Tag: Davao Death Squad

Kidnapping, serious illegal detention raps filed vs Trillanes, others

(Eagle News)–Criminal charges have been filed against former Senator Antonio Trillanes and several others over the alleged abduction and illegal detention of a woman they supposedly wanted to testify against now-President Rodrigo Duterte in 2016. The kidnapping with serious illegal detention charges also against priest Albert Alejo, lawyer Jude Sabio, a certain Sister Ling, and other Jane and John Does were filed by Guilermina Lalic Barrido, who surfaced at the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group […]

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Justice Secretary Aguirre: May nagpopondo kay Lascanas

  Ni Erwin Temperante Eagle News Service Naniniwala si Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II na mayroong nagpopondo kay Arthur Lascanas, ang retiradong pulis na bumaliktad sa kanyang unang pahayag na walang kinalaman si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte  sa diumanong Davao Death Squad. Ginawa ng kalihim ang pahayag ilang araw matapos umalis si Lascanas patungong Singapore. Ayon sa Bureau of Immigration, planong bumalik ng retiradong pulis sa Pilipinas sa ika-22 ng Abril. Ayon kay Aguirre, dahil sa pag-amin ni Lascanas na mayroon siyang pinatay […]

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I am ready to go to jail for the right charges – Duterte

(Eagle News) — Ayaw na umanong patulan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang mga alegasyon na ipinupukol rito kaugnay sa kanyang kampanya laban sa iligal na droga kung saan marami ang namamatay. Pero giit ng Pangulo pawang walang katotohanan ang mga akusasyon sa kanya at kung totoo man handa umano siyang mabulok sa kulungan sa tamang alegasyon at sa tamang kaparusahan. “I am ready to go to jail for the right charges, huwag naman iyong pati […]

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President’s sister laughs off Lascañas testimony: “My dance instructor is very much alive”

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The sister of President Rodrigo Duterte, Jocelyn Duterte-Villarica, branded as “all lies” the second senate testimony of retired SPO3 Arturo Lascañas. She particularly referred to Lascanas’ claim that the President had orderd the killing of her alleged former dance instructor.. Villarica said that the dance instructor allegedly killed in Davao City is still alive. She said Lascañas’ testimony was part of the destabilization plot against the President. In her […]

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Aguirre: Quarry site owner in Davao City denied Lascanas’ claim on DDS victims’ burial site

(Eagle News) — The owner of the alleged quarry site in Davao City which was referred to by retired police officer Arturo Lascanas as where they buried their alleged victims had long denied the policeman’s claim. This was according to Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II. Aguirre said the quarry site owner, retired SPO4 Bienvenido Laud, had long denied these allegations of Lascanas. He said he can attest to this as he had served as the lawyer of […]

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Retired SPO3 Arthur Lascañas, isang “polluted witness” – Malacañang

(Eagle News) — Ikinukonsidera ng Malacañang si retired SPO3 Arthur Lascañas bilang isang polluted source sa gitna ng pagharap nito sa senate investigation. Ayon kay Presidential Spokesperson  Ernesto Abella, minsan nang itinanggi ni Lascañas na may Davao Death Squad (DDS) noong unang humarap sa pagdinig ng senado. Inihayag ni Abella ngayong  bumabalik sa senado si Lascañas, hindi na katanggap-tanggap ang mga binitiwang testimonya ni Lascañas at hindi ito maikukonsiderang isang credible witness. Hindi naman nabanggit […]

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Lascañas apologizes to Senate, says he was coerced to lie

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News)– Self-proclaimed Davao Death Squad (DDS) and former SPO3 Arturo Lascañas on Monday, March 6 apologized to Senate for his false testimony during the previous Senate hearing regarding the DDS conducted last year. “First, I’d like to ask for an apology and understanding of what I had said when I was invited (by) this honorable committee,” the retired cop said. Lascañas take back his October testimony and alleged that the DDS […]

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Lascañas journal, fake and fabricated – Panelo

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo dismissed the “Lascañas Journal” as a mere invention, adding that retired SPO3 Arturo Lascañas does not have a hand in its creation. “As I have previously stated, the so-called journal is a fabrication,” Panelo said in a statement. “The fact alone that it was not presented at the first opportunity is already a giveaway that it is an obvious and a no-brainer afterthought,” […]

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Senator Ejercito warns that people behind Lascañas also figured in Estrada impeachment

    (Eagle News) — Senator JV Ejercito on Monday (March 6) said that the Senate hearing on the testimony of retired police officer Arturo Lascanas should not be used as a platform to destabilize the present government, particularly to oust President Rodrigo Duterte. In a hearing by the Senate committee on public order on the testimony of retired police officer Arturo Lascanas, Ejercito pointed out that some of the people behind Lascanas when he changed his story […]

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Sotto: Was Lascañas affidavit written by several people?

(Eagle News) — Senator Tito Sotto on Monday raised the possibility of SP03 Arthur Lascañas’ affidavit being written by several people, saying there were parts that were written in a different font. “Parang cinopy, pinaste from somewhere, pinasok sa affidavit,” Sotto said in reference to the  “‘Origins of the Davao Death Squad’ part to Number 13′” of Lascañas’ written statement. “Kayo ba nagprepare nito? Bakit iba font, iba size?” the senator asked Lascañas during Monday’s Senate hearing into the so-called […]

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Cayetano points out inconsistencies in Lascañas testimony, affidavit

(Eagle News) — Senator Alan Cayetano poked holes in SP03 Arthur Lascañas’ testimony during Monday’s Senate inquiry into the so-called Davao Death Squad killings, saying there were parts there that differed from the contents of an affidavit he earlier submitted. Cayetano particularly cited what Lascañas said in his written statement that he was a founding member of an organized anticrime task force, which he said was created in 1988 to go after and “liquidate” criminals in Davao City. “Sasabihin mo (in the […]

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Duterte: I saw Lascañas only ‘once, twice a year’

  (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has admitted to knowing SP03 Arthur Lascañas, the retired policeman who flip-flopped on his initial testimony and now says the highest chief executive had a hand in the creation of a supposed Davao Death Squad. “As a policeman, yes,” Duterte said when asked in an ambush interview  if he knew the retired policeman. Duterte clarified, however, that he only saw Lascañas “once, twice a year.” “I give the orders […]

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