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(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs on Thursday, Oct. 11, denied a media report another Filipina was on death row for drug smuggling. The Inquirer in particular quoted Philippine Ambassador to Indonesia Leehiong Wee as saying it was monitoring the situation of the Filipina in Semarang, Central Java. In a statement, the DFA said only Mary Jane Veloso, who is detained in a prison in Yogyakarta, was given the death sentence after being […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Thursday, Aug. 23, said authorities were exerting all efforts to locate Peter Lim and arrest him. “The police, the NBI, and other law enforcement agencies are exerting all efforts..,” Guevarra said. According to Guevarra, based on Bureau of Immigration records, Lim has not left the country since March. On Aug. 14, Makati City Regional Trial Court Branch 65 Acting Presiding Judge Gina Bibat-Palamos issued a warrant for the […]
(Eagle News)—The Department of Justice has found probable cause to file charges against businessman Peter Lim for conspiracy to commit illegal drug trading with suspected drug lord Kerwin Espinosa and several others. In finding probable cause against Lim, Espinosa, Ruel Malindangan and Marcelo Adorco, the panel composed of Senior Assistant State Prosecutors Juan Pedro Navera, Anna Doreen Devanadera and prosecution lawyer Herbert Calvin Abugan gave weight to the admission of Espinosa he was a drug […]
(Eagle News) — Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año has instructed the police to prioritize solving the killing of Tanauan, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili on Monday, July 2. Año said he specifically directed the Calabarzon police director, Chief Supt. Edward Carranza, to do the same. “Maraming lumulutang na anggulo kaya trabaho ng Special Investigation Task Force na binuo ni P/Chief Supt.Carranza na pag-aralan at imbestigahan ang mga ito para agad na […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday renewed his warning against local chief executives who he said were still involved in the illegal drug trade. “Yong mga mayors na sumobra talaga…Huwag kayong magkumpiyansa sa iyang ginagawa ninyo. Do not feel so invulnerable, na pati yong mga pulis ninyo pinapatay ninyo,” Duterte said in a speech during his visit at the Edwin Andrews Air Base (EAAB) Grandstand in Sta. Maria, Zamboanga City. According to President […]
(Eagle News) — Bureau of Corrections Director Benjamin delos Santos announced his resignation on Thursday, a day after President Rodrigo Duterte admitted there was a resurgence in the drug trade in the New Bilibid Prison. In a statement, Delos Santos said the “issue about the resurgence has made me irrelevant.” As such, he said his “irrevocable resignation effective immediately” was filed through the Secretary of Justice. “I will refrain from further comments and take the […]
(Eagle news) — Senator Leila de Lima is set to question the issuance of a warrant of arrest against her at the Supreme Court, one of her lawyers said. In an ambush interview at the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court on Friday, Atty. Bonifacio Tacardon said the senator’s legal team would “definitely” file the petition questioning the arrest warrant issued against her by Branch 204 Judge Juanita Guerrero on Thursday. Guerrero is hearing one of three cases filed against […]
(Reuters) — The Lao People’s Army patrol boat is custom-made in China with night-vision capability and two of the most powerful engines on this remote stretch of the Mekong River. However the lack of resources, such as gasoline, means the boat often stays docked and unused. Even occasional patrols by boats like these, supplied by China to the Lao army and Myanmar police, have successfully subdued the pirates who once robbed the Mekong’s cargo […]
