What You Need to Know About the New ‘Tuklaw’ Cigarette Threat TUKLAW – A new tobacco product called “tuklaw” is making waves for all the wrong reasons, with authorities warning it contains dangerously high nicotine levels and illegal additives. The Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) have issued a joint … Read more
PDEA Faces Dissolution as Sotto Pushes for Centralized Drug Authority PDEA – Senator Vicente Sotto III is pushing for a sweeping reform in the country’s drug war, starting with the abolition of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). Senate Minority Leader Vicente Sotto III has proposed a major overhaul of the country’s anti-drug campaign by … Read more
The PDEA was restricted by law to reveal the drug test results of political aspirants. PDEA — The confidentiality law restricted the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency from making public the drug test results of the political aspirants in the local or national elections. On Thursday, PDEA spokesperson Derrick Arnold Carreon was apologetic for remaining mum … Read more
An agent from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) has been arrested for killing his neighbor in a shooting incident. The PDEA-7 agent identified as David Cataluña Medallo has been detained after killing his neighbor, a 40-year-old Daniel Alolod last Sunday, January 3, in Madridejos town in Bantayan Island. In a phone … Read more