Published March 13, 2021, 8:26 PM
The Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs will push through with its public hearing into the controversial shootout between the members of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and Philippine National Police (PNP).
Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, committee chairman, announced Saturday that the hearing was set for Monday, March 15.
Earlier, he decided to postpone the committee’s inquiry after President Duterte ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to handle the probe so it would be impartial.
Two policemen, one PDEA agent, and an informant of the PDEA died after the gunfight between anti-drug operatives near a shopping mall along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City last February 24. A few days later, the NBI announced that another person also died.
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Published February 27, 2021, 4:55 PM
The Senate will push through with its scheduled hearing concerning the shootout between members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), but Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Saturday that they will not directly investigate the incident.
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Sotto clarified that the legislative inquiry set by the Senate Public Order and Dangerous Drugs on Tuesday, March 2, does not intend to delve into what transpired in the recent “misencounter” between the PNP and the PDEA, but on his proposal to create a single anti-drug enforcement agency.
“Hindi naman directly imbestigasyon ang sa amin (Ours will not be a direct investigation),” he said in an interview with over radio DWIZ.
Published February 26, 2021, 1:45 PM
Senate President Vicente Sotto III underscored the need for a single agency to tackle and enforce all programs against illegal drugs following the fatal shootout between members of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Quezon City.
Senate President Vicente Sotto III (Alex Nueva España / Senate PRIB / FILE PHOTO)
“The misencounter between PDEA and PNP shows the wisdom and ripeness of my bill creating a united Presidential Drug Enforcement Authority,” Sotto told reporters in a message on Thursday, February 25.
Sotto referred to his Senate Bill No. 3, which seeks to establish a “Presidential Drug Enforcement Authority” to serve as the “supervising agency for the proper, more effective and efficient implementation” of the Republic Act No. 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
By ERWIN COLCOL, GMA News
Published February 25, 2021 11:58am Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Thursday renewed his call for the passage of the measure creating the Presidential Drug Enforcement Authority following Wednesday s shootout between police personnel and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agents in Quezon City. The misencounter between PDEA and PNP shows the wisdom and ripeness of my bill creating a united Presidential Drug Enforcement Authority, Sotto told reporters in a message. Under Sotto s measure, the proposed Presidential Drug Enforcement Authority will ensure the proper implementation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, and absorb the policymaking and strategy-formulating functions of the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB).