Crime

President Rodrigo Duterte denied that he had ordered the Philippine National Police  (PNP) to arrest tambay or loiterers, saying loitering is not a crime. He is correct. Being a tambay is not a crime. I do not know of any Philippine law which punishes one for being a tambay. Since being a tambay is not … Read more

Slingshot In The Philippines Ron Lopez reported, Arestado ang isang magkasintahan matapos mahuling naninirador ng mga tao sa kalsada sa Mandaluyong at Maynila; gamit nila ang tirador na gawa sa sanga at mga tinuping papel bilang bala. A woman and a man believed to be lovers were arrested by the police after they were caught … Read more

Watch: The first episode of Real Stories: PDEA Files, “ShaBukid”. Shabukid is short for Shabu Sa Bukid (Shabu in the field/farm) Here is the LINK to the video. Look/Watch the story behind ShaBukid, or “Shabu in the Farm” in Ibaan, Batangas, where a laboratory was found manufacturing shabu. Shabu, a slang term for the drug … Read more

Is it time to restore the death penalty in the Philippines? This is the matter discussed this Friday in the DZMM “Usapang de Campanilla”  program. Will the imposition of the death penalty solve the drug problem plaguing the Philippines? It was January last year that the proposal restoring the death penalty in the Philippines was … Read more

Drug pushers are using a young child in selling Marijuana in Cotabato, A Southern Philippine province.   Marijuana refers to the dried leaves, flowers, stems, and seeds from the Cannabis sativa  or Cannabis indica plant. The plant contains the mind-altering chemical THC and other  similar compounds. Extracts can also be made from the cannabis plant. … Read more