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Some PHP1.7 million worth of shabu were seized from three drug peddlers in a buy-bust operation in Mabalacat City, this province on Friday. In a police report, Col. Robin K. Sarmiento, acting provincial director of the Pampanga Police Provincial Office, identified the arrested suspects as Alvin Cortez, 44; Rosalinda Dizon, 31; and Orlando Cortez, 54, all residents of Xevera Subdivision, Mabalacat City. Sarmiento said seized from the three were one transparent plastic bag and one knot-tied transparent plastic sachet containing 250 grams of suspected shabu with a Dangerous Drugs Board-estimated value of PHP1.7 million, buy-bust money, a Toyota Vios, and

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has collected more than PHP113 million in additional revenues last year through its X-ray Inspection Project (XIP). Citing the latest data on Friday, the agency said it has collected a total of PHP113,721,158.80 in duties and taxes from January to December last year, higher by 13 percent from 2020’s collection of PHP100,604,244.73. At the same time, the XIP said a total of 847,950 scanned containers last year, achieving a 65% increase and boosting its scanning rate performance as compared to the previous year. In 2020, the BOC had a total of 513,474 scanned containers from

High-value crops (HVC) have been planted in seven greenhouses in Barangay Aningalan, in the municipality of San Remigio this province. In an interview Friday, Office of Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) chief Nicolasito Calawag said the 10 farmers hired to maintain the seven greenhouses worth PHP19 million started planting various HVC such as lettuce, cabbage, and cut flowers. “We already started planting so that we could have harvest in the coming days,” he said. Calawag added that the project is yet to be inaugurated because it was only completed before the holiday break in December and still needs an electrical connection. The