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(Eagle News)–The joint Senate panel looking into the Good Conduct Time Allowance law has cited in contempt the policeman who led the raid in the 2013 Pampanga raid. Rodney Baloyo was placed in contempt after lawmakers chastised him for being evasive and for taking too long to answer. Senator Richard Gordon asked the Senate sergeant at arms to detain Baloyo in “not so nice quarters.” Gordon initially said Baloyo would be detained in the Pasay […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Police and the Office of the Solicitor General submitted “rubbish reports” on the administration’s drug war, a group of lawyers said. As a result, the Center for International Law is asking the Supreme Court to order the PNP and the OSG to explain why they should not be cited in contempt, in a motion filed on Monday, Sept. 23. In its motion, Centerlaw noted that an examination of 107 of the […]
(Eagle News)–Even the Supreme Court recognizes the Senate’s power to cite in contempt. This was the reiteration of Senate President Tito Sotto on Thursday, Sept. 19, after three resource persons the Senate joint panel cited in contempt asked the Court of Appeals for help and filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus. In filing the petition, Bureau of Corrections legal unit chief Fredric Anthony Santos, BuCor documents unit section Ramoncito Roque and New Bilibid […]
(Eagle News)–Three resource persons were cited in contempt by the Senate on Thursday, Sept. 12, for “continuously lying.” It was Senator Ronald dela Rosa who motioned for Atty. Fredric Anthony Santos, suspended Bureau of Corrections legal unit chief; New Bilibid Prison hospital doctor Urcisio Cenas; and suspended BuCor records and documents unit chief Ramoncito Roque to be sanctioned before the end of the hearing on problems in BuCor. Roque and Cenas denied they received any […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Two of four individuals who have been cited in contempt by the Senate blue ribbon panel for skipping hearings on the missing P11-billion shabu shipment are now in Senate custody. The Office of Senator Richard Gordon, who chairs the panel, identified them as SMYD Trading owner Marina Signapan and Emily Laquingan. Laquingan, said to be the former wife of Hsu Chun Chung, the alleged liaison of the drug syndicate behind […]
(Eagle News) — Senate blue ribbon committee chair Richard Gordon on Thursday, Nov. 22, moved to cite in contempt several individuals who did not show up in his panel’s hearing on the P6.8-billion shabu shipment that slipped past the Bureau of Customs last year. Among those to be cited in contempt were former Senior Supt. Eduardo Acierto, Emily Laquingan, SMYD Trading owner Marina Signapan and sacked Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Deputy Director General for Administration Ismael Fajardo. According […]
(Eagle News) – The Senate has unanimously decided to transfer former Customs commissioner Nicanor Faeldon to the Pasay City Jail. Faeldon would also remain in contempt for being “arrogant” in his answers and for acting inappropriately at the continuation of the senate blue ribbon committee hearing early this afternoon, where he had a heated exchange with committee chair, Senator Richard Gordon. The senate continued on Monday, January 29, its hearing on the alleged corruption, […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang defended President Rodrigo Duterte’s appointment of former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon as deputy administrator III of the Office of Civil Defense, saying he still enjoys the President’s trust. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque also stressed that Faeldon’s appointment is the President’s “exclusive prerogative.” “The President is the appointing authority and Mr. Faeldon, with his new appointment, certainly enjoys the Chief Executive’s trust and confidence,” Roque said. “Mr. Faeldon […]
(Eagle News) – Former Customs commissioner Nicanor Faeldon has now been detained indefinitely at the Senate premises. This was after he showed up at the Senate on Monday (Sept. 11), but still refused to attend senate hearing on the alleged smuggling activities at the Bureau of Customs which he once headed. “He’s a soldier. He knows there is such a thing as temporary incarceration,” said Senator Richard Gordon who had earlier asked the issuance […]
(Eagle News) – Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Tuesday threatened to cite Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon in contempt after he refused to answer questions on corruption in the Bureau of Customs. Faeldon said he would not answer the question because “In the past few days, the honorable senator has come up with a lot of accusations already that I am in the middle of the smuggling of shabu in the country.” “It is pointless for me […]
