Duterte vows to ‘wipe out’ drug gangs by end of term

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 23:21:11 +0000

CEBU CITY—President Duterte has warned those involved in illegal drugs that the last three years of his administration will be “the most dangerous.”

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PDEA to cleanse 827 villages of illegal drugs

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 21:36:26 +0000

CLARK FREEPORT — The drug menace persists in 2,409 of 3,102 villages in Central Luzon, and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) will start cleansing 827 of these this year, a top antinarcotics official said here on Friday.

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PNP says cocaine haul now P871M

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 21:20:19 +0000

PNP says cocaine haul now P871M

The blocks of cocaine found at sea or along coastlines in the country’s eastern seaboard in Luzon and Mindanao this month had reached a total volume of 165 kilograms, worth P871.674 million, a Philippine National Police official said on Monday. Senior Supt. Bernard Banac, PNP spokesperson, said packs of illegal drugs were recovered at Tandag […]

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Sotto backs Duterte’s tougher war on drugs

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 12:12:40 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – Senate President Vicente Sotto III said he is in favor of a “stronger approach” to the government’s war on drugs.

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Duterte: Drug war will be ‘harsher in the days to come’

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 17:03:44 +0000

Duterte: Drug war will be ‘harsher in the days to come’

President Rodrigo Duterte warned on Wednesday that his anti-drug campaign would be “harsher in the days to come.”

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PDEA chief: Drug syndicates may be behind agent’s murder

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 16:21:54 +0000

PDEA chief: Drug syndicates may be behind agent’s murder

Drug syndicates may be behind the murder of an agent of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Director General Aaron Aquino, PDEA chief, said in a statement issued on Wednesday.

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Trillanes to Locsin: Duterte tirade an ‘admission’ of EJK

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 04:25:21 +0000

Trillanes to Locsin: Duterte tirade an ‘admission’ of EJK

Senator Trillanes agreed with Secretary Locsin that President Duterte’s tirade was “illuminating” because it was an “admission” of EJKs. 

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Locsin: Duterte tirade vs Trillanes ‘most illuminating remark’

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 00:30:51 +0000

TEDDY LOCSIN

President Duterte’s tirade against Senator Trillanes is the “most illuminating remark” on the issue of the drive against illegal drugs.

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Fear stalks kin of drug war victims

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 21:19:54 +0000

Fear stalks kin of drug war victims

LUCENA CITY—Relatives of suspects who died in the government’s war on drugs in Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon) region have not been pursuing cases out of fear for their lives, an official of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said.

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