{"id":41609,"date":"2015-02-09T21:08:05","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T13:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=41609"},"modified":"2015-02-10T21:14:08","modified_gmt":"2015-02-10T13:14:08","slug":"pdea-indonesia-ink-mou-vs-drug-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/02\/09\/pdea-indonesia-ink-mou-vs-drug-trafficking\/","title":{"rendered":"PDEA, Indonesia ink MoU vs drug trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_41720\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41720\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/joko-widodo-noy-aquino-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41720\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/joko-widodo-noy-aquino-2.jpg\" alt=\"February 9, 2015 \u2014 President Joko Widodo of the Republic of Indonesia was in Malaca\u00f1an Palace today, as part of his first state visit to the Philippines. After arrival honors led by President Benigno S. Aquino III, President Widodo signed the Palace Guest Book, and, with President Aquino, witnessed a signing of agreements between the Philippines and Indonesia, at the Palace Reception Hall. After an expanded bilateral meeting, the two leaders delivered remarks, after which President Aquino hosted a state dinner in honor of President Widodo and his spouse. (Photos by the Malaca\u00f1ang Photo Bureau).\" width=\"960\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/joko-widodo-noy-aquino-2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/joko-widodo-noy-aquino-2-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41720\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">February 9, 2015 \u2014 President Joko Widodo of the Republic of Indonesia was in Malaca\u00f1an Palace today, as part of his first state visit to the Philippines. After arrival honors led by President Benigno S. Aquino III, President Widodo signed the Palace Guest Book, and, with President Aquino, witnessed a signing of agreements between the Philippines and Indonesia, at the Palace Reception Hall.<br \/>After an expanded bilateral meeting, the two leaders delivered remarks, after which President Aquino hosted a state dinner in honor of President Widodo and his spouse. (Photos by the Malaca\u00f1ang Photo Bureau).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and National Narcotics Board, or dubbed as Badan Narkotika Nasional (BNN) of the Republic of Indonesia, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Monday to deepen collaborative efforts against the illegal drug operations. The signing was held at the Reception Hall, Malaca\u00f1an Palace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecognizing that illegal drugs pose a serious threat to the people\u2019s health, security and general welfare and adversely affect a nation\u2019s economic, social, cultural and political foundations, the Philippines and Indonesia have pledged to work together to liberate their territories from the clutches of the drug menace,\u201d said PDEA Director General Undersecretary Arturo G. Cacdac, Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Under the MoU, both countries agreed to strengthen their collaboration with each other in exchanging information on intelligence materials, methods of drug trafficking and their possible routes, and new forms of illegal drugs.<\/p>\n<p>This cooperation aims to fight against trafficking and abuse of illegal drugs, psychotropic substances and their precursors<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe MoU embodies more than just a set of printed materials. Rather, it manifests in the strongest possible terms the ardent desires of both countries to pool their manpower, expertise, resources and efforts towards the achievement of a common goal,\u201d the PDEA chief said.<\/p>\n<p>The MoU was signed by Cacdac and Anang Iskandar, Head of BNN, Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p>The signing was the highlight of the State Visit of Republic of Indonesia President Joko Widodo to Philippines on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and National Narcotics Board, or dubbed as Badan Narkotika Nasional (BNN) of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":41720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95,483,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","category-politics","category-news-w","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41609","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=41609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}