The Department of Justice has reached an agreement with United Nations special rapporteur Morris Tidball-Binz for a 21-day training exercise in forensic pathology for at least 35 Filipino doctors as part of the DOJ’s program to improve capabilities for investigating wrongful deaths in the country.
BUSTED. Barangay officials witness the arrest of a traffic enforcer in Binmaley town, Pangasinan in a buy-bust operation on Sunday (Jan. 29, 2023). The enforcer was considered a high-value target in the province. (Photo courtesy of PDEA Pangasinan) BINMALEY, Pangasinan - Authorities have arrested a member of the Public Order and Safety Office of this town, who is also a former jail officer in the Pangasinan Provincial Jail, that made him a high-value target (HVT), in a buy-bust operation. In an interview on Tuesday, PDEA Pangasinan provincial head Rechie Camacho identified the suspect as Rullie Molano who sold PHP3,400 worth of suspected shabu to a PDEA agent in the operation conducted on Jan. 29. "Upon verification, we have learned that he was also a former member of the Integrated National Police officer and Jail Officer of Pangasinan Provincial Jail making him an HVT in the province," he said. Camacho said the suspect has been dealing illegal drugs, based on their monitori
MALASIQUI, Pangasinan -The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has already declared drug-cleared some 2,421 barangays out of the 2,929 drug-affected barangays in the Ilocos Region as of December 2022. In a virtual forum hosted by the Philippine Information Agency Ilocos on Friday, PDEA Ilocos regional information officer Mariepe De Guzman said some 508 barangays, or 15.55 percent are still drug-affected. She said of the total number of drug-cleared barangays, 1,089 are in Pangasinan, 456 in La Union, 465 in Ilocos Sur, and 411 in Ilocos Norte while some 183 in Pangasinan, 45 in La Union, 166 in Ilocos Sur, and 114 in Ilocos Norte are the drug-affected barangays that are yet to be cleared. De Guzman said they have conducted 22 high-impact operations that have resulted in the arrest of 83 high-value targets. "We have confiscated some 638.54 kilos of shabu and 1,505 kilos of marijuana in 2022 amounting to PHP2.7 billion," she said. The PDEA has conducted a total of 1,746 o
MALASIQUI, Pangasinan -The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has already declared drug-cleared some 2,421 barangays out of the 2,929 drug-affected barangays in the Ilocos Region as of December 2022. In a virtual forum hosted by the Philippine Information Agency Ilocos on Friday, PDEA Ilocos regional information officer Mariepe De Guzman said some 508 barangays, or 15.55 percent are still drug-affected. She said of the total number of drug-cleared barangays, 1,089 are in Pangasinan, 456 in La Union, 465 in Ilocos Sur, and 411 in Ilocos Norte while some 183 in Pangasinan, 45 in La Union, 166 in Ilocos Sur, and 114 in Ilocos Norte are the drug-affected barangays that are yet to be cleared. De Guzman said they have conducted 22 high-impact operations that have resulted in the arrest of 83 high-value targets. "We have confiscated some 638.54 kilos of shabu and 1,505 kilos of marijuana in 2022 amounting to PHP2.7 billion," she said. The PDEA has conducted a total of 1,746 o