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By Mar Gabriel and Phoebe Salvador Eagle News Service The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) will file murder charges against the two suspects in the death of detainee Genesis “Tisoy” Argoncillo. In a press conference on Friday, June 22, QCPD director Chief Superintendent Joselito Esquivel Jr. said based on the statements of three witnesses, it was detainees Richard Bautista and Justin Mercado, alleged members of the Sputnik Gang, who mauled Argoncillo to death in the QCPD Station […]
(Eagle News) — Two people believed to be supplying marijuana to students were arrested by the authorities early Friday, June 22, in Pasig. Also recovered from Julius Ilagan and Jayson Proda during the operation in Barangay Bambang past 2 a.m. were P300,000 worth of high-grade marijuana and P40,000 worth of marijuana, and alleged drug money amounting to P22,000. Ilagan and Proda are believed to be the suppliers of alleged drug pushers 18-year-old student Michael Dantic and his […]
(Eagle News) — The commander of the Novaliches Police Station and one of its jail guards who was on duty when detainee Genesis Argoncillo died have been sacked. Supt. Carlito Grijaldo, station 4 commander, and P03 Dennis Saño have been relieved from their posts pending an inquiry into the death of Argoncillo. The dismissal took place after the Quezon City Police District publicly denied Argoncillo, who had been arrested for “alarm and scandal” on June 15, […]
(Eagle News) — Malacañang clarified on Thursday, June 21, that loiterers are arrested only if they violate existing laws. These laws, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said, include ordinances against smoking, drinking in public places, among others. “Lilinawin ko lang po na itong kampanya laban sa tambay is really a part of crime prevention. It is in line with the President’s role as chief implementor of the law,” he said. No arrest of 7000 loiterers therefore, […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The policemen who continue to arrest loiterers can be “liable for arbitrary arrest,” Senator Franklin Drilon said on Thursday, June 21. According to Drilon, “vagrancy,” after all, was “not a crime.” “I do not know on what basis the arrests are being made. There must be a crime committed,” Drilon said. President Rodrigo Duterte, who ordered the Philippine National Police to intensify the operations, denied, however, that arrests were […]
(Eagle News) — The Quezon City Police District on Thursday, June 21, denied a family’s allegations one of their detainees had died because he was mauled while under their custody. In a statement, the QCPD said the allegations of the family of Genesis Argoncillo alias Tisoy, who was arrested for alarm and scandal on June 15, were “mere conjectures until an autopsy is performed.” According to the QCPD, Dr. Jethiel Fabon had certified there were […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde on Wednesday, June 20, said his men will continue to intensify operations against loiterers unless a court orders a stop to it. An angry Albayalde issued the statement amid criticisms the intensified campaign could lead to a violation of the rights of some individuals. “Let’s stop telling, conditioning people that this is a violation of their rights..,” he said. According to Albayalde, there […]
By Phoebe Salvador Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has indefinitely suspended a towing company that brought towed motorcycles to its garage instead of the agency’s impounding site. MMDA General Manager Jojo Garcia said in a press briefing on Tuesday, June 19 the accreditation of Arrom Towing Services and its six tow trucks were indefinitely suspended in response to a complaint of a motorcycle rider. Based on […]
(Eagle News) — Isa-isang hinarang ng mga operatiba ng Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) at Inter-Agency Council on Traffic (I-ACT) ang mga pampasaherong tricycle sa kahabaan ng Katipunan Avenue partikular na sa CP Garcia sa Quezon City Martes ng umaga, Hunyo 19. Ilan sa mga naabutan ng I-ACT at LTFRB ay ang mga tricycle na punong-puno ng sakay na mga estudyante. Ang resulta nalate sa pagpasok sa eskuwelahan ang ilang mga estudyante na […]
(Eagle News) — Nasabat sa isinagawang buy-bust operation ng National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) ang aabot sa mahigit na P2 milyong halaga ng shabu sa Quezon City Martes ng gabi. Target ng isinagawang operasyon sa Katipunan Avenue ang isang Jayson Lagumbay at ang iba pa nitong mga kasamahan na sina Jorge Golfo, Leonardo Jacinto, isang alyas Jay maging ang dalawa pang mga menor de edad na pinag-hihinalaaang ginagawang mga drug courier. Napag-alaman naman ng mga […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Authorities on Monday, June 18, arrested a former member of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and his uncle after they sold P50,000 worth of shabu to a police poseur-buyer in Quezon City, the police said on Tuesday, June 19. The suspects were identified as Kasle Manap alias Castro from Cotabato, and his uncle Ibrahim Usman. According to Quezon City Police District director Chief Supt. Joselito Esquivel, the two sold the […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Sa loob lamang ng halos tatlong araw na pagpapatupad ng panghuhuli ng mga tambay sa atas ng Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Aabot na sa halos isanlibo katao ang mga nahuli ng Quezon City Police District sa kanilang pinaigting na Oplan Galugad sa lungsod. Ayon sa otoridad, malaki ang maitutulong ng nasabing kampanya sa pagpapababa ng krimen sa lipunan. At dahil sa pagpapatupad ng disiplina ay maiiwasan ng mga kabataan ang […]
