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THE chairman of the House Committee on Dangerous Drugs lauded the passage of a bill that would penalize jail guards, wardens and custodial officers who sneak in mobile phones, illegal drugs, guns, knives and other contraband inside detention facilities in the country.
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines should give China a taste of its own medicine by arresting Chinese “trespassers” in the country’s exclusive economic zone in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).
SEN. Joel Villanueva yesterday called for a review of RA 11990 or the Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Products Regulation Act so the use of vape products would be regulated by the Food and Drugs Administration and not by the Department of Trade and Industry.
MANILA, Philippines — The Internal Affairs Service (IAS) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) has started its investigation of two Special Action Force (SAF) commandos who reportedly provided escort services to Chinese nationals in a village in Muntinlupa City.
MANILA, Philippines — Associates of former president Rodrigo Duterte’s economic adviser Michael Yang, who is being investigated by a House committee for drug links, may have all gone into hiding after being found to have faked their identities and used spurious documents to acquire vast landholdings in the country.
MANILA, Philippines — A House of Representatives panel will invite former president Rodrigo Duterte’s economic adviser to a hearing on the 2023 seizure of illegal drugs worth P3 billion in Mexico, Pampanga.
MANILA, Philippines — The sudden “aggressive influx” of Chinese nationals near sites of the Philippines-US Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) should be a cause for concern for the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and Bureau of Immigration (BI), according to a congressman.
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) got an added boost to its operational capabilities with the acquisition of four narcotics detection dogs on Wednesday.
MANILA, Philippines — With the regular recurrence of dry spells, it is time to make the installation of a rainwater collection system (RCS) “mandatory” in all buildings, residential or commercial, if only to mitigate flooding, according to a senior administration lawmaker.