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“How did this happen and how can incidents like these be prevented?” These are the questions Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles hopes will be answered by the House Committee on Dangerous Drugs investigation into the recent shootout between police officers and anti-narcotics agents, which the lawyer-lawmaker backed on Friday amidst calls for an inquiry […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said he will leave it to the drug enforcement agencies to decide who will be given access to the list of high-value targets (HVTs) in the campaign against illegal drugs, including Vice President Leni Robredo, who now serves as co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-illegal Drugs (ICAD). Nograles said that […]
Senator Dick Gordon said he was very disappointed by the “softening” statements of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Aaron Aquino, saying the former police officer’s narration of events was different from what he told the senator in an earlier meeting. In an interview with reporters, Gordon said Aquino claimed during a meeting with […]
Senator Bong Go reminded the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) during the Senate Committee on Finance budget hearing of both agencies to maximize existing drug rehabilitation facilities to give drug dependents willing to be rehabilitated a chance to reform themselves. With a total of 54 rehabilitation centers, 19 of […]
With President Rodrigo Duterte making public two months ahead of the May 13 midterm polls his third narco-list that included 46 politicians with alleged links to illegal drugs, Senator Dick Gordon said the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and other concerned agencies should have kept a tight watch on those on the list who ran […]
With President Rodrigo Duterte making public two months ahead of the May 13 midterm polls his third narco-list that included 46 politicians with alleged links to illegal drugs, Senator Dick Gordon said the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and other concerned agencies should have kept a tight watch on those on the list who ran […]
Senator Dick Gordon has advised dismissed police Colonel Eduardo Acierto, former deputy director for administration of the PNP Drug Enforcement Group (DEG), to come out of hiding and surrender. Acierto recently accused President Rodrigo Duterte and the Philippine National Police of ignoring an intelligence report that he allegedly submitted and blocking further probe into the […]
“Why is the PDEA (Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency) taking its sweet time in releasing its so-called narco lists? It should stop stoking the public’s appetitie for controversy and divulge the names of those involved in drugs right away. Otherwise, better to just keep quiet and stop attracting so much media attention to itself.” Senator Koko […]
Senator Joel Villanueva hailed the efforts of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in seizing a total of P1.1 billion worth of “shabu” (crystal meth)in separate buy-bust operations in Muntinlupa City. The illegal drugs were confiscated from three Chinese nationals at the parking lot of the Festival Mall and a house inside the posh Ayala […]
Former Special Assistant to the President (SAP) and senatorial aspirant Bong Go has vowed to continue helping President Rodrigo Duterte’s fight against illegal drugs and corruption to boost economic growth. “It is to continue the beneficial programs and reforms we have achieved so far –all of which have resulted to the gains we now enjoy […]