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BAGUIO CITY A Regional Trial Court here has sentenced a drug pusher to life imprisonment and an additional 14 years in jail after he was found guilty in two cases filed against him by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Cordillera in 2021.
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PDEA-Cordillera
Follow this thread for updates from the Cordillera Administrative Region, which comprises the provinces of Abra, Apayao, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga and Mountain Province.
As of the 2015 census, the region has around 1.7 million residents.
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) exhorted the public on Friday, Oct. 15, not to vote for candidates with illegal drug trade connections in the May 2022 national and local elections.
PDEA Director General Wilkins Villanueva (Photo from PDEA)
PDEA Director General Wilkins Villanu
PDEA Director General Wilkins Villanueva (PPD photo) MANILA - The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Friday discouraged the public from voting for drug-tainted candidates running in next year's polls. PDEA Director General Wilkins Villanueva issued the warning in light of the recent arrest of a mayoralty candidate and four others at a checkpoint in Mountain Province. Last October 13, joint elements of PDEA Regional Office-Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) under the direct supervision of Director Gil Cesario Castro and the local police conducted a checkpoint operation in Oowayen, Barangay Poblacion, Sadanga that led to the arrest of Sonny Kalaw, a former police officer and a mayoralty candidate of Sabangan, Mountain Province; and four cohorts. Seized during the operation were 19 bricks of dried marijuana leaves, with an estimated street value of PHP2.28 million and a black Toyota HiAce Grandia. "Dismiss candidates who are involved in illegal drug activities. They