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Ill-advised, ill-timed THE decision of President Duterte to pull out the PNP from the war on drugs is not only ill-advised but ill-timed. Just when we are seeing the drug lords, their protectors and dealers on the run for the first time, the unprecedented momentum is abruptly stopped leaving families easy prey to the narcos […]
PDEA declares Anda as 8th drug-free town
A DAY after President Duterte announced the withdrawal of the Philippine National Police (PNP) from the war on drugs, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Regional Office 1 has officially declared Anda as drug free municipality on October 12. Lawyer Marvin Tavares, PDEA OIC-Regional Director, led the representatives of the PNP, Department of Interior and Local […]
PDEA TAKES CHARGE
PDEA TAKES CHARGE – Operatives and drug-sniffing dogs of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency launch ‘Oplan Galugad’ inside the Dagupan District Jail in cooperation with Bureau of Jail Management and Penology and the Bureau of Fire Protection in search of contraband and illegal drugs in possession of inmates. The facility was declared clear. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
PDEA faces big challenge, will tap PNP for support
LIMITED LOGISTICS, MANPOWER THERE will be no letup in the war on drugs in Region 1 despite the order of President Duterte making the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency as the sole agency that will launch and initiate operations in the campaign contra illegal drugs nationwide. Lawyer Marvin Tavares, PDEA OIC-Regional Director, said the new order […]
Lee: Pangasinan will still be drug-cleared by end of 2017
UNDER PDU30 NEW ORDER LINGAYEN—The provincial director of the Philippine National Police (PNP) remains optimistic the target to make Pangasinan as drug-cleared before the end of 2017 is still possible despite the order of President Duterte that the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) will now have the sole authority to conduct the anti-drug operations of […]
Suspect in gunslay of Mayor Jolly, aide nabbed
UMINGAN— After 10 years, a suspect in the killing of former City Mayor Julian Resuello and his civilian security aide Eulogio Martinez in 2007, was finally arrested. Joint police and Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) operatives have arrested Tuesday, Loida Gonzales Mendoza, 66, a Filipino-American midwife who is a retired United States (US) Navy […]
Binmaley LGU bewails DepEd opposition to mall project
BINMALEY—The local government is at loggerheads with the Department of Education (DepEd) over the utilization of land owned by the LGU to accommodate both a proposed mall building and a renovated school campus. Mayor Simplicio Rosario has expressed support for the establishment of a shopping arcade that will require 2,300 square meters (sq.m.) in land […]