Manila, March 6, 2020 — The U.S. Embassy in the Philippines and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) have teamed up to launch a nationwide campaign to combat drug use in the country. During a ceremony hosted by Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte on Thursday, March 5, PDEA National Capital Region (NCR) Director Joel Plaza ...
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By U.S. Embassy Manila | 6 March, 2020 | Topics: Events, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Philippines, U.S. Agencies | Tags: Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB), INL, PDEA, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Quezon City
Manila, February 7, 2020 — The U.S. Embassy in the Philippines is currently conducting training courses on science-driven drug investigations and substance abuse prevention for Philippine law enforcement agencies in Quezon City. The first course, provided to 40 members of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), is a five-day training on chemical diversion investigations. The ...
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By U.S. Embassy Manila | 7 February, 2020 | Topics: Events, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Philippines, U.S. Agencies | Tags: Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Philippine National Police, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Office
The United States has partnered with Philippine government agencies and law enforcement officials for many years to reduce drug demand, provide training on anti-narcotics techniques, and enhance the criminal justice sector’s ability to handle drug cases. Support for Drug Demand Reduction Since 2017, the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs ...
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By U.S. Embassy Manila | 5 December, 2019 | Topics: News, U.S. & Philippines, U.S. Agencies | Tags: Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance and Training (OPDAT), Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Office, USAID, USAID Philippines
Manila, November 21, 2019 –– As part of ongoing U.S.-Philippine cooperation on underwater crime scene investigation (UCSI), participants from the Philippine National Police – Maritime Group (PNP-MG), Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) conducted an instructor development course in Batangas from November 4 to 13. This event consisted of ...
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By U.S. Embassy Manila | 21 November, 2019 | Topics: Events, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Philippines, U.S. Agencies | Tags: Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, INL, Philippine Coast Guard, Philippine National Police Maritime Group (PNP MG), Port of San Diego Harbor Police Department, underwater crime scene investigation
The U.S. Embassy in the Philippines, in partnership with the Philippine National Police and the Quezon City government, will host the Inaugural Asia Women Leading Law Enforcement Conference from November 18 to 22 at the Novotel Manila Araneta Center in Quezon City.
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By U.S. Embassy Manila | 15 November, 2019 | Topics: Events, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Philippines | Tags: Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, INL, law enforcement, Philippine National Police, PNP, Quezon City
Bulacan, February 11, 2019 – The United States and the Philippines jointly unveiled the Outboard Motor Center of Excellence, a new maritime training facility, in Balagtas, Bulacan on February 11. The U.S. government funded the Php 39 million facility, which will enhance the Philippine Coast Guard’s capacity to train its workforce and sustain its equipment. ...
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By U.S. Embassy Manila | 11 February, 2019 | Topics: Deputy Chief of Mission, Events, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Philippines | Tags: #FriendsPartnersAllies, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, John C. Law, JUSMAG, Philippine Coast Guard, U.S. Coast Guard
Manila, December 13, 2018 — A U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Mobile Education and Training Team (MTT) conducted two Maritime Law Enforcement (MLE) training courses with the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in November. The courses, an MLE Boarding Officer Course (BOC) and MLE Instructor Development Course (IDC), teach maritime law enforcement procedures and fundamentals. Both the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Manila | 13 December, 2018 | Topics: Events, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Philippines | Tags: Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, Philippine Coast Guard, U.S. Coast Guard
Compostela Valley, June 27, 2018 — U.S. Embassy in the Philippines Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) Michael Klecheski traveled to Davao and Compostela Valley on June 26 to highlight the continued U.S.-Philippine partnership in promoting drug demand reduction approaches, including treatment, rehabilitation, and prevention. DCM Klecheski, who traveled with Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) Secretary Catalino ...
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By U.S. Embassy Manila | 27 June, 2018 | Topics: Deputy Chief of Mission, Events, News, Press Releases, U.S. Agencies | Tags: Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, Dangerous Drugs Board, Davao, International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, Michael Klecheski
Manila, April 26, 2018 —The U.S. Embassy in the Philippines, in partnership with the Dangerous Drugs Board, the Philippine National Police (PNP), and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), hosted a 10-day drug treatment and rehabilitation training for 30 representatives from the PNP, PDEA, and select universities. The training, held from April 16 to 26, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Manila | 26 April, 2018 | Topics: Events, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Philippines | Tags: Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, PDEA, PNP
Manila, March 9, 2018 — The U.S. Embassy in the Philippines commends the Philippine National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Anti-Human Trafficking Division, and the Philippine National Police (PNP) Women and Children Protection Center for the arrest of Philippine citizen Anselmo Ico Jr. and the rescue of five children in Bulacan, Philippines. The coordinated international effort ...
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By U.S. Embassy Manila | 9 March, 2018 | Topics: News, Press Releases, U.S. & Philippines | Tags: Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations, human trafficking, National Bureau of Investigation, Philippine National Police
Manila, September 8, 2017 — The United States of America and the Republic of the Philippines announced plans to begin drug demand reduction programs under the existing Letter of Agreement on Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement. Secretary of Foreign Affairs Alan Peter Cayetano and U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim signed an Amended Letter ...
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By U.S. Embassy Manila | 8 September, 2017 | Topics: Events, News, Press Releases | Tags: Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim
With the Naval Base Coronado in the background, a Port of San Diego Harbor Police Department patrol boat conducts a harbor patrol with representatives from the Philippine Coast Guard Special Operations Group, the Philippine National Police Maritime Group, and the Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. Manila, July 26, 2017 — The U.S. Embassy ...
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By U.S. Embassy Manila | 26 July, 2017 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, Port of San Diego Harbor Police Department
