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Tag: shabu

  • Packs of shabu seized in a warehouse in Baguio City on March 29, 2023 Photo courtesy of DILG FB page
    Categories Commentary

    338 kg of shabu still missing from P6.7B haul

    By Tita C. Valderama  |  May 08, 2023 11:30 AM

    Is it farfetched to think that police officers themselves have formed their own drug syndicate, competing with those they should be busting?

    PDEG, shabu

  • Screengrab from House of Representative Hearing
    Categories Commentary

    P6.7B shabu haul: A game of the generals

    By Tita C. Valderama  |  May 01, 2023 12:04 PM

    More than six months have passed and the people involved are coming out with more conflicting statements about what happened. When can we see an end to this? Would more generals get embroiled in this case?

    PDEG, shabu

  • Categories Banner FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Shabu use not limited to poor — DDB survey

    Sep 22, 2016 2:23 AM

    A NATIONWIDE survey released recently by the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) has found that President Rodrigo Duterte’s statement that methamphetamine or “shabu” use being confined to the poor has no statistical basis. STATEMENT: Amid criticisms that only the poor are targeted by the government’s anti-drug war, Duterte told reporters on Aug. 24 during a press conference […]

    shabu, War on drugs

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