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(Eagle News)–The Senate committee on ethics junked on Tuesday the cases filed by former Customs Chief Nicanor Faeldon against Senators Panfilo Lacson and Antonio Trillanes IV. Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon moved to dismiss the ethics cases that were filed after Lacson and Trillanes accused Faeldon of being linked to corruption in the Bureau of Customs. Drilon said Faeldon’s move against Lacson was a “clear case of forum shopping” since the Lacson’s allegations the former […]
(Eagle News) — A Manila court has deferred the arraignment of two accused in the P6.4-billion shabu shipment mess. Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 46 Judge Rainelda Estacio-Montesa reset the arraignment of Mark Taguba and Eirene May Tatad to February 23, pending resolution of a petition for review of the drug importation charges filed against them at the Department of Justice. The judge also asked the prosecution to comment on Tatad’s motion to quash. Estacio-Montesa […]
(Eagle News) — A Manila court has ordered the transfer of an accused in the P6.4-billion shabu shipment mess to the Manila City Jail. Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 46 Judge Rainelda Estacio-Montesa said a commitment order would be issued for the transfer of Eirene May Tatad, owner of EMT Trading, consignee of the controversial shipment. Tatad is currently detained at the National Bureau of Investigation detention facility since her arrest on February 2. She […]
(Eagle News) — Senate President Koko Pimentel on Thursday suggested that smuggled luxury cars be auctioned off to “serious car collectors” abroad rather than be destroyed. In a statement, Pimentel said that unlike cigarettes and drugs, “cars and other manufactured items have economic value, and luxury cars particularly have great value to serious car collectors.” “In the manufacture of these luxury cars, a lot of energy has been expended, which I am sure has contributed […]
President Rodrigo Duterte led the destruction of P61.626 million worth of smuggled luxury vehicles at the Port Area in Manila on Tuesday, February 6. The Chief Executive noted that smuggling has been going on for centuries already. “Itong smuggling na ito, this kind of racket has been going on again and again, and again, over a period of centuries. Well, it has to stop,” he said. Duterte explained that putting the luxury cars into […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Pinangunahan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang pag-bulldozer o pagwasak sa P61-milyong halaga ng mga smuggled luxury car sa South Harbour, Port Area sa Maynila kasabay ng pagdiriwang ng ika-116 na taong anibersaryo nito. Nasa tatlumpung mga smuggled luxury car ang winasak sa Customs sa Maynila. Kasabay din itong isinagawa sa Davao City kung saan pitong sasakyan ang sinira habang tatlo naman sa Cebu City. Kabilang sa mga sinirang mga mamamahaliing […]
(Eagle News) — Citing threats to his life, Mark Taguba, one of the personalities charged in connection with the P6.4-billion shabu shipment mess, on Monday asked the court to reconsider its decision to have him detained at the Manila City Jail. In a very urgent motion for reconsideration filed before Branch 46 of the Manila Regional Trial Court, Taguba, through his lawyer, asked that he be given detention in the National Bureau of Investigation detention […]
By Jerold Tagbo Eagle News Service One of the personalities charged in connection with the P6.4-billion shabu shipment mess maintained his innocence on Thursday, a day after he was arrested by authorities. “Inosente tayo. Wala tayong dapat ikatakot. Alam kong mananalo kami,” Mark Taguba told the media at the National Bureau of Investigation headquarters where he has been detained since his arrest on Wednesday night. He said his defense was airtight, but refused to detail what […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The National Bureau of Investigation has served a warrant of arrest against one of the personalities implicated in the P6.4-billion shabu shipment mess. The arrest warrant was served against self-confessed fixer Mark Taguba in his detention cell in the Senate, where he has been in protective custody since last year, when Senate hearings on corruption in the Bureau of Customs started. Earlier, the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 46 […]
(Eagle News)– Former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon was transferred to the Pasay City Jail on Tuesday, after trading barbs with Senate blue ribbon committee chair Richard Gordon in a panel hearing on corruption in the Bureau of Customs and on the shabu shipment mess in May. Faeldon was seen wearing a black shirt saying “Truth is Justice” when he arrived at the jail around noon. He was escorted by the Senate sergeant at arms. The […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service After refusing to attend for months, Former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon made an appearance at the Senate upon the resumption of blue ribbon committee hearings on corruption in the Bureau of Customs and on the P6.4-billion shabu shipment mess. But at the start of the hearing, Faeldon received a lecture from blue ribbon committee chair Senator Richard Gordon, who denounced the former Customs chief’s statements his rights were being trampled […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon has asked the Supreme Court to stop what he said was the Senate’s illegal detention of him over his refusal to attend hearings on corruption in the Bureau of Customs, and on the P6.4-billion shabu shipment mess. In a 30-page petition, Faeldon asked the High Court to issue a temporary restraining order or a status quo ante order pending resolution of his petition. Faeldon […]
