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Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benhur Abalos, Jr. emphasized the urgency of identifying and resolving the nation’s primary issue with drug addiction without delay. Abalos stressed this during the launch of BIDA B.I.K.E.R.S. (Bawal na gamot ay Iwasan, Magandang Kalusugan, Ehersisyo ay ReSponsibilidad Ko) Team Up with Kapitolyo For Life that […]
Senator Bong Go reiterated his support for the reimposition of the death penalty in cases involving heinous crimes related to illegal drugs. In an ambush interview after personally aiding struggling residents in Sariaya, Quezon, Go emphasized the need to instill fear in criminals and highlighted the devastating impact of drug-related offenses on countless innocent lives […]
The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office has turned over more than P9 million to the country’s anti-illegal drug efforts for the first quarter of 2023. “Bilang bahagi ng mandato natin, nakapagbigay tayo ng P9,636,539.40 sa Dangerous Drugs Board para makatulong sa pagsustento sa kanilang kampanya kontra sa droga,” PCSO Chairman Junie E. Cua said. Last year, […]
Lamenting that current laws have so far failed to deter offenses relating to illegal drugs, Senator Robin Padilla has filed Senate Bill 2217 seeking the death penalty for law enforcers and elective officials involved in the drug trade. Padilla, in his bill, said the leniency of current laws has caused a “sorry state of affairs […]
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte expressed full support to the call of Interior and Local Government Secretary Benhur Abalos for generals and full colonels in the Philippine National Police (PNP) to submit their courtesy resignations. This is part of the DILG’s efforts to purge the PNP hierarchy of police officers who serve as protectors and […]
Quirino governor and Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines president Dax Cua hailed the Barangay Drug Clearing Program for its efforts to rid communities of illegal drugs. This, as the Philippine National Police reported that more than 26,000 barangays across the country have been cleared of illegal drugs through the program’s “whole-of-nation approach.” “I […]
Senator Bato Dela Rosa has called on the government agencies, especially the peace and order sector, to continue the relentless efforts and whole-of-nation approach to illegal drugs, criminality, and insurgency which was started by the Duterte administration. Dela Rosa made the appeal during the organization meeting of his committee, the Senate Committee on Public Order […]
Senator Bato Dela Rosa called on law enforcement officials to ‘go the extra mile’ in their efforts to win the government’s “war on drugs” as he reminded them to always put God first in all anti-illegal drugs operations to ensure that lives are preserved. Speaking before officials, employees, and guests at the Dangerous Drugs Board’s […]
Staying true to his commitment to personally listen to the plight of disaster-stricken Filipinos wherever they are in the country, Senator Bong Go visited and assisted fire victims in Sitio Ambulong, Barangay Manocmanoc, Boracay Island, Malay, Aklan recently where he distributed financial and food assistance to them. “Pumupunta ako sa mga nasunugan kasi nais kong […]
Senator Bong Go said President Rodrigo Duterte wants the names of the “ninja cops” or police officers allegedly involved in the sale of confiscated illegal drugs be released to the public. “I think he will personally announce to the public kung sino ‘yung mga sangkot na ito,” Go said in an interview. “Sabi niya, karapatan […]