Latest Breaking News On - Pdea director general wilkins villanueva ppd photo manila the philippine drug enforcement agency on friday discouraged public from voting for tainted candidates running in next year 39s polls issued warning light of recent arrest ofa mayoralty candidate and four others ata checkpoint mountain province last october 13 - Page 1 : comparemela.com
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