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 […]
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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, […]
5 arrested in Subangdaku drug den raid
FIVE people were arrested and close to half a million pesos worth of illegal drugs were confiscated after anti-narcotics operatives raided a suspected drug den located in Sitio Lower Nawanao, Barangay Subangdaku, Mandaue City on Friday night, October 15, 2021. Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA 7) arrested drug den maintainer Ivy […]
Faberco, RiteMed bring Merck’s anti-COVID oral drug to PHL
MOLNUPIRAVIR, an oral antiviral drug clinically proven to reduce by half the risk of hospitalization or death from known variants of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 [COVID-19]), may be available in the country by next month. The pill can be accessed initially through hospitals and other healthcare facilities. Faberco Life Sciences, Inc. (Faberco), appointed […]
Lim: The game changer
The antiviral, Remdesivir, is the only drug to date that the United States Food & Drug Administration has approved for the treatment of Covid-19. But three monoclonal antibody treatments have been issued emergency use authorization. Antivirals work not to kill but to limit production of the virus so that duration of the illness is shortened […]
DoJ sees criminal liability of police in drug war cases
JUSTICE SECRETARY Menardo I. Guevarra said 154 policemen involved in the 52 drug war cases turned over by the national police in June to the Justice department will possibly face criminal charges and not just administrative liability. “The DoJ (Department of Justice) noted that based on the facts gathered by the Philippine National Police (PNP) Internal Affairs Service, […]
Bakilid to receive P500K after being declared ‘drug cleared’
AFTER being declared as the first drug-cleared barangay in Mandaue City, Barangay Bakilid will receive half a million pesos in cash incentives from the City Anti-Drug Abuse Committee (Cadac) next year. On Tuesday, September 28, 2021, the Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug Clearing of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Central Visayas declared Barangay […]
Vega to serve as new PRO 7 chief; Montejo to retire
THE Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO 7) has a new director. Starting Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, Police Brigadier General Roque Eduardo Dela Peña Vega will serve as PRO 7’s new director, replacing PBGen. Ronnie Montejo who will be retiring from the police service. Before becoming PRO 7 director, Vega served as deputy comptroller […]
NBI arrests doctor, daughter for smuggling Covid drugs in Cebu
THE National Bureau of Investigation has arrested a father and daughter team in Cebu for smuggling medicines used for the treatment of coronavirus disease (Covid-19). On its Facebook page Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021, the bureau announced that Dr. Nelson Ong y Tiu and his daughter Raisa Nicole Ong y Cheng, a third year medical student, […]
Almost P4B shabu seized; 4 Chinese killed in drug busts
FOUR Chinese men, including one of the biggest shabu importers in the Philippines, were killed and P3.4 billion worth of shabu was seized in a drug bust that led to an armed encounter in Zambales Tuesday, September 7, 2021. Another operation in Bulacan a few hours later ended in the arrest of three other Chinese […]
Philippines approves emergency use of Moderna shot for adolescents
The country’s drug regulator has approved the emergency use for adolescents of the vaccine made by Moderna, Inc. The decision was made two weeks after the American drugmaker applied for an amendment of its previous vaccine application. The agency’s regulatory experts and the government’s panel of vaccine experts have allowed the two-dose Moderna vaccine to be used […]
More than 1,000 families of drug war victims back ICC probe
A TOTAL of 204 representations for about 1,050 families of those killed in the Duterte administration’s anti-illegal drug operations were submitted to the International Criminal Court (ICC), according to the Registry Report posted online on Monday. The report showed that of the total representations, which cover 1,530 individual victims, 94% or 192 want the international court to investigate President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s war on drugs […]
TOT BIOPHARM 2021 Interim Revenue Surges 78% to RMB23.13 million
HONG KONG, Aug 13, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – TOT BIOPHARM International Company Limited (“TOT BIOPHARM” or the “Group”; stock code: 1875.HK), a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing and commercializing innovative oncology drugs and therapies, announced today its unaudited interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2021. KEY MILESTONES IN 2021 […]
Cosap to rehabilitate 65 drug surrenderers
A TOTAL of 65 drug users and pushers in Barangay Calamba, Cebu City have surrendered and agreed to undergo the community-based drug rehabilitation program of the Cebu City Government’s City Office for Substance Abuse and Prevention (Cosap) and the Philippine National Police. Calamba is one of the most drug-infested barangays in the city where the […]
‘Fighting my own government,’ Duterte says on his drug war
WHEN he said back in 2016 that he would eradicate the illegal drug trade in six months, President Rodrigo Duterte said he thought the fight would be no different from the one he waged in his hometown Davao City. “You can either coerce, intimidate or bribe them, or give them money and say, ‘Lumabas kayo […]
130 Mandaue ‘drug warriors’ set to graduate in August
AS PART of their efforts to be cleared of illegal drugs, 130 “drug warriors” or surrenderers in Brgy. Subangdaku, Mandaue City are expected to graduate from the community rehabilitation program in August 2021. On July 23, the “drug warriors” attended the healing program of the Oasis of Love as part of its rehabilitation program to […]
Editorial: Community drug rehab
SOME of our cities in Cebu are graduating by the hundreds drug dependents under their community-based drug rehabilitation program (CBDRP). By graduates, we mean individuals who have weaned themselves off illegal drugs for at least six months, while being placed under sporadic surprise drug tests within the required period. These individuals were either in the […]
De Lima to seek reelection
OPPOSITION Senator Leila M. De Lima on Wednesday confirmed that she would seek reelection in next year’s polls, saying that what she called the political persecution she experienced under President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s administration only strengthened her resolve to fight for her advocacies. In a letter addressed to Mr. Duterte ahead of his sixth and final State of the […]
Pharma industry adjusts COVID-19 drug forecasting
THE pharmaceutical industry has made changes to its demand forecasting to improve the supply of drugs used to treat the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in case of a surge caused by the Delta variant, an industry group said. Beaver Tamesis, president of the Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Association of the Philippines, said that the industry is now […]
2 Olango barangays gain ‘drug-cleared’ tag
THE City Anti-Drug Abuse Council (Cadac) of Lapu-Lapu City passed a resolution on July 13, 2021, to provide commendation and cash rewards to Barangays Tingo and Baring on the island of Olango. This has to do with the barangays’ success in gaining the “drug-cleared” status from the Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug-Clearing Program, which […]