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(Eagle News) — The Palace is backing the Office of the Solicitor General’s decision to ask the Supreme Court’s help in seeking the filing of homicide charges against former President Benigno Aquino III and two others over the botched Mamasapano operation in 2015. “The Solicitor General as counsel of the Government is correct. There ought to be accountability for those responsible for the SAF 44 debacle,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said, referring to the 44 […]
(Eagle News) — “He made himself look incompetent.” Former President Benigno Aquino III had this to say to former Special Action Force chief Getulio Napeñas , who earlier criticized the former chief executive for making him and other top officials who led the botched Mamasapano operation in 2015 “incompetent.” “He made himself look incompetent, because he actually performed incompetent,” Aquino told reporters. According to Aquino, Napeñas was to be blamed for what happened. “May tiwala akong honorable […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday hit back at his predecessor, Benigno Aquino III, after he said nothing much changed since the war on drugs under the current administration. “Sabi ni PNoy, parang walang nangyari. Sige, pumasok ka sa droga PNoy, pag di ka putulan ng ulo, ga*o ka,” he said, making reference to Aquino’s nickname. He noted that the aides of Aquino and his presidential heir Mar Roxas, who ran for president […]
“He is liable for several reasons,” militant group says (Eagle News) — The militant group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan welcomed on Saturday the Ombudsman’s order to file criminal charges against former President Benigno Aquino III over the botched Mamasapano operation in 2015 that saw 44 members of the police’s elite Special Action Force killed, among others, saying he was indeed “liable” for several reasons. In a statement, Bayan said Aquino, for one, “violated the (then-)suspension order […]
(Eagle News) — Former President Benigno Aquino III on Thursday answered President Rodrigo Duterte’s questions on his involvement and liability in the Mamasapano massacre, insisting that this was not his fault, but that of former police special action forces director Getulio Napeñas Jr. “Nangako po akong manahimik ng isang taon. Pero nitong Martes, nagsalita si Pangulong Duterte. Sa pakiwari ko: Tama lang po na tumugon ako,” Aquino said in a statement on Thursday, January […]
(Eagle News) — Kokonsultahin ni dating pangulong Benigno Aquino III ang kanyang mga abugado hinggil sa Mamasapano incident. Ayon kay Aquino, hindi muna siya maglalabas ng pahayag sa ngayon pero asahan na raw ang paglalabas ng statement mula sa kanyang kampo. Una nang kinuwestyon ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang partisipasyon ni Aquino sa pumalpak na operasyon na nagresulta sa pagkasawi ng apatnaput apat na miyembro ng Special Action Force. Sabi ng Pangulo, kailangang masagot ni […]
by Cecil MORELLA MANILA ,Philippines (AFP) — Philippine President Benigno Aquino warned Thursday his country was on the brink of another dictatorship, in a thinly veiled reference to controversial politicians leading surveys to win the top two posts in next month’s elections. Tough-talking Rodrigo Duterte has emerged as a clear fhilippine Presidential candidate avourite in surveys for the presidential poll, with voters apparently embracing his vows to kill tens of thousands of criminals outside the […]
