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ALL IS SET FOR ANTI-ILLEGAL DRUGS CONFAB IN CDEO
Tuesday 18th of June 2013
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, June 18 (PIA) -- The Anti-Illegal Drugs Core Group is set to conduct a summit on Anti-Illegal Drugs for the City of Cagayan de Oro on July 21 to 26, 2013.
Composed of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), and the Cocoon Foundation for Substance Abuse, Inc., all in Northern Mindanao, the Core Group hopes that by the end of 2020, all barangays in the city shall have strengthened their respective campaigns against dangerous drugs.
With the theme Kagay-anon Kontra Droga (2KD), the Summit aims to find ways: 1) to strengthen the capability of barangays in the ci...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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