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EcoWaste Coalition Calls Out Quezon City Stores Selling Toxic Cosmetics with Mercury

21 January 2024, Quezon City. The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition criticized some beauty product stores in Quezon City for their flagrant violation of the ban on skin-lightening products containing mercury, a health-damaging chemical.Despite the citywide ban adopted in 2018 through Ordinance No. 2767 ahead of the 2020 phase-out deadline for mercury-added cosmetics under the Minamata Convention.....»»

Category: newsSource:  manilanewsRelated NewsJan 23rd, 2024

4 nabbed in Zambales sting

A drug suspect was arrested along with three others in an anti-narcotics operation in Subic, Zambales on Saturday night......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsMar 4th, 2024

Cebu City drug bust: 18-year-old man nabbed with P102,000 ‘shabu’

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An 18-year-old man, who is believed to be the suspect of a previous shooting incident, will be spending some time in jail after he was caught in the act of counting illegal drugs by police who were implementing a Simultaneous Anti-Criminality Law Enforcement Operation (SACLEO) in a public market in Barangay.....»»

Category: newsSource:  inquirerRelated NewsFeb 29th, 2024

P3.8M shabu seized, 2 HVIs nabbed in Cebu City drug busts

Two high-value individuals (HVIs) were separately arrested in buy-bust operations conducted in Cebu City on March 11 and 12, 2024, resulting in the confiscation of P3.8 million worth of shabu and the apprehension of two individuals. The first suspect is identified as Albert Kinn Punay, 20, also known as “Boss Yawa,” a resident of Sitio.....»»

Category: newsSource:  inquirerRelated NewsMar 12th, 2024

PDEA warns vs. proliferation of Marijuana-flavored vapes

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has cautioned the public on the proliferation of electronic cigarettes or vape containing marijuana oil. It issued the warning after monitoring an upsurge in the product’s presence nationwide during its recent anti-illegal drugs operations. PDEA also said the item is illegal and it poses health risks......»»

Category: newsSource:  inquirerRelated NewsMar 17th, 2024

Sara dares accuser: File murder raps over Tokhang

Vice President Sara Duterte is challenging self-confessed hitman Arturo Lascañas to file murder charges against her in the Philippines after the former police officer accused her of spearheading deadly Oplan Tokhang anti-drug operations when she was Davao City mayor in 2012......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 15th, 2024

Drug bust: Teacher nabbed in Cebu City with P102,000 ‘shabu’

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A drug bust in Barangay Babag 2 in Cebu City on Thursday evening, April 25, 2024, resulted in the apprehension of a teacher and her common-law partner, who is identified as a target-listed drug personality. The suspects were identified as 31-year-old Maribel Arcilla, who works as a private school teacher; and.....»»

Category: newsSource:  inquirerRelated NewsApr 26th, 2024

Minglanilla drug bust: Security guard, construction worker nabbed with P3.4M ‘shabu’

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A security guard and a construction worker, who moonlight as drug peddlers, were caught with suspected shabu worth P3.4 million during a buy-bust operation in Minglanilla, Cebu on Tuesday evening, April 2, 2024. The suspects were identified as Selfred Pojio Silva aka “Odo”, 48, a security guard; and Elmer Morales Bucog,.....»»

Category: newsSource:  inquirerRelated NewsApr 4th, 2024

Davao’s new drug war: 51 suspects nabbed

Fifty-one drug suspects have been arrested in Davao City since Mayor Sebastian Duterte declared a new war on drugs......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsApr 3rd, 2024

Drug den in Brgy. Apas: Couple nabbed, P108,800 ‘shabu’ seized

CEBU CITY, Philippine — A couple was arrested for allegedly running a drug den in Barangay Apas, Cebu City on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, with call center agents and habal-habal drivers as their usual clients. A buy-bust operation at around 5:30 p.m. led to the arrest of Jonathan Roca, 44, and his common law partner,.....»»

Category: newsSource:  inquirerRelated NewsMar 21st, 2024

2 killed in Tawi-Tawi drug sting

Two drug suspects were killed in an alleged shootout with anti-narcotics agents in Panglima Sugala, Tawi-Tawi on Monday......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsMay 15th, 2024

Drug killings 95 percent lower than in previous admin

The number of deaths recorded under the Marcos administration’s war on drugs has decreased by over 95 percent, in contrast to the bloody anti-drug campaign of his predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsMar 26th, 2024

Teacher, 2 others busted in Cotabato City drug den raid

Anti-narcotics agents and officials of the Bangsamoro government arrested a drug den operator who is a teacher and his two accomplices in a joint operation inside the 32-hectare regional capitol here on Saturday afternoon......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsMar 9th, 2024

4 arrested, drug den shut in Butuan City police operation

The police had seized P414,800 worth of shabu from a drug den operator and three accomplices together arrested in an anti-narcotics operation in Butuan City on Friday......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 25th, 2024

Moro fronts, Malacañang strengthen peace overtures over iftar

Leaders of two Moro fronts that have separate compacts with Malacañang and representatives of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. broke bread and dined together in separate iftar banquets where they agreed to continue pushing the Mindanao peace process forward......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsApr 4th, 2024

4 dead in separate Mindanao ambush incidents

Four individuals were killed in separate ambush incidents on Thursday in the provinces of Agusan del Sur in Region 13 and in Maguindanao del Sur in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsMar 1st, 2024

Separate prison for Muslim inmates proposed

The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Muslim Affairs on Friday proposed to the Bureau of Corrections to have a separate prison facility for Muslim inmates......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 24th, 2024

Muslim leader: No to a separate Mindanao

Muslim leader: No to a separate Mindanao.....»»

Category: newsSource:  sunstarRelated NewsFeb 14th, 2024

CLOSAP welcomes passage of ordinance for drug-free workplace

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu- The City of Lapu-Lapu Office for Substance Abuse Prevention (CLOSAP) welcomed the recent passage of an ordinance that institutionalizes the implementation of a drug-free workplace here. The ordinance authored by Councilor Emilio Galaroza Jr., the Chairman of the Committee on Health, mandates the conduct of authorized drug testing in all offices of.....»»

Category: newsSource:  inquirerRelated NewsApr 2nd, 2024

PDEA: 300,000 drug users rehabilitated under Marcos admin

Over 300,000 drug-dependent individuals have been rehabilitated under the administration of President Marcos, according to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsMar 31st, 2024