CEBU Governor Gwendolyn Garcia wants the members of the One Cebu Inter-Agency Interdiction Task Force (OC-IAITF) to take their efforts to fight against illegal drugs seriously and not for photograph opportunities (photo ops) only. During the meeting that Garcia presided over on February 9 with the OC-IAITF members, they discussed additional measures that can be […]
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Ex-Magdalo member back as PDEA 7 chief
JIGGER Montallana, who served as director of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency’s (PDEA) Central Visayas office from 2011 to 2012, is back in Cebu. Montallana has been reinstalled as PDEA 7’s director, replacing outgoing director Levi Ortiz, who will be transferred to the agency’s Cagayan Valley office. In a statement posted on Facebook, Ortiz thanked […]
Man nabbed for P7.1 million shabu in Liloan town
A 21-YEAR-OLD man was arrested in a drug bust in Barangay Tayud, Liloan town, northern Cebu for having in his possession P7.1 million worth of illegal drugs. Operatives of Provincial Intelligence Unit of the Cebu Police Provincial Office (CPPO) headed by Lieutenant Colonel Lester Eteroza conducted the operation that led to the arrest of Rafael […]
Research commenced with Keio University to discover drugs using “Chemicals Informatics”
TOKYO, Jan 12, 2023 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hitachi High-Tech Solutions Corporation, in collaboration with Keio University Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences is commencing joint research that uses Materials Informatics (MI) (the Research) to improve the efficiency of the development of small molecule drugs(1). Hitachi High-Tech Solutions will be using the […]
Polymer protection for vaccines and drugs
TSUKUBA, Japan, Dec 9, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – A biocompatible polymer could help deliver vaccines and drugs with reduced risk of the rare dangerous adverse reaction called anaphylaxis. Researchers at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Japan have developed the polymer and performed preliminary tests, which they […]
Over 24,000 nabbed for drugs under PBBM; over 90 killed
MORE than 24,000 drug personalities have been arrested under the administration of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. (PBBM) so far, underscoring its determination to continue his predecessor’s relentless war on drugs but with a greater focus on demand reduction, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said. Human Rights Watch, however, said the […]
Jacobson Pharma Announces FY2023 Interim Results
HONG KONG, Nov 25, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Jacobson Pharma Corporation Limited (“Jacobson Pharma” or the “Company”; Stock Code: 2633), a leading company engaged in the research, development, production, marketing and sale of essential medicines, specialty drugs and branded healthcare products, today announced the interim results of the Company and its subsidiaries […]
Weeklong police operations in CV net over P50M in illegal drugs
POLICE in Central Visayas have seized over P53 million worth of illegal drugs in their weeklong anti-narcotics operations in different areas in the region. Operatives confiscated nearly eight kilos of illegal substance they called methamphetamine hydrochloride, locally known as shabu, from Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022 to Sunday, Nov. 6. They launched 114 operations that also […]
P173-M worth of illegal drugs seized in buy-bust operation
AUTHORITIES seized P173.40-million worth of crystal methamphetamine, popularly known in the Philippines as shabu, in a buy-bust operation near the capital Manila on Wednesday morning, according to the presidential palace. The illegal drugs seized in an operation in Roosevelt Avenue in Quezon City weighed almost 25.5 kilograms, Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin C. Abalos, […]
PRO 7 hauls P105M in shabu, arrests 7 drug pushers
THE Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO 7) seized more than P105 million worth of illegal drugs and arrested seven drug personalities in separate drug operations on Saturday, June 25, 2022.The operations happened in the cities of Talisay, Toledo and Lapu-Lapu in Cebu, and in the town of Bacong in Negros Oriental.Anti-narcotics operatives seized […]
Daylong police ops net P15M shabu
A TOTAL of P15 million worth of illegal drugs has been seized by the Police Regional Office (PRO) in Central Visayas.The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) seized over P10 million worth of illegal drugs, mostly shabu, outperforming other units under the PRO 7.The anti-narcotics operations started at dawn Saturday, June 11, 2022 and ended at […]
Police nabs 2 pushers, seizes P800K shabu
OVER P800,000 worth of illegal drugs was seized during anti-narcotics operations in Talisay City, Cebu on Saturday, May 14, 2022.At 12:48 a.m., e-bike driver Junjie Labuca Cabuenas, 26, yielded 80 grams of shabu in Barangay Cansojong. The contraband’s value was pegged at P544,000.Talisay police chief Lt. Col. Randy Caballes said Cabuenas had been included in […]
Jacobson Pharma’s Chairman Uplifts Shareholding to Above 60%
HONG KONG, Mar 14, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Mr. Derek Sum, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Jacobson Pharma Corporation Limited (the “Company”; together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”; Stock Code: 2633), a leading company engaged in the research, development, production, marketing and sale of essential medicines, specialty drugs and branded healthcare […]
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…
Hestia Prime Pharmacy: Cebu’s newest beauty and wellness hub
FOUNDED in 2018, Hestia started out as a consultancy company. It was only during the pandemic when it decided to expand into drugs and medicine, specifically wholesale and distribu…
Cebu City police collar 3 ‘pushers,’ seize ‘shabu’ worth over P6 million
ANTI-NARCOTICS operatives of the Cebu City Police Office’s units seized illegal drugs worth P6.1 million and arrested three persons in separate operations on Tuesday, November 2, 2021. The police seized a total of 905 grams of white substance they described as methamphetamine hydrochloride, locally known as “shabu.” The first suspect, Leegine Caballes, was caught past […]
Nalzaro: The high cost of Covid-19 drugs
A dySS Super Radyo Cebu Facebook live streaming listener (Super Radyo dySS 999 khz), Michael Sigue Canada, who works as a nurse in New York, USA but a native of Lawaan 3, Talisay City sent me some newspaper articles regarding the tale of two persons, one an anti-mask advocate and the other an anti-vaccine. Both […]
Covid-19 drugs available at VSMMC thru hospitals
THE government-run Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021, said it may sell the anti-inflammatory drug tocilizumab and other investigational drugs being used to treat coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), but only through a hospital to hospital arrangement and as long as there is enough supply. Tocilizumab is an intravenous drug for […]
PDEG tags Bilibid ‘drug lord’ as source of 4.5 kilos of ‘shabu’
THE police said the 4.5 kilos of “shabu” worth P30.6 million seized during a drug bust in Cebu City that resulted in the deaths of two suspected pushers came from a “drug lord” who is currently an inmate of the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City. The inmate supported the candidacy of a politician in […]
3 arrested for illegal drugs
THREE men, including two who were reported missing by their families, were arrested in separate buy-busts in the cities of Cebu and Lapu-Lapu since Thursday, May 20, 2021. On Thursday, May 20, two men who were initially reported to be missing for two days were arrested by operatives of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) […]