PDEA officials, employees undergo surprise drug test

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 08:25:50 +0000

PDEA officials, employees undergo surprise drug test

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) conducted on Friday a surprise drug test on its officials and employees shortly after a command conference was held at the agency’s national headquarters.

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Makabayan solons file bill to exempt journalists from becoming witness in drug ops

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 09:09:54 +0000

Makabayan solons file bill to exempt journalists from becoming witness in drug ops

The House Makabayan opposition bloc filed on Tuesday a bill seeking to exempt journalists from “acting as witnesses” in anti-drug operations.

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Record of cops fired by Duterte clean, says PDEA

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 21:17:27 +0000

BACOLOD CITY — This city’s police chief and four other police officials, who were fired by President Rodrigo Duterte due to their alleged links to illegal drugs, have no derogatory records with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Western Visayas region.

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Maguindanao clan leaders on the run after drug raid

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2019 21:20:16 +0000

Maguindanao clan leaders on the run after drug raid

KIDAPAWAN CITY — The mayor and vice mayor of a Maguindanao town are now on the run after escaping during a police antidrug raid on their house more than two years after one of them landed on President Rodrigo Duterte’s list of narcopoliticians.

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Duterte fires Bacolod police chief, 4 other cops

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2019 15:46:38 +0000

Duterte fires Bacolod police chief, 4 other cops

President Rodrigo Duterte announced Saturday he was firing the police chief of Bacolod for “enabling” the proliferation of illegal drugs.

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Palace insists on criminalizing drug addiction

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 21:34:00 +0000

Malacañang does not intend to change the government’s approach to drug addiction even as a group of psychologists objected to its criminalization.

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