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Bigger budget for anti-drug campaign pushed

A FORMER official of the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) is urging Malacañang and the country’s lawmakers to balance the allocation of budget for reproductive health and the anti-drug campaign. Lawyer...

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Anti-narcotic agency nabs 3 ‘drug suspects’

THREE suspected traders of illegal drugs were arrested by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in two separate buy-bust operations in Bukidnon and Misamis Oriental. PDEA Regional Director...

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Pinays favorite drug mules of int'l gangs!

AN exciting country-hopping spree plus an allowance of at least P100,000 for a week. The offer must have sparkled like rare diamonds before Maria Elenita Rivera, 40, last March. Thus, she grabbed it...

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Balaodnon kalabot Drug Rehabilitation gipalabang sa Senador

BALAODNON nga maglakip sa drug rehabilitation ubos sa Philhealth coverage ang gipalabang ni Senador Vicente Sotto III pinaagi sa pag-amendar sa Republic Act 7875 o Philhealth Law. Ang pagpalabang sa...

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City Council approves P11.8B budget for 2012 but cuts it by more than half

THE Cebu City Council yesterday approved only P5.2 billion for 2012, reducing the P11.8-billion proposed annual budget of the executive department by more than half. Mayor Michael Rama declined to...

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Cuenco hopes conviction of Shabu 11 serves as warning vs. merchants of death

FORMER congressman Antonio Cuenco yesterday said he is happy that the 11 accused in the Mandaue City mega shabu laboratory, which was raided in 2004, were finally convicted in a decision penned by...

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Law enforcers feel betrayed on DOJ circular

A FORMER chief of the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) expressed dismay over a circular recently issued by Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Leila De Lima. Lawyer Clarence Paul Oaminal said while drug...

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Senator calls media to support press freedom law

SENATOR Vicente Sotto III is seeking the support of Mindanao media for the passage of his bill amending the Press Freedom Law. According to lawyer Clarence Paul Oaminal, the law is set to be amended...

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Drug abuse among PUV drivers worries officials

ONE way to prevent illegal drug users from driving public utility vehicles (PUV) is to stop mandatory drug tests, an official said. “Mandatory drug testing must be scrapped and should be replaced with...

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PDEA receives award for P20-M shabu seizure

THE Philippine Narcotic Enforcement Officers Association (PNEOA) has conferred an award to the personnel of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Northern Mindanao (PDEA 10) on Thursday. The award...

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NBI probes PDEA for bribery

The manner in which a message to the President Aquino was conveyed through the media seemed to have further annoyed Malacañang which now hinted that it had no plans of caving in to the demand of a...

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Senate grills intel, anti-drug agencies on 2013 budget

The proposed budgets of the country’s lead intelligence collection unit and three other agencies will be examined by the Senate finance committee as they defend their proposed budgets for 2013 today....

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PDEA agents arrest financier of big-time drug syndicate operating in Metro...

The financier of a big-time drug syndicate based in Binondo was arrested by agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) after serving his arrest warrant last Jan. 4. PDEA Director General...

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PDEA anti-drug campaign levels up

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said it will focus on high-value and high-impact targets as it renewed its resolve to implement the anti-drug law in a more united and organized system of...

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LGUs urged to implement Anti-Drug Abuse Councils

THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has urged local government units in Eastern Visayas to strengthen the implementation of their Anti-Drug Abuse Council (Adac) which gives priority to...

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Partylist solon seeks bigger budget for DoST-Pagasa

In the advent of huge climactic changes that affect the country, a partylist lawmaker yesterday sought for a bigger budget for the Department of Science and Technology (DoST) and its attached agency,...

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Rama’s police pick surfaces

MORE than a week after he was relieved, Senior Supt. Noli Romana showed up yesterday at the Regional Police Holding Accounting Unit (RPHAU) 7. The former director of the Negros Oriental Provincial...

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Anti-illegal drug agency receives good grade on accountability report cards

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) received a highly commendable rating on its final accountability report cards from an inter-agency task force headed by the Department of Budget and...

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Junked drug cases in Cebu 'alarming'

CEBU -- A former official of the Dangerous Drugs Board described as “alarming” the number of illegal drug cases dismissed in court. Lawyer Clarence Paul Oaminal said that if the trend continues, the...

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