(Eagle News)–Philippine National Police chief Oscar Albayalde recommended for promotion 13 of his men for the 2013 Pampanga raid, Senator Richard Gordon said. Gordon, citing a document he said was signed by Albayalde, said the now-PNP chief also recommended a distinguished conduct award for himself over the raid, which the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group found to be irregular. Albayalde, who was provincial director of Pampanga at that time, admitted making the recommendation but added […]
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Former police official says police report on 2013 Pampanga raid “full of lies”
(Eagle News)–The police report on the 2013 Pampanga drug raid conducted by the 13 policemen subsequently ordered dismissed was only “full of lies.” This is according to retired Brigadier General Manuel Gaerlan, who was the deputy director for operations of Central Luzon when the raid led by then-Col. Rodney Baloyo and 12 of his men was conducted. Gaerlan said he had been tasked by then-Central Luzon police director Raul Petrasanta to check on the supposed […]
Aquino admits Albayalde asked him not to implement dismissal order vs 13 cops behind 2013 Pampanga raid
(Eagle News)–Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Chief Aaron Aquino on Thursday, Oct. 3, admitted now-Philippine National Police chief Oscar Albayalde called him in 2016 to ask him not to implement the dismissal order against the 13 policemen behind the 2013 Pampanga raid. Aquino made the admission a day after Senator Richard Gordon said he was “disappointed” with the PDEA chief, who said in a previous Senate hearing that while Albayalde called him, this was only to […]
Aquino: Albayalde, then NCRPO chief, called me to ask about status of case vs police team behind 2013 Pampanga raid
(Eagle News)–Now-Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde at one time called Aaron Aquino, then the police director of Region 3, to ask that the case filed against the policemen who conducted the Pampanga raid in 2013 be reviewed. This was the revelation of Aquino, now the Philippine Drug Enforcement chief, during the joint Senate panel hearing on the Good Conduct Time Allowance law on Tuesday, Oct. 1. Aquino made the revelation after former Criminal Investigation […]





