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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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18Apr2013DAVAO CITY, April 18 (PIA) -- A military unit in-charge in the campaign against terrorism and other forms of criminality in the city vowed to keep its rank clean from illegal-drug dependents. 2nd Lt. Chrystin Joan Pamplona, civil-military operations officer of the Task Force Davao issued the statement after 400 of its members proved negative in the latest random drug test conducted in the contingent. She said the random drug test covered Colonel Casiano Monilla, commander of the TF Davao down...
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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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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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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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19Mar2013CORTES, Bohol, March 19 (PIA) -- The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) here has programmed the purchase of advanced x-ray scanning equipment as part of their port security upgrading efforts. The scanning equipment is reportedly capable of detecting the atomic weights of objects. It also has penetrating rays that could get through concealed objects tucked in one’s baggage and measures each suspect object by its atomic weights and chemical components, said Port Police Supt. Norbero Alfaras. ...
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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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16Mar2013LUNGSOD NG BATANGAS, Marso 16 (PIA) --May 1,653 mag-aaral mula sa walong bayan sa lalawigan ang sumailalim sa pagtatapos sa Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program sa magkakahiwalay na araw, kamakailan. Ang DARE ay isang programang inilunsad sa lalawigan sa pangunguna ng Philippine National Police (PNP) at Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) na layong maiiwas sa bisyo ng ilegal na droga ang mga kabataang nasa Grade 5 at 6. Ayon kay PInsp. Alberto Fabregas, DARE supervisor sa lalawigan, maraming...
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08Mar2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 8 (PIA) -- Some 376 Grade 6 pupils from the North District of Tupi, South Cotabato have recently completed the course under the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program. The 17-week program was led by the local government unit (LGU) of the municipality in collaboration with the Philippine National Police (PNP). Under the program, the children were taught various ways of recognizing and resisting the pressures influencing them to experiment with drugs...
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05Mar2013SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, Mar 5 (PIA) -- Authorities have burned P56-million worth of seized prohibited drugs, sending a strong message against drug syndicates showing government’s resolve to stomp out prohibited drugs in the country. Chief Supt. Ricardo Marquez, Ilocos police regional director, said nearly 500,000 of assorted pieces of marijuana and nearly 200,000 grams of shabu were ceremonially burned at the Philippine National Police regional office grounds here. The illegal drugs we...
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04Mar2013ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, March 4 (PIA) -- Around 1,500 young and adult residents here availed of a free medical check-up dubbed 'Operation Bigay Lunas' in Iligan City. The project is part of Mercury Drug Corporation's celebration of its 68th Anniversary on March 1, Friday held at the Children’s Park, Barangay San Miguel, said Dr. Rolando Cuizon, designated project chairman representing the city government. Included in the activity is the distribution of free medicines and vitamins, Cui...
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25Feb2013CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Ilocos Sur, Feb. 25 (PIA) - Police are looking at alternative livelihood that upland towns in Ilocos Sur could go into to replace marijuana production. Chief Inspector John Charongen, Ilocos Sur police provincial office spokesman, said that the idea was brought out because of the large volumes of fully- grown marijuana plants that law enforcers would often uproot and destroy every year. “A marijuana plant (scientifically known as Cannabis Sativa Sativa) is now a dre...
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21Feb2013DAGUPAN CITY, Feb. 21 (PIA) -- Filipinos are assured of easier access to low cost medicines now that the Cheaper Medicines Act (R.A. 9502) is in full swing among state-run hospitals and government agencies. In a press briefing last week, Dr. Myrna Cabotaje, Department of Health (DOH) director in the Ilocos Region, said that public hospitals and agencies are being monitored if they have generic medicines in their inventories and if these undergo prior bidding as the Commission on Audit requires....
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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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18Feb2013TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte, Feb. 18 (PIA) -- Drugs and alcoholic dependents undergoing treatment at the Luntiang Paraiso Regional Rehabilitation Center (LPRRC) established by Davao del Norte Provincial Government will experience enhanced spiritual nourishment when a chapel will soon be built in the area. Gov. Rodolfo del Rosario, representing the provincial government, has entered into a memorandum of agreement (MOA) signed this Monday morning (Feb. 18) with Tagum Cooperative represented by...
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18Feb2013TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte, Feb. 18 (PIA) -- A Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was signed between the Tagum Cooperative and the Province of Davao del Norte for the grant of a half million financial assistance that the former will provide to the Luntiang Paraiso Regional Rehabilitation Center in New Corella, Davao del Norte. “The MOA binds the two signatories to work together in making a difference in the lives of alcoholics and drug dependents undergoing rehabilitation in Luntiang Paraiso,” ...
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16Feb2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 16 (PIA) -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Region 10 (PDEA) has identified five marijuana plantation sites in Bukidnon said director Emerson L. Margate during the first quarter meeting of the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) region 10 last February 8 here. He specified that these plantation sites are located in Manolo Fortich, Cabanglasan, San Fernando, Baungon, and Talakag towns. In his report, Bukidnon, it reveals, has the most drug-affected barangay...
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13Feb2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 13 (PIA) -- The joint operations of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and Philippine National Police (PNP) in Northern Mindanao has resulted to the confiscation of P8,778,280.85-worth of illegal drugs particularly shabu and marijuana in 2012. Regional Director Emerson L. Margate of PDEA-10 has reported that this was made possible with joined efforts of other law enforcement agencies and local government units. PDEA and PNP arrested 552 persons the previous ye...
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13Feb2013DAVAO CITY, Feb 13 (PIA) -- Authorities will commence Wednesday the identification of suspected shabu pushers at Barangay 23-C by marking an " X" on their houses. Senior Superintendent Ronald de la Rosa, director of the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) said the marking of bold letter X starts on the house of a barangay chairman in whose house, a pusher had been identified. He made the announcement after the barangay head handed him a list of suspected drug-pushers in his barangay, Tuesday. De L...
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06Feb2013DAVAO CITY, Feb 6 (PIA) -- Authorities gunned down one person and arrested two others in three separate occasions Tuesday as the campaign for illegal drugs intensified in Davao Region. Nephi De la Cruz, spokesperson of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency XI identified the respondent who was killed after resisting arrest as Onse Arimao 51, married and a resident of Bakuring, Brgy. Madaum, Tagum City, Davao del Norte. He said Arimao was facing double-murder and illegal-drug charges when he 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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01Feb2013SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, Feb 1 (PIA1) -- A notorious pusher ranked number 1 in the priority target list in Ilocos Region was finally nabbed in a buy-bust operation on January 24. PDEA Regional Office 1 said, the suspect, 25, is from Barangay Lioac Norte, Naguilian, La Union. The pusher, the top priority targeted drug personality for neutralization in the region, fell in the hands of PDEA Regional Office 1 (PDEA - 1) under Director Jeoffrey Tacio, after he sold four sachets of methampheta...
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31Jan2013SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, Jan 31 (PIA) -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) will go after high impact value drugs and high impact targets. PDEA Region 1 PIO Chief Bismarck Bengwayan said the agency has renewed its resolve to implement the anti-drug law with a more united and organized system of fighting illegal drugs nationwide. All operating units were given orders by PDEA Director-General Arturo G. Cacdac, Jr. to go after drug syndicates and personalities in the pr...
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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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12Jan2013SYUDAD SANG ILOILO, Ene 12 (PIA6) -- Si Romelie Laurencio sang Sido – San Juan National High School sang Sibalom, Antique ang gindeklarar nga nagapanguna nga tagdaug sa nasyunal nga paindis-indis gintawag Protektado Ako Laban sa Droga Poster Making. Ang entry ni Laurencio isa sa tatlo ka mga entry nga ginpadala sa DepEd Manila nagikan diri sa Kabisayaan Nakatungdan sa kategoriya sang 3rd year high school, suno kay Dr. Melchor Kim S. Kwan, Pinuno sang Health and Nutrition Division sang Depart...
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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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18Dec2012SURIGAO CITY, Dis. 17 (PIA) -- Mokabat sa 890 ka mga kabatan-onan gikan sa nagkalain-laing mga kalungsoran sa probinsya ang mipartisipar sa gipahigayon nga 1st Provincia Youth Summit bag-ohay pa lamang didto sa Provincial Convention Center, ning syudad. Ang maong summit nga nag-uban sa temang, “Green Communities, Green Future: a Challenge to youth participation in nation building,” nga gipasiugdahan sa lokal nga pangagamhanan sa probinsya sa Surigao del Norte gitambongan nila Surigao del No...
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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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05Dec2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Dec 5 (PIA) -- Operatives of the Police Regional Office (PRO) 12 have collared at least 40 wanted persons in Soccksargen Region in a month-long massive campaign. Police senior inspector Benjamin Mauricio Jr., told PIA 12 yesterday that the arrests were made as a result of 28 operations from November 1 – 26. Arrested persons, he added, are facing charges including kidnapping; murder; frustrated murder; violations of RA 9262 (An...
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30Nov2012DAGUPAN CITY, Nov. 30 (PIA) -- Forty-three amateur bikers on Wednesday took the road as their way of expressing support to the anti-drug advocacy of the government. In what was called the Padyak Kontra Droga, the bikers ran the length of Bonuan Binloc highway starting from the Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) - Treatment and Rehabilitation Center, passing thru Arellano St., A.B. Fernandez Ave., De Venecia Highway, Lucao, Malta Road, Malued Dist., Perez Blvd., and ending at the R1MC hospital. R...
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29Nov2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Nov. 29 (PIA) -- The Philippine National Police-Southern Leyte Police Office, as one of the frontline agencies of the drugs board, joined the nationwide observance of the Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Week that carries the theme, Health “Kalusugan ay Kayamanan, Droga ay Iwasan.” Police Chief Inspector Ronaldo A. Plecerda, in a press statement, said that the week-long activity, November 11-17 was supported by the Southern Leyte police in coordination with t...
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26Nov2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Nov. 26 (PIA) -- South Cotabato leads the entire Soccsksargen Region in terms of anti-drug abuse campaigns, said Aileen Lovitos, regional director of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) 12. “I commend South Cotabato because they have the most active anti-drug abuse councils in the entire Region 12,” Lovitos told reporters at a press conference during the culmination program of the Drug Abuse Prevention and Control ...
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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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17Nov2012ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, Nov 17 (PIA) -- Anchored on this year’s theme, “Health” Kalusugan ay Kayamanan, Droga ay Iwasan, the Iligan City Anti Drugs Abuse Council (ICADAC) undertakes sports as wholesome activities for the youth as well as for the council members, in observance of the Dangerous Drug Prevention and Awareness Month this November. It started with the Fraternal Friendship Games on November 7-9, spearheaded by the mayor’s Office. Twenty-seven fraternities, from this c...
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16Nov2012MAKATI CITY, Nov. 16 (PIA) -- At least 150 individuals are facing charges for drug-related offenses after the Makati Anti-Drug Abuse Council (Madac) conducted a series of joint operations with the Station Anti-Illegal Drugs-Special Operations Task Group (SAIDSOTG) from January to October of this year. In its report to City Hall, Madac said the suspects had been charged with violating R.A. 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, including unlawful sale and delivery of dangerous d...
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16Nov2012MAKATI CITY, Nov. 16 (PIA) -- The Makati Anti-Drug Abuse Council (MADAC) is beefing up its anti-illegal drug campaign. MADAC has conducted lectures to an estimated 11,000 Makati students from January to October of this year to safeguard the youth against the dangerous effects of illegal drugs. In a statement, Makati City Mayor Junjun Binay lauded MADAC for its aggressive information drive in the city’s public schools to educate students about the ill effects of drug abuse and how to avoid be...
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15Nov2012TAGUM CITY, Nov. 15 (PIA): About P1-million worth of confiscated illegal drugs were burned during the closing ceremony of the Anti-Drug Abuse, Prevention and Control Week observance in the province of Davao del Norte. The disposed illegal drugs were secured by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Authority (PDEA) from the 42 cases decided in the Regional Trial Court Branch 30 under Presiding Judge Rowena Adlawan. Attending the ceremonial act of campaign against drug abuse, PDEA Deputy Re...
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14Nov2012CITY OF BACOOR, Cavite, Nov. 14 (PIA) -- To further ensure the safety of the riding public who take the popular tricycle and pedicab, the city government is currently studying in having tricycle and pedicab drivers undergo drug testing. This was the message delivered by Mayor Strike Revilla during the regular flag-raising ceremony. It was also the occasion where he presented certificates of recognition and commended the local police including two including two civilians for the "early resolu...
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12Nov2012TAGUM CITY Nov. 12 (PIA) -- The provincial government has pushed for a more aggressive stance in the fight against drug addiction as the Provincial Drug Abuse Prevention and Rehabilitation Board (PDAPRB) started the one-week Anti-Drug Abuse Prevention Week Monday. “Drug addiction is a very dangerous problem but we are trying our best to prevent it and make people aware of the menace,” Governor Rodolfo del Rosario said. There is no leniency for this crime, he added. He said there are milli...
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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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09Nov2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Nov. 9 -- The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) trained another 306 Grade-6 students of Pedro Sa Baculio Elementary School, Taytay Elementary School and El Salvador City Central School on anti-drug course under its Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program. The DARE program was initiated by Sr. Jail Officer-3 Orson Garcia, El Salvador City Jail Warden and a Certified DARE Officer, in coordination with local government unit (LGU) of El Salvador City, LGU-M...
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30Oct2012ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, Oct 30 (PIA) -- All is set for the activities lined up in observance of Dangerous Drugs Awareness and Prevention Month in November, with the Iligan City Anti-Drug Abuse Council (ICADAC) as the lead convenor. A motorcade will signal the start of the celebration that will begin at the Children’s Park of Barangay San Miguel going to Buhanginan Hills at Barangay Pala-o, this city. The Council will join the Monday-flag raising ceremony at the Buhanginan Hills, city h...
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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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22Oct2012ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, Oct 22 -- The Iligan City Anti-Drug Abuse Council (ICADAC) is preparing for the observance of Dangerous Drugs Awareness and Prevention Month in November. The celebration will be opened with a motorcade that will begin at the Children’s Park of Barangay San Miguel, going to Buhanginan Hills at Barangay Pala-o this city. A program will follow for this one-month celebration. Within the month of November, there will be a bloodletting program to be led by the Iligan ...
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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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12Oct2012SIQUIJOR, Oct 12 (PIA) -- At least seven schools here are participating in the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) pilot program this year These are the elementary schools of Banban, Candanay, Siquijor Central, Bolos, Caipilan, Assisi and Cang-alwang, all in Siquijor town. PO3 Dan Dindo Bation, DARE action officer, said Region VII has adopted the program only this year, following the success in General Santos City as pilot area outside Metro Manila. Training for teachers was started in...
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10Oct2012MAKATI CITY, Oct 10 (PIA) -- The local government has conducted random drug tests in line with its ongoing campaign for drug-free workplaces towards a drug-free Makati. In a statement, Makati City government said that the Makati Anti-Drug Abuse Council (MADAC) has cleared 283 police personnel and 148 employees of illegal drug use or substance abuse after conducting random drug tests on police community precincts, the central police station and private establishments throughout the city. MADAC ...
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09Oct2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Oct. 9 (PIA) -- The fight against drug abuse is not just the sole responsibility of the government but it is everybody’s concern. This was emphasized by Atty. Eddie Cuaresma, National Youth Commission (NYC) Northeastern Mindanao Cluster Area Officer, during the recent launching of the Barkada Kontra Droga (BKD) – Bagets edition here. The BKD-Bagets edition is a peer-based program designed as an education and information tool to counter the dangers and disastrous effe...
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05Oct2012QUEZON CITY, Oct 5 (PIA) -- Elements of Ninoy Aquino International Airport Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group (NAIA-IADITG) have nabbed a New Zealand national at the NAIA Terminal 3 for possession of illegal drugs. In a statement, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Director General Jose S. Gutierrez Jr. identified the suspect as Salah Raad Abdulrazzak, 27, and currently living in Australia. Abdulrazzak was held by authorities Monday afternoon after he was caught with dried marijuana l...
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04Oct2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Oct. 4 (PIA) -- The National Youth Commission (NYC) continues to support the efforts on the imposition and implementation of random drug-testing in schools. This was reiterated by NYC Commissioner for Mindanao Earl Saavedra during the youth drug abuse prevention and control caravan held last October 2, here. He said the battle against substance abuse has become one of the alarming concerns of the Commission especially when the results of the latest national youth assessmen...
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03Oct2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Oct 3 (PIA) -- The National Youth Commission (NYC) is conducting a nationwide advocacy caravan to combat drug addiction among the young people. Done in partnership with the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB), the fourth leg of the caravan kicked-off yesterday in Liceo de Cagayan University, here. NYC Commissioner for Mindanao Earl Saavedra said the caravan was conceptualized after the Commission saw the alarming data on the dependence of young people in terms of substance abuse ...
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20Sep2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Sept20 (PIA) -- In just five months since he assumed as this city’s top cop, Police Supt. Rico Tome revealed he had filed 15 cases in Court involving the lucrative trade of banned substances, usually shabu, a testament to his no let-up crusade against illegal drugs in this city. “Those are serious apprehensions carried in actual buy-bust operation, and these cases are non-bailable,” Tome said during the cable TV program Action Center Kapihan sa Philippine In...
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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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19Sep2012GOVERNMENT CENTER, Palo, Leyte, Sept 19 (PIA) -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) recently raised concern over the use by substance abusers and pushers, of “mephentermine” as a potential substitute for methamphetamine hydrochloride. Julius Navales, PDEA region 8 director, quoted PDEA Director General Undersecretary Jose S. Guttierrez, Jr, who said that mephentermine is a stimulant and has similar effects and characteristics with that of shabu but that it is by far cheaper. ...
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19Sep2012QUEZON CITY, Sept 19 (PIA) -- Authorities from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) recently nabbed three members of the notorious "Boratong Drug Group" in a buy-bust operation in Pasig City. In a statement, PDEA Director General Jose S. Gutierrez Jr. identified the suspects as Alfredo Mañas, alias Fred, together with his wife Arlene, and Ryan Ronald Andrada, all from Cainta, Rizal. The suspects were nabbed after a planned transaction last September 14 in front of a hotel along Ort...
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18Sep2012QUEZON CITY, Sept 18 (PIA) -- Authorities from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) have nabbed two notorious international drug traffickers Sunday, September 15 in Mandaluyong City. In a statement, PDEA General Undersecretary Jose S. Gutierrez Jr. identified the suspects as Andy Ong, alias Wang Rong Chu, 36 years old, and Asy Lee, 42 years old. Both are Chinese nationals and suspected members of the Chua-Li Drug Trafficking Group. Gutierrez said Ong and Lee were caught by elements o...
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18Sep2012CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Ilocos Sur, Sept 18 (PIA) -- Two alleged notorious illegal drug couriers, who tried to bribe policemen, were arrested in a checkpoint along the road in Barangay Amilongan, Alilem, Ilocos Sur recently, Senior Superintendent Noel B. Amoyen said. Amoyen said the suspects were males, aged 37 and 21, from Sitio Dagdag, Barangay Daddaay, Alilem, Ilocos Sur and Sitio Nalbo, Kayapa, Bakun, Benguet. The police confiscated nine bricks of dried Marijuana leaves with an estimated ...
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17Sep2012OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, Sept 17 (PIA) -- The information, education and communication (IEC) campaign against illegal drugs is continuing in the schools of Misamis Occidental. The Misamis Occidental Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (MODTRC), conducted a Symposium on Drug Prevention, attended by the students and faculty with Elmy Yaňez Bahin, principal of St. Mathews High School and Diosdado dela Cruz, principal of Aloran Trade High School. During the symposium, Police Sr. I...
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08Sep2012TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Sept 8 (PIA) -- Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Council (PADAC) Chair and Surigao del Sur Governor Johnny Pimentel bared accomplishments of the “JYes Kontra Droga” during its 1st year anniversary celebration held here on Monday, September 03. Pimentel said 18 drug pushers and 21 drug users apprehended, while 15.22 kilograms of shabu and 210 kgs. of marijuana were confiscated during the operation conducted by the joint forces of the Philippine National Police (PNP) a...
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07Sep2012TAGUIG CITY, Sept 7 (PIA) -- Three members of the notorious Ortega Drug Group were arrested by combined elements of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Philippine National Police (PNP), and Office of the City Mayor-Taguig City during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Bagumbayan, Taguig City on September 5. In a statement, PDEA Director General Jose S. Gutierrez Jr. said the arrested members of Ortega Drug Group identified as alias Freddie, 54; alias Cristy, 32; and alias Jen, 27, are all ...
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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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06Sep2012BUTUAN CITY, Sept. 6 (PIA) -- The Caraga Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) has accepted and approved the endorsement of the Regional Development Council (RDC) to allow RPOC lead the Oversight Committee on drug-related issues and concerns in the region. This was announced during its meeting held recently at the Dotties Place Hotel, this city. Based on the Resolution No. 17, series 2012 endorsed by the RDC, it was stated that Caraga region has a barangay affection level of 20.5 percent, w...
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03Sep2012OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Sept 3 (PIA) -- The Office of the President, in partnership with the Department of Education (DepEd), launched the 2012 Search for Outstanding Barkada Kontra Droga (BKD) Chapters in Schools, in Misamis Occidental. Conducted through the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) and the Health and Nutrition Center of DepEd, from July to October, this year, the search is open to all secondary schools with BKD chapters. Schools Division Superintendent Jonathan Dela Peňa of the ...
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31Aug2012QUEZON CITY, Aug 31 (PIA) -- A member of a drug syndicate involved in selling shabu in Metro Manila was nabbed by anti-drug agents Wednesday evening, August 29 at Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Jose S. Gutierrez said the suspect, 31, from Tangos, Navotas City, was caught after selling 200 grams of shabu worth over P1 million to an undercover agent. The pusher was arrested by authorities from PDEA, Taguig City Police during a buy-bust op...
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30Aug2012QUEZON CITY, Aug 30 (PIA) -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) nabbed a big time drug pusher after selling approximately P10 million worth of methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu to an undercover agent in a buy-bust operation Tuesday evening in Manila. PDEA Director General Undersecretary Jose S. Gutierrez Jr. said approximately two kilograms of shabu were recovered from suspect, a 34-year-old coconut lumber trader from Cabuyao, Laguna. PDEA said a planned transaction was hatch...
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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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24Aug2012QUEZON CITY, August 24 (PIA) -- Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested a notorious pusher Wednesday evening in Taguig City. In a statement, PDEA Director General Jose S. Gutierrez, Jr. said the the suspect was arrested by PDEA operatives after selling approximately 10 grams of shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) to a PDEA agent who posted as a poseur-buyer. Gutierrez said a certain alias "Mario" or "Omar" was the actual subject of buy-bust operation, but was a...
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17Aug2012TINOC, Ifugao, Aug 17 (PIA) -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) in the province scored in its campaign against illegal drugs following the discovery and eradication of P1.3-million worth of marijuana plants here last week. In his report, Ramil Saculles, officer-in-charge, provincial director senior superintendent, said that composite teams from Ifugao provincial office and Hungduan municipal police station destroyed marijuana plants in Sitio Batu, Barangay Tulludan in Tinoc town last...
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07Aug2012DAGUPAN CITY, Aug 7 (PIA) -- The series of buy-bust operations that led to the arrests of several illegal drug personalities in this city recently might not have been possible without the cooperation of the community. Mayor Benjamin S. Lim said that the people from the community now tips off the police regarding illegal drugs activity in their area. “The reason why the PNP has now become more active and more effective in arresting these people (drug suspects) is that the community are now...
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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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26Jul2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, July 26 (PIA) -- The provincial government will conduct drug testing among its employees. This came on the heels of a report by Provincial Director Domingo R. Lucas of the Philippine National Police-Quirino police provincial office (PNP-QPPO) that at least 12 provincial capitol employees regularly bought drugs from two suspected drug pushers who were arrested in a buy-bust operation recently. “If these employees will be found positive for use of dangerous drugs, they ...
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24Jul2012QUEZON CITY, July 24 (PIA) -- Two foreign nationals were recently arrested after attempting to carry three kilograms of methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu into the Philippines. In a statement, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Jose S. Gutierrez Jr. said a male Singaporean suspect arrived in the country from Bangkok, Thailand. He was arrested Friday, July 20, 2012 at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) by personnel of PDEA Special Enforcement Service and ...
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21Jul2012QUEZON CITY, July 21 (PIA) -- Authorities from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) recently arrested a commercial pilot after selling methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu to a poseur-buyer in Taguig City. In a statement, PDEA Director General Jose S. Gutierrez said the local airline pilot was caught by authorities from the PDEA regional office-National Capital Region July 14, with two plastic sachets of shabu weighing around 9.1433 grams. According to PDEA, the pilot-pusher also ...
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20Jul2012QUEZON CITY, July 20 (PIA) -- Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agents arrested a big-time drug syndicate leader Wednesday afternoon, July 18 at the Terminal 3 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). In a statement, PDEA Director General Jose S. Gutierrez, Jr. identified the suspect as Mark Tan, alias Ronghao Chen, a Chinese national and considered to be one of the big-time drug traffickers in the country. Operatives of the PDEA Intelligence and Investigation Service (IIS) s...
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19Jul2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, July 19 (PIA) – Napagayunan nu Department of Health (DOH)-12 endo su lokal a guberno nu prubinsya nu South Cotabato su planu a umbalen kanu Regional Drug Rehabilitation and Treatment Center nu Soccsksargen Region su Lake Sebu Municipal Hospital. Inipayag ni Provincial Health Officer Dr. Rogelio Aturtido, kanu kinapasad nu 13th T’nalak Festival mangagan a paginggayan nin kanu kapantag kanu ulian nu kabpapatawag kanu pulong sa Provincial Health Board a para sa...
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17Jul2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, July 17 (PIA) -- Negotiations on the establishment of Soccsksargen’s drug rehabilitation and treatment center in Lake Sebu town has already begun. The negotiations on the said project happened between the provincial government of South Cotabato and the regional office of the Department of Health (DOH-12). The Office of the Govenor has confirmed that DOH 12 Director Dr. Marlyn Convocar has visited Gov. Arthur Y. Pingoy Jr. for initial talks regarding the conver...
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13Jul2012QUEZON CITY, July 13 -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has observed the increasing number of females involved in illegal drug activities, particularly drug pushing. In a press statement, PDEA Director General Undersecretary Jose S. Gutierrez, Jr. said 213 female drug personalities (135 pushers, 51 possessors, 16 users, four drug maintainers, five traffickers, two cohorts) have already been arrested nationwide since January 2012 to present. Three female drug personalities were ...
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12Jul2012Jail officers in Western Visayas are now also into storytelling as the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) has instituted a reading program for school children. The nationwide “Reading a Book Activity” was launched last June in observance of the BJMP Community Relations Month, said Jimmy Britanico, BJMP-6 community relations service chief. The program caters to kindergarten, and Grades I to III pupils. A feeding program follows each storytelling session support to the Busog Lu...
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12Jul2012QUEZON CITY, July 12 (PIA) -- Authorities from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) yesterday destroyed P5.7 million worth of controlled precursors and essential chemicals (CPECs) and laboratory equipment being used for shabu-making. PDEA Director General Jose S. Gutierrez, Jr. led the destruction of the chemicals and equipment confiscated by authorities from underground laboratories in Ayala Alabang, Muntinlupa and Bagumbayan, Taguig in January and March this year. In a statement,...
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11Jul2012ILAGAN, Isabela, July 11 (PIA) -- Another drug pusher suspect was caught by law enforcement agencies last July 9 after a successful drug buy-bust operation conducted in the locality. Joint operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) 2 and police personnel of Ilagan police station arrested on the spot a male suspect in the act of selling one sachet of alleged metampetamine (shabu) and receiving P1,000 marked money used here. The drug suspect is now facing drug charges at the pro...
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07Jul2012DAGUPAN CITY, July 7 (PIA) -- Several private and public elementary and high schools have pledged support to Dagupan City’s anti-illegal drugs campaign in a forum held at the city hall last Wednesday. “We can never attain quality education if there are barriers,” School Division Superintendent Alma Ruby C. Torio said, identifying illegal drugs as among them. Torio, who said she is taking the fight against drugs personally, led the signing of pledge of commitment by a total of 20 schools ...
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06Jul2012DAGUPAN CITY, July 6 (PIA) –- The mayor of Dagupan asked the public to support the city government’s anti-drug campaign, admitting that he cannot solve the problem alone. “I alone cannot do this, I need everyone’s support,” Mayor Benjamin S. Lim said during the signing of the pledge of commitment by 20 schools held at the city hall on Wednesday. Lim said the campaign addresses the drug problem by reducing demands as well as prosecuting drug suspects. He said schools should open thei...
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02Jul2012CALAMBA CITY, Laguna, July 2 (PIA) -- One hundred forty personnel composed of 20 police commissioned officers (PCOs) and 120 police non-commissioned officers (PNCOs) randomly selected from different municipal and police stations of the Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) underwent drug testing recently. Police Regional Office (PRO) 4A Deputy Regional Director for Operations (DRDO) PSSupt. Edtwin Tapay Erni together with PSSupt. Ronald V. Santos and other directorial chiefs led the surprise d...
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28Jun2012OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, June 28 (PIA) -- Creation of the Student Crime Prevention Committee (SCPC) in Misamis Annex Integrated School (MAIS) highlighted the celebration of the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (IDADAIT) in the city last June 26. The activity was part of the intensified information, education, and communication campaign on illegal drug abuse prevention waged by the Ozamiz City Police Station (OCPS), Police Supt. JonasT. Amparo, chief of OCPS,...
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27Jun2012CEBU CITY, June 27 (PIA) -- Over 20,000 people are expected to join the parade tomorrow, June 28, as the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) celebrates the first anniversary of the Movement Against Illegal Drugs (MAD). CCPO Director S/Supt. Melvin Ramon Buenafe said he expects more people to participate in the parade tomorrow compared with the previous year when they launched the anti-drug campaign. “Last year, there were about 22,000 participants in the parade, and we expect the number to increa...
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27Jun2012QUEZON CITY, JUNE 27 (PIA) -- The Occupational Safety & Health Center (OSHC), an attached agency of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), is developing an online course on drug-free workplace to enable more to enable more workers to access information on the prevention and control of drug abuse. The on-line version of the Appreciation Course on Drug-Free Workplace is similar to the three-hour classroom training on the same course, and aims to respond to drug abuse problems experienced...
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27Jun2012CEBU CITY, June 27 (PIA) -- The Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) spearheaded this year’s national commemoration of the globally-held International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (IDADAIT) on June 26. In celebration of the observance, the DDB partnered with the Quezon City Anti-Drug Abuse Council and the Inter-Agency Council on Drug Abuse Prevention Education in organizing activities that focus on the relevance of drug abuse prevention and control as well as in keeping a healthy li...
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26Jun2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, June 26 (PIA) -- A sustained surveillance and operations against illegal drugs is greatly needed in the region. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region 2 has conducted a total of 91 operations against illegal drugs in the whole region from January to June 20. In the report of Regional Director Juvenal Azurin, of the 91 operations, 75 were buy-busts, seven were with search warrants, and nine consisted of other operations of the agency. The operations resulted in the...
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26Jun2012QUEZON CITY, June 26 (PIA) -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) joins the campaign to fight the use of illegal drugs as the nation today observes the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking pursuant to United Nations Declaration dated December 7, 1987, and Presidential Proclamation No. 264 issued on June 1, 1988. The theme for this year’s celebration is “Global Action for Healthy Communities without Drugs.” PNP Chief Nicanor A. Bartolome encouraged all police pe...
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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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24Jun2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, June 24 (PIA) -- Philippine Drug and Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region 3 will join the observance of International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (IDADAIT) this Tuesday, June 26. PDEA Regional Director Roybel Sanchez bared that “for 2012, we are putting emphasis on health where the official campaign slogan is "Kalusugan ay Kayamanan, Droga ay Iwasan.” “In support for the said celebration, PDEA will be displaying streamers in our regional off...
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22Jun2012TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte, June 22 -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in the province strengthened its coordination with the police provincial office by deputizing about 100 anti-narcotics police officers in the province. PDEA Provincial Officer IO3 Clodito Canada said the drug-buster cops are tasked to conduct in-depth investigations and subsequent raids of supposed drug lairs in the barangays in coordination with the PDEA. Atty. Bhen Joseph Tesiorna, Legal Retainer of PDEA-...
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11Jun2012DAGUPAN CITY, June 11 -- The city government here has re-organized its anti-drug abuse council, following the memorandum circular of Secretary Jesse M. Robredo of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on strengthening the government’s effort against illegal drugs. Mayor Benjamin S. Lim retains the chairmanship of the council while designated as vice-chairman is Chief of Police Romeo Caramat. The members include the city schools division superintendent, the city prosecutor...
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11Jun2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, June 11 (PIA) -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Region 3 (PDEA-3) has confiscated P2.8 million worth of Marijuana in Carranglan, Nueva Ecija. “We have received a tip from a confidential informant that there is an existing marijuana plantation located in Sitio Sabado Nights, Barangay Piut, Carranglan, Nueva Ecija,” said PDEA regional director Roybel Sanchez. “The PDEA together with the Carranglan Police Station, 81st Infantry Battalion of Philippine...
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10Jun2012MAKATI CITY, June 10 (PIA) -- The Makati Anti-Drug Abuse Council (MADAC) has launched over the weekend, the premiere of its self-produced movie “IGLAP”, a 35-minute informational documentary film on drug abuse at the Mini Theatre of the University of Makati. In a statement, Mayor Jejomar Erwin S. Binay lauded the Makati Anti-Drug Abuse Council for the initiative, saying it was an effective way to make people clearly aware of the disastrous consequences of using and selling illegal drugs. ...
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21May2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, May 21 (PIA) -- In an effort to intensify the campaign against illegal drugs, Southern Leyte Police Director PSSupt. Allan T. Cuevillas directed all Chiefs of Police to monitor each of the area of responsibility, particularly drug-related activities. Maasin City Police Station led by PSInsp. Marianito P. Malibago conducted a buy-bust operation in Barangay Asuncion, Maasin City, Thursday which resulted in the arrest of a suspected jobless drug pusher, 26, Police Co...
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19May2012NAGA CITY, May 19 (PIA) -- A cash reward ranging from P1,000.00 to P1 million awaits any tipster who can point any drug pusher to the members of the Naga City Dangerous Drugs Board (NCDDB). This is to lessen if not totally eliminate the drug menace that is continuously crippling the undertakings of the NCDDB towards a drug-free Naga City. These objectives are embodied in the “Isumbong ang Pusher” campaign launched recently by NCDDB, in collaboration with the local government of Naga, Parol...
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15May2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, May 15 (PIA) -- The recent action planning workshop of police chiefs in South Cotabato was successful, said Eduardo Siason, permanent representative of the governor to the Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Council (PADAC). But Siason said the same planning workshop also highlighted the fact that not all local government units (LGUs) have complied with mandates to allocate funds for campaigns against illegal drugs and other substances. The planning workshop, held at V...
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12May2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 12 (PIA) -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Region 8 has arrested a 40-year-old mother of four children for allegedly selling and possessing a total of 0.85 grams of shabu on May 3. PDEA-8 Information Officer Liza Baoy said the suspect was collared at the downtown Tacloban City for selling illegal drugs. Baoy said the suspect was caught selling 0.395 grams of shabu to a PDEA agent who acted as a poseur buyer in a transaction for two thousand pesos,...
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10May2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, May 10 -- Five grams or P50,000.00 worth of methamphetamine hydrochloride or popularly known as shabu were busted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Regional Office 10 – Lanao del Norte and Bukidnon Provincial Special Enforcement Team (PSET) during a simultaneous buy-bust operations conducted at Valencia City and Iligan City respectively on May 9. Director Roberto S. Opeña of PDEA-10 said the first buy-bust operation conducted at Purok 2, Poblacion, Valen...
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09May2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Mayo 9 (PIA) -- Inaasahan ng mga opisyal ng South Cotabato na patuloy na mapapaigting ang kanilang kampanya laban sa iligal na droga. Maliban sa strategic action planning ng 11 municipal police station at isang city police station at ng Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) inaasahan na ring aarangkada ang iba pang mga programa ng pamahalaang panlalawigan laban sa iligal na droga kasunod ng pag-apruba ng Sangguniang Panlalawigan ng ...
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08May2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, May 8 (PIA) -- Police officials in South Cotabato will meet Friday, May 11, to craft strategies against illegal drugs and drug abuse. Eduardo Siason, permanent representative of the governor to the Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Council (PADAC) said, “the action planning would require municipal and city police stations to focus their activities on drug problems in their respective area.” Invited to the anti-drug strategic planning workshop are...
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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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08May2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, May 8 (PIA) -- Five suspected drug pushers were arrested in separate anti-narcotics operations this month by special agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA RO1). The suspects, who are residents of Barangay II in Dagupan City, were arrested on May 1 during a buy-bust operation, PDEA1 Public Information Officer Bismarck Bengwayan said. Bengwayan said that the three suspects were startled as the narcotics agent arrested them as other agents swooped in...
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07May2012DAGUPAN CITY, May 7 (PIA) -- “We’ll be very, very patient in dealing with this thing.” Thus said Mayor Benjamin S. Lim about how the city government would deal with the persistent drug problem that has been plaguing the city despite several attempts to stop it. Drugs can be eliminated not only through the arrest of suspected drug dealers and users but also if the demand for it can be reduced, he said during the KBP Forum held at the Philippine Information Agency office on Thursday. Arr...
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27Apr2012DAGUPAN CITY, April 27 (PIA) -- City Vice-Mayor Belen T. Fernandez has expressed support to the suggestion of Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) Chairman Antonio ‘Bebot’ Villar for imposition of death penalty as punishment for drug pushers. Death penalty might be an effective way of dealing with drug problems because drug pushers might get intimidated to continue with their trade if the penalty is reinstated, Fernandez said. The penalty, though, might also be too harsh for people who might be wr...
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24Apr2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 24 (PIA) -- Local government units (LGUs) will now be involved in the campaign against illegal drugs trade and use in communities, according to the regional office of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). Liza Baoy, PDEA regional information officer, disclosed that part of the agency’s campaign to solve the problem on drug abuse is the reactivation of the Barangay Drug Abuse Councils (BADAC) in various towns and cities in Eastern Visayas. She stressed the...
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24Apr2012CEBU CITY, April 24, (PIA) -- Law enforcement and rehabilitation may help curb the illegal drug trade, but the key in addressing the problem at the root starts with the family. Senator Gregorio "Gringo" B. Honasan, senate committee chair on public order and illegal drugs urged parents to watch and check their children closely and frequently and see to it that they are not hanging out with the wrong people. Honasan said the youth who are not guided by parents are prone to being involved illegal...
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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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20Apr2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, April 20 (PIA) -- Following the discovery of prohibited items, materials, and explosives, including the involvement of several jail inmates and guards on the use of illegal drugs, a provincial official here said a new scheme will be implemented soon in order to prevent a repeat of the incident. Lawyer Edgardo Balgos, provincial administrator, said as part of their preventive policies, they have temporarily suspended the regular visiting hours for the jail inmates to p...
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19Apr2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, April 19 (PIA) -- Most of the jail guards at the provincial jail have been relieved here after a surprise inspection yielded illegal drugs and other prohibited items. “Governor Luisa Cuaresma has requested us to provide security assistance for the provincial jail since most of the guards have been relieved as of the moment,” Police Senior Supt. Valfrie Tabian, provincial police director told reporters here yesterday. He made the statement during the weekly “Tu...
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17Apr2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, April 17(PIA) -- Authorities have discovered illegal materials and practices, such as illegal drugs and sex toys, inside the compound of Nueva Vizcaya Provincial Jail after they have conducted a surprise inspection. Provincial administrator Edgardo Balgos said a surprise inspection conducted by government authorities last Saturday at the provincial jail here resulted in the discovery of prohibited items and materials such as illegal drugs and paraphernalia, guns, a gre...
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16Apr2012LUCENA CITY, Quezon, April 16 (PIA) -- May 68 opisyal ng Philippine National Police (PNP) mula sa Quezon police provincial office, Quezon provincial public safety company at mga hepe ng pulisya mula sa iba’t-ibang bayan ng Quezon ang nagpa drug test sa Quezon provincial crime laboratory office, Camp Nakar Lucena City noong Abril 14. Ang nasabing pagpapa drug test ng mga pulis ay ginawa kaalinsabay sa ginanap na command conference na ipinatawag ni Provincial Director, PSSupt. Valeri...
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13Apr2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Apirl 13 (PIA) -– The proliferation of illegal drug trade in Cagayan Valley has decreased and is no longer a menace in the region, a top Philippine National Police (PNP) official here said. Chief Supt. Rodrigo De Gracia, PNP regional director in a recent visit here said that based on their assessment, illegal drug trade has dramatically decreased by 75 percent because of their relentless campaign since last year. The decrease on illegal drug trade, he said, can b...
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13Apr2012CALAMBA CITY, Laguna, April 13 (PIA) -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) destroyed 261 kilograms (kl) and 301 liters of dangerous drugs worth P807.7 million at the Integrated Waste Management Incorporated (IWMI) in Barangay Aguado, Trece Martirez City, Cavite yesterday. PDEA Director General Undersecretary Jose S. Gutierrez Jr. said the destruction ceremony was done in compliance with the guidelines set forth by Section 21, Article II of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dange...
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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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10Apr2012QUEZON CITY, April 10 (PIA) -- An Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group (IADITG) center will soon open at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). This, after a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was inked among the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Manila International Airport Administration (MIAA), and six other national government agencies, a statement from the PDEA said. PDEA Director General Undersecretary Jose S. Gutierrez Jr. thanked MIAA General Manager Jose Angel Honrad...
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09Apr2012MULONDO, Lanao del Sur, April 9 (PIA) -- Troops from the 65th Infantry (Stalwart) Battalion, 9th Infantry (Spear) Division under Lt. Col. Seigred J. Espina confiscated loose firearms and shabu last April 4 while conducting checkpoint at Barangay Kitambogon. The Stalwart troopers found two Colt Cal. 45 pistols with one magazine each and loaded with four and six rounds of live ammunition bearing serial numbers 7790314 and 006192, but without any legal documents, from the possession of three indiv...
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04Apr2012SURIGAO CITY, Abril 4 (PIA) -- Si Pangulong Benigno S. Aquino III miapil sa mga lideres sa Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) sa pakigkombate niini batok sa illegal nga mga narkotiko nagkauyon pagwagtang sa hulga sa droga hangtod sa tuig 2015. Sa iyang mensahe atol sa Plenary Session sa 20th Asean Summit didto sa Cambodia, ang Pangulo mipadayag sa iyang suporta ngadto sa Asean, lakip usab ang pakigkombate batok illegal drugs sa international community. “We strongly support region...
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04Apr2012MAKATI CITY, April 4 (PIA) -- Mayor Jejomar Erwin S. Binay lauded members of the Makati Anti-Drug Abuse Council (MADAC) and the Station Anti-Illegal Drugs-Special Operations Task Group (SAIDSOTG) for apprehending three suspected drug pushers last March 30. Binay praised the operatives of MADAC and SAIDSOTG for a successful buy-bust operation. “Our goal is to make Makati a drug-free city. The city government will not allow drug peddlers to destroy the lives of our children," he said. Antone...
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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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28Mar2012MANILA, Mar. 28 (PIA) -– Mipadayag sa kabalaka ang Philippine Consulate General sa Guangzhou sa padayon nga pagka-aresto sa mga Filipinos tungod sa drug-smuggling sa Hong Kong ug Macau SAR taliwala sa pagkabitay sa upat ka mga Filipino didto sa mainland China niadtong Marso ug Disyembre 2011. Ang konsulado sa miingon nga ang upat ka mga Filipino nga naaresto sa Hong Kong gikan sa Hulyo ngadto sa Nobyembre 2011 paingon sa Guangzhou ug Guangxi diin kamatayon ang penalidad sa kasong drug-smugg...
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28Mar2012PANABO CITY, March 28 – Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine National Police nabbed a suspected drug pusher last March 25 after conducting a buy-bust operation. Elements from Panabo Police Station led by Psupt Marvin Pepino, Davao del Norte Provincial Police Office Intel Section led by Psupt Glenn Cristines and Criminal Investigation and Detection Group of Davao del Norte in coordination with the PDEA Regional Office XI conducted buy-bust operation at Barangay J.P La...
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27Mar2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Marso 27 (PIA) -- Bagama’t may ilang lokal na pamahalaan ang tumutulong sa mga residente nilang mayroong tuberculosis (TB) sa pamamagitan ng Programmatic Multi-Drug Resistant TB (PMDT) Treatment Center sa lungsod ng Koronadal, nanawagan pa rin ang Department of Health-12 (DOH 12) sa iba pang mga LGUs na tulungan din ang kanilang mga residente upang masigurong nagpapatuloy ang mga ito sa pagpapagaling sa multi-drug resistant (MDR) TB. Pali...
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27Mar2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 27 (PIA) -- The Programmatic Multi-Drug Resistant TB (PMDT) Treatment Center located at the Koronadal City Health Center has 28 patients undergoing treatment against multi-drug resistant (MDR) TB, a health official reported on Friday. Dr. Arlene Candos, PMDT Treatment Center physician, reported that these patients come from Esperanza, Bagumbayan, Lebak in Sultan Kudarat province; Tupi, Tampakan, Banga, and Koronadal City in ...
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20Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 20, (PIA)--Immigration officers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) have tightened the screening of all African nationals following the spate of apprehensions of foreign drug mules at the premiere port in recent days. In a news release, Bureau of Immigration (BI) spokesperson and acting intelligence chief Atty. Ma. Antonette Mangrobang said the bureau’s intelligence agents are also closely monitoring African passengers arr...
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17Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 17 (PIA) -- Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Regional Director Juvenal Azurin has re-echoed the call of Director General Undersecretary Jose S. Gutierrez on national support and community involvement to sweep drug pushers off the streets. Azurin elaborated that community involvement is very much sought to curb drug pushers and users in the region as anti-drug officials need informants in PDEA’s efforts to eliminate anti-illegal drugs. The p...
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16Mar2012ANTIPOLO CITY, Rizal, March 16 (PIA) -- About 1,000 less privileged sectors including indigent children and senior citizens at Sitio Knights of Columbus in Barangay San Roque, availed recently of the free medical and dental check-up and free medicines brought by Mercury Drug Corp. in partnership with Pfizer and in coordination with the city government. Medical and dental services were simultaneously done in 60 other locations around the country; it is an annual medical outreach pr...
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13Mar2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, March 13 (PIA) – With thecollaboration of the City Health Office (CHO) here and Mercury Drug Corporation, thousands of residents in Northville, Barangay Calulut recently received free medical treatments. Dubbed “Operation Bigay Lunas” (OBL), the annual event was an all-day free clinic that provided medical consultations and medicines to indigent patients in selected cities and municipalities nationwide every March. The City of San Fernan...
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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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12Mar2012DAVAO CITY, Mar. 12 (PIA) -- Officials and personnel of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the region joined the Sports Festival 2012 of Kill Droga Club (KDC) and Junior Citizens Crime Watch (JCCW) on Sunday (Mar. 11) at the University of Mindanao (UM) Matina Campus, this city. With this year’s theme: “Drug Free Society is a Means to Ends Poverty,” the annual sports fest aimed to foster camaraderie and cooperation with students and the different school or...
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12Mar2012CEBU CITY, March 12 (PIA) -- “We badly need the support of the community to report any marijuana farms (near Danao City),” said P/Supt. Rodolfo Albotra Jr., chief of the Cebu Provincial Police Office-Provincial Intelligence Branch (CPPO-PIB). Albotra said they are coordinating with barangay officials in areas where marijuana plantations have been raided. “In Balamban, we have already met with barangay officials to seek their support in the conti...
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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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07Mar2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 7 -- To intensify the Supply Reduction Campaign of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), the enforcers in Northern Mindanao conducted a buy-bust operation at Zone 2, Vamenta Boulevard, Carmen, this city, March 6. The operation, led by IO2 Vincent Cecil Orcales of the Misamis Oriental Provincial Special Enforcement Team (Mis.Or. PSET), caused the arrest of five suspected drug pushers in Cagayan de Oro. Director Roberto S. Opeña, PDEA-10...
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07Mar2012TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, March 7 (PIA) -- Surigao del Sur Gov. Johnny Pimentel expressed interest over the idea of a drug test for Capitol employees here. In a brief message to Capitol employees on Monday’s flag ceremony program, he bared that a growing number of department heads in the provincial government are asking him to order such measure. Pimentel said, there are already two provinces in Caraga region that have done such move referring to Surig...
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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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06Mar2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 6 -- A watch listed drug personality (WLDP) of Bukidnon Province was apprehended by the operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Regional Office 10, Bukidnon Provincial Special Enforcement Team (PSET), March 3. Led by IO 1 Randy T. Pulmano in a buy-bust operation at around 3:00 p.m. at Brgy. 1, Springside, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, suspect Rasmiah Carbal Alim a.k.a. Rasmie Carbal (watch listed), female, 38 years old, and her husband Moalim ...
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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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06Mar2012OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, March 6 (PIA) -- Concerned with the danger posed by the severe multidrug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) patients in the city, the Committee on Health and Education here proposed a funding of some P1 million for their assistance. July Luansing-Go of the Sangguniang Bayan said the proposed amount will cover a 12-month assistance program to about 50 MDR patients, who have been officially recorded as such by the city health office. “These M...
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06Mar2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 6 -- Another watch-listed drug personality (WLDP) in the province of Lanao del Norte was arrested last March 1, 2012 at around 11:30 a.m. by the operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Regional Office 10, Lanao Provincial Special Enforcement Team (PSET) led by IO 3 Rubylyn S. Alfaro, team leader in a buy-bust operation at Purok 5, Barangay Saray, Iligan City. Director III Roberto S. Opeña of PDEA-10 identified the suspect as Minda Da...
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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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01Mar2012PAGADIAN CITY, Mar. 1 (PIA) -- The city government, in partnership with Mercury Drug, conducted today “Operation Bigay Lunas – Libreng Gamutan” as the drugstore, celebrates its 67th year of public service and existence. The medical mission is held at the Pagadian City gymnasium. As early as 6.m., thousands of people from all walks of life flocked the gymnasium to avail the free medical services such as medical check-up, consultatio...
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29Feb2012CEBU CITY, February 29 (PIA) -- Central Visayas Police Office is mulling over a stricter background investigation on police applicants during the recruitment process to ensure that new police recruits are not susceptible to committing crimes. S/Supt. Orlando Ualat, chief of the Regional Directorial Staff of the Police Regional Office (PRO) 7 issued the statement amid the report that an ex-cop was nabbed yesterday for selling drugs in Bogo City in northern Cebu. “We wil...
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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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27Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb. 27 (PIA) -- The Philippine Information Agency (PIA) was honored for its “Anti-Drug Courier Program” during the 47th Anvil Awards held at the EDSA Shangri-la Hotel in City. The PIA was recognized and given the Merit Award for the category -- PR Program on a Sustained Basis for its advocacy campaign against drug mules and drug trafficking in the country. The program was a response to the alarming number of drug smuggling cases involved in by Fi...
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21Feb2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 21 -- An operation conducted by the operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Northern Mindanao led to the arrest of a suspected pusher in Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City. Led by IO2 Vincent Cecil M. Orcales of the Misamis Oriental Provincial Special Enforcement Team last Feb. 19, suspected pusher Arnel Lumacang dela Cruz alias Arpok, male, 29 years old. Bought from the suspect was one piece transparent plastic sachet containing white ...
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21Feb2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 21 – The considered number 2 priority target listed drug personality in the province of Bukidnon has fallen into the operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Northern Mindanao. After a buy-bust operation of the elements of PDEA Bukidnon Provincial Special Enforcement Team led by OI1 Joel L. Genita last Feb. 15, alleged drug personality Evella Boholano Babela, female, 46 years old, has been arrested. Regional Director Roberto...
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17Feb2012CEBU CITY, February 17(PIA) – Land Transportation Office (LTO) assistant secretary Virginia Torres mulled on recommending random drug testing among public utility vehicle drivers nationwide. Torres witnessed the effectiveness of the said LTO-7 program in ensuring road safety. She was in Cebu last week to observed first-hand how LTO-7 conducted the random road drug testing among PUV drivers. LTO 7 regional director Raul Aguilos said that out of 50 PUV drivers teste...
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13Feb2012MANILA, Feb.13 -- Ang Malacanang nagpahimatngon sa mga Filipinos nga nag trabaho komo mga drug mules alang sa mga international drug syndicates isip baylo sa kantidad nga kwarta aron mapug-ngan sila nga mahimong subject sa death penalty, matod sa opisyal sa Palasyo niadtong nakalabay nga adlawng Sabado. Si Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda nagpalusad ug statement durante sa usa ka interview sa kahanginan sa government-run nga dzRB Radyo ng Bayan sa Sabado, kahum...
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13Feb2012MANILA, Feb. 13 (PIA) -- After the arrest of two Filipinos in Macau for alleged drug trafficking last Feb. 1, Malacanang warned Pinoys working as drug mules or courriers for international drug syndicates in exchange for money to prevent them from being subjects to death penalty, a Palace official said over the weekend. In a statement posted on the Philippine News Agency website (www.pna.gov.ph), Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said that the Aquino administration, which has a st...
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10Feb2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 10 -- Another successful buy-bust operation was conducted by the operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Regional Office in Northern Mindanao. Led by IO3 Rubylyn S. Alfaro of the Lanao del Norte Provincial Special Enforcement Team, February 7, around 12:30 p.m., at Purok 8, Buruun, Iligan City which resulted to the arrests of three suspected pushers. Director Roberto S. Opeña of PDEA-10 said identified suspects were Kilong Co...
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09Feb2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 9 -- Another alleged watch-listed drug personality (WLPD) has fallen into the hands of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). After a buy-bust operation of the elements of PDEA-Bukidnon Provincial Special Enforcement Team in Bukidnon, Feb. 6, around 2:45 p.m., led by IO1 Randy T. Pulmano, alleged WLPD Razil Abergas Custodio, female, single, 27 years old, residing at Purok 2, Barangay Poblacion, Valencia City has been arrested. Regional Director...
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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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31Jan2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Jan. 31 (PIA) -- Governor Luisa Cuaresma here has expressed her support to the proposed anti-drug summit by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) to be conducted soon in this province. Cuaresma made the support during the meeting of the Provincial Peace and Order Council meeting here Tuesday after PDEA Regional Director Juvenal Azurin presented the planned activity. “Please make your coordination with our provincial administrator and the ...
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27Jan2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Jan. 27 (PIA) -- Some 64 drug users who are residents of Angeles City were arrested in different operations last year. The suspects are now detained at the Angeles City District Jail. Angeles City Anti-Drug Abuse Council (ACADAC) officer-in-charge Annaliza Suller passed on the members of the Metro Angeles Council on the Administration of Justice (MACAJ) information on the incidence of drug abuse in the city in its monthly meeting held recently in Angeles ...
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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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04Jan2012BATANGAS CITY, Jan. 1 (PIA) --As a result of their unrelenting campaign against illegal drugs in the province, the provincial police office (PPO) of the Philippine National Police in Batangas has conducted 287 search and seizure operations last year. "We are persistent in our endeavor to lessen if not totally eradicate cases on prohibited drugs in the whole province," PNP Provincial Director P/Sr. Supt. Rosauro Acio said. Based on the PPOs records, 164 pushers and 275...
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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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22Nov2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, Nov. 22 (PIA) -– State-owned hospital Zamboanga City Medical Center (ZCMC) acquired a P13.5 million Tuberculosis diagnostic machine. The state of the art machine called GeneXpert MTB/RIF is capable of identifying bacteria causing Tuberculosis, can screen the sputum in just a matter of two hours and can give fast and accurate result. Also, the high end machine has the capability to detect whether the bacteria is resistant to first line of anti-TB drug-Rifampicin. &...
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15Nov2011OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, Nov. 15 (PIA) -- The Seventh Day Adventists (SDA) vowed to support the advocacy of Misamis Occidental’s anti-smoking campaign. This was in response to a recently approved anti-smoking ordinance by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP). Pastor Rolie Ursunal of SDA said the campaign will benefit the people, especially the youth. Pastor Segundino Asoy, President, SDA Against Drug-Abuse, urged the Misamisnons to stop smoking. Early this year, Atty. Josefi...
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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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29Sep2011CALAMBA CTIY, Laguna, September 29 (PIA) -- One of the primary reasons why some children or youths are indulged in drug addiction, child labor, prostitution and other unlawful activities, as generally claimed, is due to extreme poverty. In addressing these problems the government has instituted and strengthened various programs focusing on the welfare and protection of children for them to become good citizens and leaders in the future. One tangible program of the government in nurturing a bet...
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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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15Aug2011DAVAO CITY, Aug. 15 (PIA) -- A free temporary shelter for poor patients undergoing treatment for the multi-drug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis will soon be established in the region. Dr. Lilian Suemith, treatment center physician of the treatment for the multi-drug resistant tuberculosis bared that the shelter would be called “Half Way House” which is nearing completion. Suemith said that the Department of Health (DOH) has made the renovation of an old building of the former Da...
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29Jul2011DAVAO CITY, July 29 (PIA) -- A city councilor here expressed alarm on the state of toys in the city upon learning of a study finding that showed several children’s products tested positive with harmful toxic metals. City councilor Bernie Al-ag said he was quite alarmed by the findings of the International POPs Eliminations Network (IPEN) and the EcoWaste Coalition, Inc. which revealed that 26 per cent of the 135 tested toys in the city contained at least one toxic metal bey...
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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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09May2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 9 (PIA) -- The Zamboanga City Anti-Drug Abuse Council (ZADAC) was recently reactivated to further intensify anti drug-abuse campaign here. City Information Officer (IO) Sheila Covarrubias said the reactivation of ZADAC brings in more “teeth” to the duties and responsibilities of the council’s member-agencies. “The reactivation brings in strengthened duties and responsibilities” Covarrubias said. According to her, City Mayor Celso Lobrega...
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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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26Apr2011KORONADAL CITY, April 26 (PIA) -- In its continuing effort to equip and build the capabilities of the its peacekeeping forces at the village level, the Tampakan LGU trained its civilian volunteer organizations (CVOs), popularly referred to as “barangay tanods,” on community defense. At least 156 barangay tanods from Barangays San Isidro, Tablu, Pula Bato, Palo, Danlag, Liberty, and Buto last week underwent a three-day training where their capabilities on rescue...
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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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30Mar2011CEBU CITY, Mar 30 (PIA) -- As the country sympathized with the families of the three Filipinos who were executed before 12 noon today in China due to drug trafficking, the public is again reminded on the dangers of falling victims to illegal recruitment which includes the risk of becoming drug mules. Police Regional Office (PRO) - 7 chief gen. Ager Ontog said the fate of our fellow countrymen was unfortunate especially as one of the three victims was reportedly just a victim of illegal ...
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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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14Mar2011ILOILO CITY, Mar 14 (PIA)--Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and Filipinos travelers were told to think twice, thrice or to better ignore it when somebody approaches and requests them to carry his or her luggage or suitcase. The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration 6 has warned OFWs and Filipino travelers to be more vigilant against smuggling of prohibited drugs through “padala” or request from individuals or groups to carry luggage for them as it may contain p...
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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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20Feb2011CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Feb. 20 (PIA) -- In the course of controversies being tossed at the Philippine National Police (PNP), there are still a lot of things that Filipinos can smile about. This was seen true as PNP Central Luzon Director Alan Purisima presented the significant accomplishments of the PNP in year 2010 relative to its campaigns on crime prevention and control during a regional peace and order summit in Clark Freeport recently. According to Purisima, the PNP in the region...
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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, Misamis Oriental, Jan. 30 (PIA) -- Violations of Republic Act 9165 otherwise known as “The Comprehensive Dangerous Act of 2002” topped the cases of women inmates at the Cagayan de Oro City jail, in Barangay Lumbia, this city. Thus revealed jail/Sr. Supt. Pio P. Capistrano, regional director of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), Region 10, who said of the total 96 women-inmates, three are children-in-conflict with the law (CICL) offenders...
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31Jan2011CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Jan. 31 (PIA) – Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Director General Atty. Jose A. Fabia said drug courier is a big embarrassment to the Phillippines. He said this during the "Anti-Drug Courier Program" launch held Monday in one of the local hotels in Cagayan. According to DG Fabia, with the latest number of arrested Filipinos in China reaching 209, it sad to note that this happens considering that th Philippines is one of the major exporters...
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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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31Jan2011CAGAYAN DE ORO, Jan. 31 (PIA) – “Apprehending drug couriers and traffickers is not our mandate,” says Atty. Jose A. Fabia, Director-General of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA), “but to help increase the awareness level of people about the Anti-Drug Courier Program so that less Filipinos will be victimized.” This was his reaction on a query about the PIA's role in the Anti-Drug Courier Program launching where 22 PIA information officers from all...
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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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27Jan2011CAGAYAN DE ORO City, Misamis Oriental, Jan. 27 (PIA) -- The Task Force on Drug Couriers (TFDC) has intensified its Information, Education and Communication (IEC) campaign to deter, prevent, and protect Filipinos from being exploited or victimized as “drug mules.” It will be conducting a briefing on the Anti-Drug Courier Program (ADCP) at Pearlmont Hotel, Cagayan de Oro City, on Jan. 31, this year, for all information center managers and regional heads of the Philippine Inform...
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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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