Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrests suspects and seizes drugs in Central Luzon operations. Find out the details of the recent anti-illegal drugs operations in the region, including the arrest of a regional target drug personality and the recovery of suspected shabu. Charges will be filed against the arrested suspects for violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
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BIOSURVEILLANCE TRAINING. Barangay Biosecurity Officers (BBOs) from Aklan train on ASF specimen collection in this April 2022 photo. Over 200 BBOs all over Western Visayas are now capable of conducting surveillance and monitoring as precautionary measures against the African swine fever. (PNA photo courtesy of WDelaCerna/DA WV Regulatory Division) ILOILO CITY - Western Visayas has trained over 200 barangay biosecurity officers (BBOs) while more will be taught in the next few days on how to keep a close watch over possible cases of the contagious African swine fever (ASF). "This is in connection with Bantay ASF sa Barangay, which ideally down to the barangay we have an established surveillance and monitoring system. They are trained to conduct surveillance in case of a suspect (case) and gather samples when needed," Dr. Jonic Natividad, chief of the Department of Agriculture (DA) Western Visayas Regulatory Division and focal person for the Inter-Agency Task Force for Animal Di