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(Eagle News) — The grenades which police found in the house of Arnold Padilla were “planted,” his lawyer said on Friday, Aug. 24. “This is just an opinion, but for now, yun lang po yung masasabi naming abogado na hindi po si Arnold Padilla ang may-ari ng mga granadang ito,” Raymond Fortun said in an interview over radio dzbb. As for the guns, he said the two that were found by the police in his […]
(Eagle News) — The police on Friday, Aug. 24, arrested a Taiwanese national after seizing around P40 million worth of suspected shabu in a raid in his hotel room in Manila. According to the police, the six kilograms of suspected shabu had been placed in seven plastic bags in the room of Chong Chin Hao in the hotel on P. Mapua St. in Binondo. Authorities also recovered drug paraphernalia inside a suitcase in the room, […]
(Eagle News) — The man who was seen confronting traffic enforcers who had only flagged him down for a traffic violation has been arrested but over what police said were unlicensed guns. Arnold Padilla was nabbed on Friday, Aug. 24, after a police raid in his house and apartment unit in Magallanes Village, Makati City, yielded firearms and at least two grenades. In a radio interview, National Capital Region Police Office Chief Guillermo Eleazar said Padilla […]
(Eagle News) –The man who was seen in a video apparently verbally assaulting traffic enforcers who had only flagged him down for a traffic violation was the subject of a case buildup even before the video went viral. National Capital Region Police Office chief Director Guillermo Eleazar said in an interview over radio dzbb that this was following the revocation of the license to possess firearms of Arnold Padilla. Padilla was arrested on Friday, Aug. 24, […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila Regional Trial Court has found probable cause for the drug charges filed by the Department of Justice against alleged drug distributor Kerwin Espinosa. The Manila RTC Branch 51 said there was also probable cause for the same charges against Peter Co, Lovely Impal, Marcelo Adorco and Ruel Malindangan. It issued a warrant for the arrest of the accused, even if all, except Malindangan, are already in custody. No bail was […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Transportation has ordered the suspension of three Private Emission Testing Centers (PETC) for alleged falsification of emission test results. In an advisory, the DoTR said ordered suspended on Aug. 17 were Victory Emission Testing Center in Barangka Drive, Mandaluyong City; Six Eleven Emission Test Co. in Southwestern Poblacion, Calamba, Misamis Occidental; and RNJ Emission Testing Center in Muzon, San Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan. The DoTR said copies of the suspension orders […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Thursday, Aug. 23, stood by the policemen who arrested three lawyers for alleged obstruction of justice, intimidation, among others, in a Makati bar raid, noting the law enforcers did not violate United Nations rules as claimed by the Integrated Bar of the Philippines. In a statement, DILG spokesperson and Assistant Secretary Jonathan Malaya said that under the UN Basic Principles on the Role of […]
Ni Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Mismong si Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde ang nagkabit ng ikalawang estrelya ni National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) Chief Police Director Guillermo Eleazar. Dahil dito, isa nang full-fledged director si Eleazar na una nang namuno sa Quezon City Police District at sa PNP-CALABARZON. Sa harap nito, nangako naman si Eleazar na lalo pang pagbubutihin ang kanyang serbisyo sa bayan. Partikular na rito ang ginagawang internal cleansing ng […]
(Eagle News) — Transport Network Vehicle Service drivers on Monday, Aug. 20, filed a P5-million lawsuit against PBA Party-list Rep. Jericho Nograles for their alleged losses resulting from the suspension of the P2-per-minute charges. It was the Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board that ordered the suspension of the policy, after Nograles claimed these were illegal charges. In July, the LTFRB also ordered Grab to pay P10 million in penalties for the charges from June 5, […]
(Eagle News) — The National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) inaugurated the first-ever Presidential car museum in Quezon City Memorial Circle on Sunday, August 19. The launching of the museum was led by Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, NHCP Chairman Rene Escalante, NHCP Acting Executive Director Ludovico Badoy and Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista. The inauguration of the museum coincided with the 104th birth anniversary of former President Manuel Quezon. Roque said that he was […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Monday, Aug. 20, defended the police’s arrest of three lawyers in a Makati bar raid for alleged obstruction of justice and intimidation. According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, a lawyer himself, lawyers Lenie Rocel Rocha, Jan Vincent Soliven, and Romulo Bernard Alarkon needed a refresher course in criminal law. In the first place, he said “lawyers have absolutely no involvement in an ongoing police investigation.” “Their role is when […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service No one is above the law. Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde had this to say to critics of the policemen who arrested three lawyers during a Makati bar raid last Thursday for alleged intimidation and obstruction of justice, among others. “We will implement the law without fear or favor. Hindi natin yan pwedeng pagbigyan: ‘yan man ay abogado, ‘yan man ay politician,” Albayalde said, as he led the […]
