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(Eagle News)–This mugshot released by the Police Regional Office 5 shows Bureau of Corrections chief Nicanor Faeldon’s son, Nicanor Faeldon Jr., who was nabbed from a suspected drug den in Naga on Friday, Dec. 14. Apart from the younger Faeldon, also arrested were at least three other people, including his girlfriend. The BuCor chief has vowed to step down if his son is proven to have links to drugs.
Duterte, members of his cabinet, extremely disappointed over inappropriate “disrespectful” conduct of House members in grilling of DBM chief (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is dismayed with the House Resolution which sought his reconsideration of the appointment of Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno, as all members of the Duterte cabinet expressed their support for Diokno, vouching for his integrity and competence. Presidential Spokesperson Savador Panelo read statements of support from various members of the […]
(Eagle News) — Bureau of Corrections chief Nicanor Faeldon claimed he was “clueless” about the incident involving his son and namesake, Nicanor Jr., who was arrested in a Naga City drug raid. “I am totally clueless on that incident, as neither my son nor the police authorities have contacted me,” Faeldon said in a press statement prepared by his legal team. “I commend the Naga City police authorities on their efforts to curb if not […]
(Eagle News) — Four Hong Kong nationals were found guilty for illegal drug possession for a 2016 drug case in Subic Bay and were sentenced to life imprisonment. The Olongapo City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 74 found the accused Win Fai Lo, Shu Fook Leung, Kam Wah Kwok and Kwok Tung Chan guilty on the charge of possession of illegal drugs. They were apprehended in July 2016 by the Philippine National Police Anti-Illegal […]
(Eagle News)—Bureau of Corrections Chief Nicanor Faeldon on Friday, Dec. 14, vowed to resign if his son was proven to have links to illegal drugs. “What I can assure everybody is if my son is involved in any way, kahit user lang, I will… hunt him down. Ako na ang paparusa diyan,” he added in a television interview, referring to Nicanor Faeldon Jr. The younger Faeldon was nabbed in a suspected drug den in Naga […]
(Eagle News) — Nagbabala ang Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) sa mga pasahero na iwasang sumakay sa mga tinatawag na “fly by night” o mga colorum na motor bancas ngayong holiday season. Ayon kay PCG Commandant Elson Hermogino, ang pagsakay sa mga colorum na bangka ay nagdudulot ng panganib sa buhay at seguridad ng isang pasahero dahil hindi sumusunod ang mga ito sa maritime safety standards na itinakda ng Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA). Madalas aniya na […]
(Eagle News) — Kinumpirma ni Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana na inaalok ng Japan ang latest air defense radar technology nito sa Pilipinas. Ayon kay lorenzana, isa ito sa mga plataporma na sinusuri ng Philippine Air Force. Ang nasabing equipment ay maaari aniyang gamitin sa pag-momonitor ng mga aircraft at sea craft na pumapasok at umaalis sa teritoryo ng Pilipinas. Dagdag pa ng kalihim, kinokonsidera ng gobyerno ang nasabing alok ng Japan. “Yes, they (Japan) are […]
(Eagle News) — Nanindigan ang Commission on Human Rights (CHR) na hindi na kinakailangan ng martial law para matugunan ang acts of lawlessness sa Mindanao. Ayon sa CHR, pinapanatili nila ang kanilang posisyon na ang sektor ng seguridad sa ating bansa ay kaya ng matugunan ng Philippine National Police (PNP) at Armed Forces of the Philippines ang acts of lawlessness at hindi na kailangan ng martial law. “The CHR has taken a position from the […]
(Eagle News)—Authorities on Friday, Dec. 14, arrested the son of Bureau of Corrections chief Nicanor Faeldon in a suspected drug den in Naga. Nicanor Faeldon Jr. was nabbed together with his girlfriend, her father and another male, after at least seven sachets of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride, or shabu, were found in the house where they were in in Barangay Mabolo, a radio report said. The authorities had been armed with a search warrant. Drug-related charges […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Dec. 13, said the return of the Balangiga bells to the country was due to the “demand of the Filipino people.” “Let me be clear on this, here and now. The credit of the return of the Balangiga bells does not belong to any worker or officials of government,” Duterte said in a speech during the unveiling of the Las Pinas Drug Rehabilitation Center marker in Pulang […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police (PNP) said that its whole force would be on high alert after the latest declaration from Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) leadership of intensified offensives against government forces and other civilian targets following the extension of martial law in Mindanao. PNP Director General Oscar Albayalde said that latest order from CPP founding chairman Jose Maria Sison to the New People’s Army showed that the communist leadership was […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate on Thursday, Dec. 13, ratified the bicameral conference report on the cancer control bill that aims to establish a national framework to combat the disease. Under the measure–which reconciles Senate Bill No. 1850 or the National Integrated Cancer Control Act with House Bill No. 8636— a National Integrated Cancer Advisory Council shall be created to develop the National Cancer Control roadmap. The roadmap, a statement issued by Senator JV Ejercito said, will […]
