liquid methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu); 8,419 kg of solid and 39, 884 liters of liquid chemicals; together with voluminous laboratory equipment and other m...
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04Jun2012BUTUAN CITY, June 4 (PIA) –- To solve drug-related incidents, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Caraga intensified its partnership with stakeholders. According to PDEA-Caraga Regional Director Joel Plaza, they have forged partnerships with local government units and non-government organizations (NGOs) to see to it that they can conduct intensified monitoring of drug-related activities in the region. The official said to intensify monitoring, there is a need for them to coordinate...
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18May2012QUEZON CITY, May 18 (PIA) -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested a suspected drug pusher during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Manresa, Quezon City last May 15. The 48 year old, male suspect was arrested by elements of PDEA Regional Office-National Capital Region (PDEA RO-NCR) under Director Pedrito Magsino at the corner of Ragang and Panalturan Streets, Barangay Manresa, Quezon City after he sold one plastic sachet of shabu to a PDEA poseur-buyer, a press report from the...
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14May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 14 (PIA) -- City Police OIC Director PCSupt. Mario Yanga has underscored the need for continuous community support to anti-crime efforts, as he reiterated his call for people to help law enforcement authorities in addressing problems on criminality. He said the cooperation of the community in the anti-crime efforts of the police forces is very essential in the success of their operation. It is very important for the community to be vigilant at all times and report any suspi...
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08May2012MANILA, May 8 (PIA) -- Personnel from the Philippine Postal Corporation (PhilPost) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) recently conducted a joint spot inspection at the Central Mail Exchange Center (CMEC), Domestic Road in Pasay City to ensure that parcels are not being used for drug trafficking. In a release, the inspection team was led by PhilPost’s Inspection Service Division Director Noel R. Acuña and PDEA’s Special Enforcement Service Director Jeoffrey C. Tacio. Using...
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07May2012QUEZON CITY, May 7 (PIA) –- Joint elements of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Friday, May 4 dismantled a mini-shabu laboratory in Malabon. In a release, PDEA chief Jose S. Gutierrez Jr. said the P5 million-worth of controlled precursors and essential chemicals were recovered by authorities from the illegal facility for manufacturing methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu in a residential compound in Malabon. Joints operatives of ...
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23Apr2012GENERAL SANTOS CITY, April 23 (PIA) -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) 12 uprooted Thursday, April 19, 8,200 fully grown marijuana plants at sitio Bila, a hinterland village of barangay Malabod, Malungon, Sarangani. The seized marijuana weeds have an equivalent value of P3 million, said PDEA-12. Partnering with PDEA 12 were personnel from the Municipal Police Station; the Philippine Army 72nd Infantry Battalion Foxtrot Company; and the 1002nd Brigade, Philippine Army based in Ma...
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22Apr2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Apr. 22 (PIA) -- The Police Special Operation Task Group “Crime Buster” yesterday neutralized a suspected carnapper in-line with its stepped-up drive against criminal elements in the city. A task group member, PO1 Alianafia R. Mariwa was slightly wounded during the operation at Sampaloc Drive in Talon-talon, shortly before 3:00 p.m. The group, led by PInsp. Mohamar R. Mariwa swooped down the area in the course of its operation against lawless elements when Jay Isnani fired...
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13Apr2012QUEZON CITY, April 13 (PIA) -- Authorities from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) yesterday, April 12, led the destruction of some 261 kilograms (kg) and 301 liters of dangerous drugs. The P807.7-million worth of dangerous drugs were destroyed at the Integrated Waste Management Incorporated (IWMI) in Trece Martirez City, Cavite. PDEA chief Jose S. Gutierrez Jr. said the destruction was done in compliance with the guidelines stated under Section 21, Article II of Republic Act 9165...
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02Apr2012QUEZON CITY, April 2 (PIA) -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) reiterated its call for appropriate and timely legislations that will give more teeth to the anti-drug law and empower the agency to effectively execute its mandate to fight illegal drugs in the country. PDEA Director General Undersecretary Jose S. Gutierrez, Jr. cited Section 3 of Republic Act 4200 which prohibits and penalizes wiretapping and other related violations of the privacy of communication. “The presen...
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27Mar2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, March 27 (PIA) -- Operations conducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Region 1 resulted in the reduction of drug supply in the region, according to the PDEA 1 Public Relations Office Chief Bismarck Bengwayan. The agency conducted a total of 486 operations which led to the arrest of 394 illegal drug suspects and neutralization of 21 watch listed drug personalities. Bengwayan said that PDEA 1 in cooperation with the Philippine National Police R...
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13Mar2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, March 13 (PIA) -- The provincial government of Tawi-Tawi yesterday lauded the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency’s (PDEA) Drugs Awareness Summit 2012 conducted in partnership with the Municipal Government of Bongao at the Beachside Inn and Restaurant. Governor Sadikul Sahali said that PDEA’s effort of continuously giving people’s awareness on illegal drugs was a laudable act of an agency tasked to curtail drug activities. Sahali emphasiz...
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12Mar2012BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 12 (PIA) -- Police Regional Office 13 Caraga, in coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), has beefed up its campaign against illegal drugs. On December 15, 2011, Oplan Zombie was launched by Butuan City Police Office (BCPO) to further stop the notorious pushers and users of prohibited drugs within the area. The statistical record of BCPO shows that from December 15, 2010 to February 28, 2011, one drug-relate...
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06Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 6 (PIA) -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) expressed confidence that the continuing support extended by the different sectors of society to the national anti-drug campaign is a big boost to rid the country of illegal drugs. In a release, PDEA Director General Jose S. Gutierrez, Jr. said he is hopeful that the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) would consider the possibility of expanding its support to law enforcement. D...
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06Mar2012CEBU CITY, March 6 (PIA) -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA) 7 arrested 1,075 suspects in 2011, higher than the previous year. PDEA 7 Legal Officer Atty. Mauro Licen said they have filed a total of 1,195 cases in court last year against violators of RA 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. “The PDEA 7 in combined operations with the police and other law enforcement agencies conducted a total of 848 anti-illegal drug o...
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05Mar2012BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 5 (PIA) -- In the recently held City Peace and Order Council (CPOC) Meeting, chaired by Mayor Ferdinand M. Amante Jr, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Caraga headed by OIC-Regional Director Joel Plaza bared its accomplishments from January to February of this year. The conduct of the monthly CPOC meeting is in line with president Aquino's Philippine Development Plan on Good Governance. Representing Dir. Plaza, Deputy Dir. Cristy Silv...
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02Mar2012DIPOLOG CITY, March 2 (PIA) -- Two more suspected drug traffickers fell into the hands of the police operatives as the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency intensified its anti-illegal drug operation in Zamboanga del Norte. Zamboanga del Norte Provincial Drug Enforcement Officer Jury Rocamora identified the two suspected drug as Gerson D. Cenas, 52 years old and Hermis G. Ollamina, 43 years old, both residents of Dawo, Dapitan City. According to Rocamora, Cenas and Ollamina were ...
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28Feb2012QUEZON CITY, February 28 (PIA) -- Authorities from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Monday, February 27 nabbed a female Syrian national for possession of marijuana. In a release, PDEA Director General Jose S. Gutierrez, Jr. identified the arrested Syrian national as Reem Suliman Altawijri, a 36-year old resident of Riyadh, Sahafa Area, Saudi Arabia. Altawijri was arrested during the final screening at the departure area of...
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27Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Peb 27 (PIA) -- Gikan sa kapin 3,000 ka mga kandidato o aplikante, 199 lamang ka mga bag-ong ahente ang nakasulod sa Philippine Drug enforcement Agency (PDEA). Atol sa 5th Commencement Exercises alang sa Drug Enforcement Basic Course (DEOBC), gipangunahan ni PDEA chief Jose S. Gutierrez Jr. ang presentasyon sa 199 ka mga bag-ong ahente sa maong buhatan kinsa gilaoman nga mopakita sa mga prinsipyo ug tinguha sa ahensiya nga serbisyo alang sa uban ug dili alang s...
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25Feb2012QUEZON CITY, February 25 (PIA) -- From over 3,000 hopeful candidates, only 199 new agents finally made it to the Philippine Drug enforcement Agency (PDEA). PDEA chief Jose S. Gutierrez, Jr. yesterday led the conferment of 199 new agents during the 5th Commencement Exercises for the Drug Enforcement Basic Course (DEOBC). Gutierrez congratulated the new agents and hopes that they (new agents) will exemplify the agency’s core values. “I have high hopes that the ...
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24Feb2012AGUSAN DEL SUR, Feb. 24 (PIA) -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) bared that strengthening the partnership with other stakeholders and local organizations will make a difference in reducing drug abuse cases in Agusan del Sur, following reports that there are illegal drug traders penetrating even in remote areas. According to PDEA Director Joel Plaza, while the barangay, municipal and provincial Drug Abuse Councils were organized way back years ago, they are at presen...
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09Feb2012CEBU CITY, February 9 (PIA) -- Land Transportation Office (LTO) assistant secretary Virginia Torres is in Cebu to observe the conduct of the random roadside drug test of the LTO 7 for possible replication in other regions. LTO 7 Regional Director Raul Aguilos said the random roadside drug testing aims to keeps roads and passengers safe from accidents due to drug abuse by public utility jeepney (PUJ) drivers. “The random drug testing was first initiated by the LT...
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01Feb2012BAGUIO CITY, Feb. 1 (PIA) -- The top official of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency- Cordillera Administrative Region (PDEA-CAR) reported successful campaign against illegal drugs in the region last year as he bared more intensified drive centered on four major action plans this year PDEA-CAR OIC Regional Director Gil Cesario Castro, in an interview reported that in partnership with the Philippine National Police (PNP), Bureau of...
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01Feb2012DAVAO CITY, Feb. 1 (PIA) -- A former domestic helper and migrant worker advocate here has urged Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who are working in safe environments to unite in a fight against human trafficking through the social media. Myrna Padilla said that OFWs who are in the position to help should connect with each other via social media to provide a network capable of assisting the most vulnerable among the OFW communities. Padilla developed the recently-launched social...
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25Jan2012DIPOLOG CITY, JAN. 25(PIA) --The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has arrested 49 individuals in Zamboanga del Norte for violation of Republic Act 9165 in 2011. In its 2011 Accomplishment Report, the PDEA has enumerated the operations and apprehensions made and various drug-related activities conducted throughout the province last year. According to Zamboanga del Norte Provincial Drug Enforcement Officer, Jury Rocamora, 49 individuals were apprehended in the 35...
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17Jan2012AGUSAN DEL SUR, Jan. 17 (PIA) -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Caraga Region has identified a barangay in Bayugan City as hot spot on the trading of illegal drugs. On the other hand, two barangays in the municipality of Prosperidad are suspected to have Marijuana plantation sites after PDEA, the PNP, the army and other stakeholders confiscated 532 fully grown marijuana and seedlings in Sitio Umayam, Lapaz on June, 2011 and uprooted 5,371 hills in Sition Mactan on July 8...
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22Dec2011The Philippine National Police have much to crow about because reports show that the decrease in crime incidents for the period January to November 2011 stood at 57.18 percent. This was the gist of the report of the Philippine National Police during the year-end meeting of the Regional Peace and order Council (RPOC ) chaired by Iloilo City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog, who was very elated with this development. For the period in review, a total of 8,605 was recorded showing a decr...
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14Oct2011TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, October 14 (PIA) -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) is the head of the newly created Inter-agency Drug Interdiction Task Group at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport or NAIA. (NAIA-IADITG), PDEA Region 8 Director Julius Navales informed. The group which endeavors to effectively synchronize anti-illegal drug efforts at the country’s premiere airport, was created through Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signed recently by PDEA Director General Un...
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23Aug2011BUTUAN CITY, August 23 (PIA) -- With the increasing number of dengue cases in many parts of the country, the regional office of the Philippine Information Agency in Caraga has partnered with Radio Mindanao Network (RMN) – dxBC Butuan in the conduct of bloodletting activity on Sunday. This is part of the corporate social responsibility of one of the oldest radio stations here in the city. In a phone-patch interview with PIA, Sasie Abastas-Babar, News Director of RMN-dxBC Butuan said the ac...
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16May2011CEBU CITY, May 16 (PIA) – Drivers found guilty of using illegal drugs face revocation of their license and an administrative fine of P15,000, on top of undergoing a six-month rehabilitation program before one can be allowed to drive again. This is the stern warning issued by Land Transportation Office (LTO) -7 Regional Director Raul Aguilos against public transport drivers using illegal drugs to keep them alert while on the road. “Drivers should always bear in...
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12May2011KORONADAL CITY, May 12 (PIA) -- Following a series of anti-drug courier and anti-drug abuse campaigns with the Philippine Information Agency in Region 12 among high school students last March, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and the local government of Tampakan town have widened the activity to reach more villagers. From May 3 to 10, PDEA and Tampakan LGU in partnership with the Community Development Information Council (CDIC-Tampakan Inc.), and...
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02May2011CALAMBA CITY, Laguna, May 2 (PIA) --- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Calabarzon headed by Director III Jeffrey Bangsa has been intensifying its campaign against illegal drugs in the region which resulted in the arrests of four suspects in two separate areas in the province of Cavite. Agents of PDEA arrested Evelyn Ruiz, a barangay kagawad and a member of Ruiz-Viray Drug Group, along with Jennifer Nazareno and Gilbert Cayas of Calumpang, Barangay 36, Cavite City. The three...
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22Apr2011KORONADAL CITY, April 22 (PIA) -- In its continuing advocacy to fight drug addiction at the village level, the Community Development Information Council (CDIC) based in Tampakan town in South Cotabato will bring its information-dissemination campaign to the barangays. Lawyer Ma. Theresa Peñera, CDIC chairperson and Sangguniang Bayan member, said that from May 4 to May 23, CDIC will hold a series of forums regarding drugs and drug abuse specifically targetin...
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04Apr2011"Those who traffic in illegal drugs respect no laws, no boundaries and have no scruples about destroying lives. Our response must be relentless, with government and the citizenry working together to ensure vigilance and mutual support to prevent our countrymen from being used by drug pushers as sacrificial pawns, whether at home or abroad." Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte during the press conference announcing the confirmation of the execution of Villanueva, Credo, and B...
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30Mar2011CEBU CITY, March 30 (PIA) -- Two-hundred seventy-three (273) persons in Central Visayas have been arrested due to illegal drugs during the first quarter as the police heightens its operations against illegal drugs. Police Regional Office (PRO)-7 Regional Director C/Supt. Ager P. Ontog bared that the arrest of the 273 individuals was a result of 230 joint operations conducted by both the police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-7. “The problem of ille...
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26Mar2011CITY OF SAN FERNANDO,Pampanga, March 26 (PIA) – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Central Luzon affirmed the imminent deployment of PDEA agents in the air and sea ports inside the Subic Bay Freeport Zone, as part of the drug enforcement agency’s efforts on anti-drug courier. In a press conference organized by the Philippine Information Agency- Region 3, Ronald Allan Ricardo, regional director of PDEA, said plans for the deployment are now being finalized. PDEA, in pa...
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25Mar2011DAVAO CITY, March 25 (PIA) – While three overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) await their execution on March 30 for being used as drug mules in China, another three residents from the Davao Region are also locked in other jails abroad pending decision of their illegal drug trafficking case. Regional Director Emerson Rosales of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA-11) bared that two OFWs from Davao del Sur are also in a China jail, while another one from Davao City is in another prison...
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22Mar2011KORONADAL CITY, March 22 (PIA) – Youth all over South Cotabato will have a better alternative to keep themselves busy for the summer as the provincial government here brings Sports Aral to every municipality. Provincial Sports Coordinator Florentino Perez said, “Sports Aral is a package prepared by the provincial government which intends to teach sports to youth in every municipality.” Perez explained that the package includes nutrition education, health education, anti-drug ...
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23Feb2011Cebu, Feb. 23 (PIA) -- Senator Chiz Escudero urges the government to work out a prisoner exchange arrangement with countries hosting Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) thru the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) by way of a bilateral treaty. Escudero, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights, reiterated this call in the light of the case of Ramon Credo, Sally Villanueva and Elizabeth Batain – Filipinos condemned to die for drug trafficking in China. Their executio...
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19Feb2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, Feb. 19 (PIA 9) -- In the light of three Filipino drug mules facing execution in China, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) stepped up its anti-courier drug campaign here. In step with the Anti-Drug Courier Task Force members, PDEA IX sees a breakthrough as collaborative efforts yielded support from former drug mules. PDEA-IX Regional Director Adzhar A. Albani said the operation plan instituted by then PDEA Director-General Dionesio Santiago where he sent PDEA agents ...
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10Feb2011LEGAZPI CITY (PIA) - The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Bicol regional office here is eyeing to clear the region of the illegal drug menace in two years by implementing a no nonsense anti-drug abuse campaign in the region. Brig. Gen. Retired Pedrito Magsino, PDEA Bicol regional director, said that in the next two years they will intensify their campaign against the illegal drug trade with the active participation of the five pillars of the justice system which inclu...
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31Jan2011CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Jan. 31 (PIA) -- Drug courier problem in the world is alarming as the cases increase from time to time, according to Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Jose Gutierrez, Jr. In today’s press conference held in one of the local hotels here, Gutierrez said that in 1993, there were only two recorded drug cases. As of January 2011, there are now 689 recorded drug courier cases. Of the recorded cases, 431 are females or 63 percent while 258 are ma...
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30Jan2011CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Jan. 30 (PIA) – The fight against the use of dangerous drugs in Northern Mindanao continues. Thus stressed Lt. Col. Edwin F. Layese (Ret.), Regional Director of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), region 10, who said various government and non-government agencies (GO/NGO’s) have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with them to intensify the drug education, prevention and control in the region. These GO/NGO’s include ...
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24Jan2011CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Jan. 24 (PIA) – Pot sessions at low-priced motels, use of mobile phones in almost all transactions and private vehicles and taxi in delivering illegal drugs have been among the modus operandi of the illegal drugs trade in Northern Mindanao. This is the assessment of Lt. Col. Edwin Layese, Regional Director of the Philippine Drugs Enforcement Agency (PDEA), region 10, who said last year, a total of 325 persons were arrested for violating Republ...
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