Tag: Drug shipment

House joint panel clears Lapeña of any liability in smuggling of shabu found in magnetic lifters

(Eagle News) — A joint committee that looked into the shipment of shabu found in magnetic lifters last year  has cleared former Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña of any liability. The committees on dangerous drugs and good government, and public accountability instead recommended the filing of charges for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 against Jimmy Guban, former Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency deputy director general for administration Ismael Fajardo Jr. and former Senior […]

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China says “not enough” evidence to prove most fentanyl comes from China amid Trump comments

BEIJING, China (Reuters) — China’s drug control agency said on Friday (November 3) there was not enough evidence to suggest that most of the fentanyl and other substances at the heart of the opioid crisis in the United States originated from China. Declaring the opioid crisis a public health emergency last week, U.S. President Donald Trump said he would discuss as a “top priority” stopping what he described as a “flood of cheap and deadly […]

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UPDATED: Senate issues arrest order vs Faeldon

By Meanne Corvera Eagle  News Service The Senate has issued an arrest order against former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon over his repeated refusal to attend Senate blue ribbon committee hearings into corruption in the Bureau of Customs, and into the P6.4-billion drug shipment that slipped through the bureau via express lanes. Senate Sergeant at Arms Retired General Jose Balajadia confirmed they received the order around 6:30 p.m. yesterday. But Senate blue ribbon committee chair Richard […]

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Mans Carpio on why he was in then-Customs Commissioner Faeldon’s office: I was explaining advocacy of a client

(Eagle News) — The son-in-law of President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday denied he was engaged in illegal activities involving the Bureau of Customs, noting that he was only at one point in the Office of the Commissioner because he was representing a client. Mans Carpio said he went to the office of then-Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon to explain to him the “crusade” of a certain “Mr. Reta.” He said “Mr. Reta” wanted the BoC to use […]

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High-ranking airport official implicated in P6.4-b drug shipment mess goes on leave

(Eagle News) — The high-ranking airport official whose name was dragged into the P6.4-billion drug shipment mess in a Senate hearing on Tuesday has gone on leave. In a statement, Manila International Airport Authority General Manager Ed Monreal said  assistant general manager for security and emergency concerns Allen Capuyan filed his leave of absence today. Monreal said Capuyan, who met him upon his arrival from Clark, told him “he wants to focus his efforts in clearing […]

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Alleged middleman in P6.4-b drug shipment arrested in connection with rape case after Senate hearing

(Eagle News) — National Bureau of Investigation agents arrested the alleged middleman in the P6.4-billion drug shipment that entered the country in May after the Senate blue ribbon committee hearing on Tuesday. NBI deputy director Ferdinand Lavin said in an ambush interview that Kenneth Dong was arrested by virtue of a warrant of arrest issued by the Paranaque regional trial court in connection with a case of rape he is facing. In a press conference, […]

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Senator Trillanes threatens to cite Customs Chief Faeldon in contempt

(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 […]

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Senate orders arrest of Richard Tan, Manny Li for “testifying falsely and evasively” in blue ribbon committee hearing on P6.4B drug shipment

(Eagle News) — The Senate ordered the arrest of Richard Tan and Manny Li on Wednesday, after the blue ribbon committee held them in contempt for “testifying falsely and evasively” in a hearing hours before on the P6.4-billion drug shipment. It was Senate President Aquilino Pimentel who approved the arrest order issued by blue ribbon committee chair Senator Richard Gordon, who was among those who grilled the two individuals believed behind the contraband that entered […]

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Customs broker names alleged corrupt Customs officials, employees

Several deny allegations (Eagle News) — A Customs broker named Customs employees and officials he said received grease money from him for every shipment transaction. During the ways and means committee hearing into the P6.4-billion drug shipment that entered the country in May, Mark Taguba named Deputy Commissioner Teddy Raval of the intelligence group; Atty. Philip Maronilla of the Manila International Container Terminal; Teddy Sagaral; a certain Major Gutierrez who passed away last month; Director […]

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House minority bloc solons to Customs chief Faeldon: Take leave of absence or resign

(Eagle News) — Take a leave of absence or resign. This was the message of minority bloc solons in the House of Representatives to Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon, who has been accused of incompetence after a P6.4-billion drug shipment entered the country. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency National Capital Region chief Wilkins Villanueva also accused Faeldon of refusing to conduct a “control-delivery” of the six crates containing the illegal substance found in Valenzuela warehouses in May, […]

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