Tag: Dante Jimenez

Anti-crime crusader PACC chair Dante Jimenez passes away due to aortic aneurysm

  (Eagle News) – Presidential Anti-Crime Commission chair Dante Jimenez passed away Friday night, Jan. 29, 2021, due to aortic aneurysm, his family said in a statement. Jimenez is also the founding chair of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC). He was also appointed as co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee on Illegal Drugs alongside Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Director General Aaron Aquino in February last year. “With deep sorrow, the Family announces the passing […]

UPDATED: 16 lawmakers endorse VACC-VPCI impeachment complaint vs Chief Justice Sereno

(Eagle News) — Sixteen lawmakers endorsed the impeachment complaint filed last month by Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption Chair Dante Jimenez and Vanguard of the Philippine Constitution Inc. president Eligio Mallari against Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno. 1-Pacman Rep. Enrico Pineda, Eastern Samar Rep. Ben Evardone,Yacap Rep. Benhur Lopez Jr., Negros Oriental Rep. Arnulfo Teves Jr., Iloilo City Rep. Jerry Treñas, Manila Teachers Rep. Virgilio Lacson,  Biliran Rep. Rogelio Espina, Iloilo Rep. Arthur Defensor Jr., Iloilo […]

Anti-crime group to Robredo: Apologize for “treacherous and unjust statements”

(Eagle News) — Apologize. The Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption has asked Vice President Leni Robredo to issue an apology for what it said were her “treacherous and unjust statements” in a video shown to the international community recently. In a letter sent to her office on Tuesday, Dante Jimenez, VACC president and founding chair, said Robredo should apologize for her messages that “sham(ed) the country before the international community”  to “forestall any legal action that may be taken against” her. […]