News Briefs: April 4, 2019

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2019 21:20:08 +0000

Ressa pleads not guilty to 4 tax evasion cases Rappler executive editor and CEO Maria Ressa pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to four tax evasion cases during her arraignment in the Court of Tax Appeals. The court’s First Division also allowed Ressa to travel to Italy and the United States for speaking engagements and set […]

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PDEA chief: PH could be the first country to win drug war

Over two years after the government declared the war against illegal drugs, the chief of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) expressed confidence that the country could be the first in the world to win the war against the illegal trade.

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BOC intercepts nearly 500 kilos of ‘shabu’ worth P4.3B

BOC intercepts nearly 500 kilos of ‘shabu’ worth P4.3B

Operatives of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) intercepted nearly 500 kilograms of suspected shabu (crystal meth) at the Designation Examination Area (DEA) of the Manila International Container Port (MICP) in Tondo, Manila on Tuesday.

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