WAR ON DRUGS. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Airport Interdiction Team and K9 Unit conducts a random paneling at the Iloilo International Airport in Cabatuan, Iloilo on May 24, 2022. PDEA information officer Shey Tanaleon, in an interview on Tuesday (June 7, 2022) said the gains in their anti-drug war during the term of President Rodrigo Duterte will inspire them to continue with the program under the new administration.(Photo courtesy of PDEA Regional Office 6 FB page) ILOILO CITY - The Barangay Drug Clearing Program (BDCP) of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has made a huge impact on the anti-drug campaign in Western Visayas after it was strengthened under the administration of President Rodrigo R. Duterte. "With the BDCP we have rallied the full support of our community through the Anti-Drug Abuse Councils (ADAC) and our drug personalities were successfully rehabilitated and reformed through the government programs, including the community-based reha
UNANNOUNCED. Specimens were collected from drivers and conductors during Friday's (April 8, 2022) surprise drug test at the transport terminal in Tagbak, Jaro. All 152 drivers and conductors from Iloilo City and Bacolod City were negative for illegal drugs.(Photo courtesy of PDEA Regional Office VI) ILOILO CITY - All 152 drivers and conductors of buses and jeepneys who were subjected to surprise mandatory drug tests by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) under the "Oplan Harabas" in preparation for the Holy Week on Friday were negative for illegal drugs. PDEA information officer Shey Tanaleon, in an interview, said the drivers and conductors of public transportation services were from Ceres Liner Vallacar Transit and utility vehicle express terminal in Tagbak, Jaro in Iloilo City, and Bacolod North Bus Terminal in Barangay Bata, and Bacolod South Bus Terminal in Lopez Jaena St, all in Bacolod City. "This goes to show that we have a big success in our anti-d
DRUG-CLEARING. The Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug Clearing approves the drug-cleared status of 16 new barangays in Western Visayas during their deliberation on Feb. 10, 2022. A report from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) showed that 3, 529 of the 4,051 barangays in the region are cleared of illegal drugs.(Photo courtesy of PDEA Regional Office VI) ILOILO CITY - Western Visayas is 87.11 percent cleared of illegal drugs, based on the report of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) regional office here. PDEA spokesperson Shey Tanaleon said on Tuesday 16 new barangays were declared cleared of drugs while 38 others retained a similar status during the latest deliberation of the Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug Clearing on February10. The regional body is composed of the PDEA as chair and representatives from the Philippine National Police (PNP), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), and the Department of Health (DOH) as mem
BACOLOD CITY About P53,444,251.75 worth of illegal drugs were incinerated by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Western Visayas at San Carlos Bio-Energy, Inc. (SCBI) in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Friday, Nov. 26. These illegal drugs were those confiscated by PDEA agents in t
DELIBERATION. The Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug Clearing approves the retention of the drug-cleared status of 169 barangays in Western Visayas and approved declared 36 new villages as drug-cleared during their latest deliberation on Nov. 23, 2021. In an interview Wednesday (Nov. 24), PDEA spokesperson Shey Tanaleon said none of the 454 drug-cleared barangays in the region from 2017 and 2018 were revoked of their status.(Photo courtesy of PDEA VI) ILOILO CITY - A total of 454 villages in Western Visayas that have been declared cleared of illegal drugs have each developed their policing systems to maintain their status. "Our barangays (villages) have become self-reliant and they developed self-policing in their communities. This means they are always on watch and are always monitoring possible illegal drug activities that are reported in their barangays," said Shey Tanaleon, spokesperson for the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in an interview Wednesday