Tag: pdea
PDEA asks TV networks to conduct drug tests on celebrities
MANILA — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Thursday urged television networks to conduct surprise or mandatory drug testing on their actors and actresses to weed out drug users. This…
Private sector to join drug awareness drive
MANILA — Owners of private establishments will undergo workshops with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) to help identify illegal drug peddlers renting spaces from them. This, as PDEA launched…
DOJ consolidates PDEA, NBI raps on multi-billion shabu haul
MANILA — Prosecutors on Wednesday asked the respondents in the complaint filed by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in the case involving illegal drugs which were smuggled into the country…
PDEA eyes raps vs. parents of kids rescued in Navotas drug den
MANILA — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) plans to file cases against the parents of minors rescued in a recent anti-drug operation in Navotas City. PDEA Director General Aaron Aquino…
PDEA, BOC to beef up coordination vs. drug smuggling
MANILA — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and Bureau of Customs (BOC) vowed to strengthen partnership to intensify the government’s campaign against smuggling of illegal drugs into the country. This,…
Guban heads to WPP; vows to tell all about shabu smuggling at BOC
MANILA — Former Bureau of Customs (BOC) intelligence officer Jimmy Guban will be turned over to the Department of Justice (DOJ) Tuesday where he will be placed under the witness…
Aquino lauds Lapeña remark on magnetic lifters with shabu
MANILA — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Thursday welcomed the remarks of Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Isidro Lapeña saying he is convinced that the four magnetic lifters found…
‘Shabu’ seized in Manila port, recent ops have same profile: PDEA
MANILA — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Wednesday reiterated that samples from the intercepted “shabu” (crystal meth) shipment at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) and evidence seized from…
PDEA welcomes poll bets’ move to voluntarily undergo drug test
MANILA — While an amendment to the Omnibus Election Code is necessary to compel candidates to subject themselves to drug testing, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said there is nothing…
Ambushed PDEA personnel get aid from ARMM gov’t
COTABATO CITY – The regional government of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao has provided assistance to families of the five Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agents killed during the Oct.…
5 PDEA agents killed, 2 others hurt in Lanao Sur ambush
ILIGAN CITY (Updated)–Five members of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency were killed while two others were wounded in an ambush by still unidentified perpetrators in the Lanao del Sur town…
PDEA exec goes on leave for family vacation
MANILA — Philippine Drug Enforcement AgencyPDEA exec goes on leave (PDEA) Director General Aaron Aquino on Friday clarified he has gone on leave for a family vacation and not because of…
PDEA-Bicol defends Duterte on Naga City as ‘shabu hotbed’ statement
LEGAZPI CITY — President Rodrigo Duterte’s statement tagging Naga City as once a “hotbed” of crystal meth (shabu) has earned the ire of many Bicolanos. However, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency…
Drug smugglers becoming bolder: Malacañang
MANILA — Malacañang on Saturday described drug manufacturers and smugglers as “bolder” after a recent report which showed PHP6.8 billion worth of “shabu” from an alleged Taiwan syndicate had recently…
No tolerance for rights abuses: NCRPO chief
MANILA — National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) Acting Regional Director Chief Supt. Guillermo Eleazar has assured that authorities will not tolerate human rights abuses, and has vowed to investigate…
PNP to work with PDEA in verifying new names in narco list
MANILA — The Philippine National Police (PNP) said Wednesday it will fully support the Philippine Drug Enforcement Authority (PDEA) in dealing with the personalities named by the latter in its updated…
Indian national nabbed for bribing PDEA agents
MANILA — Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Aaron Aquino on Monday lauded the agency’s operatives for refusing the bribe in exchange for the immediate release of an Indian…
PDEA, PNP, NICA, ISAFP validated narco list
MANILA — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Wednesday reiterated that the 207 barangay (village) officials included in President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s ‘narco list’ were validated by the four law…