TO CURB illicit drug use in the Philippines and reintegrate former drug dependents into society, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Department of Health (DoH) inaugurated a five-hectare treatment and rehabilitation facility on June 14 in Barangay Osorio, Trece Martires City, Cavite. The Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (DATRC) is part of a […]
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Drug seller killed in buy-bust at Cebu City Chinese cemetery
ONE of two members of a suspected drug syndicate operating in Central Visayas was killed after he attempted to fight off police officers who were conducting a buy-bust at the old Cebu Chinese Cemetery in Barangay Carreta, Cebu City on Friday dawn, June 17, 2022.Mark Ronald Matig-a, also known as Onad, died after sustaining gunshot […]
Gunman who killed cop had links to big-time drug group, says CPPO
THE suspected drug seller who allegedly gunned down an anti-drug operative in Consolacion just before getting killed himself in a follow-up operation had been a member of a big-time drug syndicate in Central Visayas.Officials of the Cebu Police Provincial Office (CPPO) made public of this conclusion just after they lodged murder and frustrated murder charges […]
Duterte gets 95% score in drug war from Interior dep’t
NINE of 10 deaths in President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s war against illegal drugs did not involve police foul play, according to the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG). More or less 95% of the deaths were “within the bounds of the law,” Interior Undersecretary Epimaco V. Densing III told the ABS-CBN News Channel on […]
Fujitsu and RIKEN start joint research on next-generation IT drug discovery technology using the supercomputer Fugaku and simulation integrated AI
TOKYO, May 17, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Fujitsu Limited and RIKEN today launched a joint research project on next-generation IT drug discovery technology utilizing the supercomputer Fugaku(1), aiming to accelerate DX (digital transformation) in drug discovery, explore promising new areas in this process, and dramatically reduce development period and costs for new […]
Eisai Initiates Preparation for New Drug Application, Based on the Results of an Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trial of Ultrahigh-Dose Mecobalamin for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in Japan
TOKYO, May 10, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. today announced that it has initiated preparation on a New Drug Application for ultrahigh-dose mecobalamin (development code: E0302) for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in Japan, based on a favorable clinical results of the JETALS (The Japan Early-Stage Trial of Ultrahigh-Dose Methylcobalamin for […]
Police collars pusher in Mandaue, seizes P3.4M worth of shabu
AT LEAST P3.4 million worth of illegal drugs was seized from a 38-year-old suspected drug pusher in Barangay Looc, Mandaue City on Saturday night, April 23, 2022.Operatives of the Mandaue City Police Office (MCPO) arrested Harrison Rabor Ybañez, 38, a resident of A. Lopez St., Cebu City.Lt Col. Franco Rudolf Oriol, head of MCPO’s Intelligence […]
38 barangays in Central Visayas gain drug-cleared status
THIRTY-EIGHT barangays in Central Visayas have been added to the list of drug-cleared barangays by authorities.Cebu Province has the highest number of drug-cleared barangays with 16, followed by Bohol with 11 and Negros Oriental.In Daanbantayan town, a total of 18 out of its 20 barangays have already been declared free of drugs. This after three […]
P5M drugs seized, 70 pushers nabbed in anti-criminality drive
CLOSE to P5 million worth of illegal drugs were confiscated while 73 suspected drug personalities were arrested during a one-day Synchronized Anti-Criminal Law Enforcement Operations (Sacleo) in Cebu Province on Saturday, April 23, 2022.This was the second Sacleo conducted by the Cebu Police Provincial Office (CPPO), aimed to minimize all types of criminality that would […]
19M drugs seized, 163 pushers nabbed in regionwide anti-criminality ops
ANTI-ILLEGAL drug operatives of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO 7) have been able to confiscate more than P19 million worth of illegal drugs and hundreds of unlicensed firearms and arrested hundreds of drug personalities, wanted persons and gamblers during their Synchronized Enhanced Managing of Police Operations (Sempo).The regionwide anti-criminality operations started at […]
Police nab former masseuse in drug bust
A FORMER masseuse was arrested in a drug bust in Sitio Tugas, Barangay San Roque, Talisay City on Saturday night, March 26, 2022.The operatives caught Irish Eutoma Neri, who is 30 and a resident of Banawa, Barangay Guadaulupe, Cebu City.The suspect yielded 150 grams of a substance which the police described as shabu. The contraband […]
‘Child courier’ to serve as link to bigtime illegal drug seller, says RID 7
ANTI-ILLEGAL drug operatives are coordinating with national government agencies on the whereabouts of a nine-year-old child who was reportedly used as a drug courier by arrested drug pusher Mark Secretaria Duaban.Duaban was arrested by operatives of the Regional Intelligence Division in Central Visayas (RID 7) in a buy-bust in Barangay Duljo Fatima in Cebu City […]
Fujitsu and Tokyo Medical and Dental University leverage world’s fastest supercomputer and AI technology for scientific discovery to shed light on drug resistance in cancer treatment
TOKYO, Mar 7, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Fujitsu and the Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) today announced a new technology that uses AI to discover new causal mechanisms of drug resistance in cancer treatments from clinical data. Leveraging the world’s fastest supercomputer “Fugaku,”(1) the new technology enables high-speed calculation of 20,000 […]
Police seize P15M ‘shabu,’ arrest 520 persons
OVER 2,000 grams of a “shabu” amounting to P15 million was confiscated by the police during their Simultaneous Anti-Criminality and Law Enforcement Operations throughout Central Visayas.The police also arrested 520 persons, including drug personalities (178), illegal gun possessors (15), gamblers (295) and wanted persons (32), during the region-wide anti-criminality campaign from Feb. 25 to 26, […]
Lepu Biopharma Co., Ltd. Successfully Listed on the Main Board of HKEX
HONG KONG, Feb 23, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The biopharmaceutical company focusing on oncology therapeutics – Lepu Biopharma Co., Ltd. (“Lepu Biopharma” or the “Company”, stock code: 2157.HK), has successfully listed and commenced dealings on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (“Hong Kong Stock Exchange”) today, under […]
Electronics company manager, 2 others arrested in separate drug busts in Cebu City
THREE men, including a former electronics shop manager, were arrested in separate drug operations in Cebu City on Saturday, February 12, 2022.At around 2 a.m. anti-illegal drug uni…
Nearly P9B worth of drugs seized in PDEA’s top operations
THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) seized P8.96 billion worth of illegal drugs during its top 10 anti-illegal drug operations in 2021 that involved nine buy-bust operati…
Makati court drops drug raps v. Kerwin Espinosa, Peter Co
A MAKATI court has dropped the drug charges against members of the so-called Espinosa drug cartel, including Rolan “Kerwin” Espinosa and Wu Tuan Yuan, alias Peter Co.In a 13-page o…
DoH logs 603 more coronavirus cases, 156 more deaths
THE PHILIPPINES reported 603 coronavirus infections on Sunday, bringing the total to 2.83 million. The death toll hit 49,386 after 156 more patients died, while recoveries increased by 1,047 to 2.77 million, it the Department of Health (DoH) said in a bulletin. There were 13,853 active cases, 1,270 of which did not show symptoms, 5,532 […]
CIDG 7 nabs 3 suspected pushers, including alleged drug lords’ hitman
THREE suspected pushers, one of whom reportedly used to work as a hitman for drug lords, were arrested by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group Central Visayas (CIDG 7) during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Mambaling, Cebu City on Oct. 19, 2021. CIDG 7 Director Col. Ireneo Dalogdog identified only one of the three suspects, […]