{"id":207043,"date":"2019-03-26T22:19:56","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T02:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=207043"},"modified":"2019-03-26T22:19:56","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T02:19:56","slug":"pdea-verifying-info-on-31-celebrities-in-drug-watch-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/03\/26\/pdea-verifying-info-on-31-celebrities-in-drug-watch-list\/","title":{"rendered":"PDEA verifying info on 31 celebrities in drug &#8216;watch list&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_205317\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-205317\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/28378847_1945720932423600_3418630601714649016_n-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-205317\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/28378847_1945720932423600_3418630601714649016_n-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/28378847_1945720932423600_3418630601714649016_n-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/28378847_1945720932423600_3418630601714649016_n-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/28378847_1945720932423600_3418630601714649016_n-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/28378847_1945720932423600_3418630601714649016_n-1-20x13.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-205317\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The PDEA chief said many of those on the list are drug users while some are pushers. (File <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PhilippineDrugEnforcementAgency\/photos\/a.1945720945756932\/1945720932423600\/?type=1&amp;amp;theater\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PhilippineDrugEnforcementAgency\/\">PDEA Top Stories\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Tuesday said it is validating information on the alleged drug links of 31 showbiz personalities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Hindi pa po sila (nasa)<\/em>\u00a0narco list\u00a0<em>kaya lang tinitingnan natin ngayon<\/em>.<em>\u00a0Mahirap kasi minsan yung ibang<\/em>\u00a0celebrities<em>\u00a0meron silang<\/em>\u00a0screen name\u00a0<em>at<\/em>\u00a0true name\u00a0<em>so tinitingnan natin baka mamaya yung pumasok doon sa<\/em>\u00a0narco list true name\u00a0<em>pero hindi natin kilala, yun pala yung artista<\/em>\u00a0(We are checking on it. It is a bit difficult because other celebrities have screen names and true names. We check because the true names might be on the narco list and then we will find out that this is the name of this celebrity),\u201d Aquino said in radio interview on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The PDEA chief said many of those on the list are drug users while some are pushers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Nakalagay po dito, merong<\/em>\u00a0user<em>\u00a0ng<\/em>\u00a0ecstasy, cocaine, shabu, party drugs.\u00a0<em>Karamihan<\/em>\u00a0party drugs.\u00a0<em>Mga sikat itong mga<\/em>\u00a031 na ito,<em>\u00a0wala akong nakikitang mga laos dito<\/em>\u00a0(It is indicated here that some are using ecstacy, cocaine, shabu, and party drugs. Many of them are using party drugs. These 31 celebrities are all famous. I don&#8217;t see anyone who is out of the limelight),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Aquino, however, expressed frustration as some of the names in their list are known to portray wholesome roles.<\/p>\n<p>At present, Aquino said PDEA is focused on revalidating information on politicians allegedly involved in illegal drugs.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, said that once they are done with narco-politicians, they will then release the names of judges, prosecutors, celebrities and media personalities who have drug links upon completion of their validation process.<em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Tuesday said it is validating information on the alleged drug links of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":205317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-207043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-christopher-lloyd-caliwan","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207043"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207044,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207043\/revisions\/207044"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}