Day: September 18, 2024

Manila: An estimated PHP34-million worth of shabu was seized from a couple nabbed in a buy-bust operation in Bongabong, Oriental Mindoro on Tuesday. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) identified the high-value targets as Luis Baes, 45, and Lyn Baes, 41. The suspects were caught selling one kilogram of shabu packed in a tea bag to a poseur-buyer in Sitio Panlanao, Barangay Sagana at around 11:05 a.m. Tuesday. Operatives also seized from them another four kilograms of shabu with standard street value of PHP34 million. The suspects, now detained in a PDEA custodial facility, will be charged with violation of

Manila: An estimated PHP34-million worth of shabu was seized from a couple nabbed in a buy-bust operation in Bongabong, Oriental Mindoro on Tuesday. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) identified the high-value targets as Luis Baes, 45, and Lyn Baes, 41. The suspects were caught selling one kilogram of shabu packed in a tea bag to a poseur-buyer in Sitio Panlanao, Barangay Sagana at around 11:05 a.m. Tuesday. Operatives also seized from them another four kilograms of shabu with standard street value of PHP34 million. The suspects, now detained in a PDEA custodial facility, will be charged with violation of

Manila: Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino on Wednesday called for the creation of a Sulu transition fund to address the “imbalance” in the delivery of government services in the province. This, after the Supreme Court ruled the validity of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) organic law but excluded Sulu from the region and its annual block grant from the national government. The decision, Tolentino noted, was “immediately executory” and interrupted basic services in the province coming from the BARMM government. “Ang idea ko magkaroon ng (My idea is to have a) Sulu transition fund to cover up

Manila: Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino on Wednesday called for the creation of a Sulu transition fund to address the “imbalance” in the delivery of government services in the province. This, after the Supreme Court ruled the validity of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) organic law but excluded Sulu from the region and its annual block grant from the national government. The decision, Tolentino noted, was “immediately executory” and interrupted basic services in the province coming from the BARMM government. “Ang idea ko magkaroon ng (My idea is to have a) Sulu transition fund to cover up

Manila: Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) executive director Undersecretary Paul Gutierrez on Wednesday confirmed the expiration of his term, saying it takes effect ‘immediately.’ In a statement, Gutierrez expressed gratitude to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. for giving him the opportunity to lead the PTFoMS for more than a year. ‘I thanked Pres. Ferdinand Marcos Jr., for the opportunity to serve under his administration even for the brief duration of 1 year and 14 weeks since my appointment on May 25, 2023,’ Gutierrez said. ‘His decision to continue with the PTFoMS is the clearest message to all that