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(Eagle News) — Maasim, Sarangani Mayor Aniceto Lopez Jr. surrendered to Senator Manny Pacquiao on Friday, hours after Philippine Drug Enforcement Authority operatives raided his house and seized around P5 million worth of shabu and drug paraphernalia. In a statement, Pacquiao said Lopez, who he said managed to “sneak out” of his house in Barangay Lumasal during the PDEA raid around 3 a.m., sent feelers he wanted to surrender afterwards, before lunchtime. “When he called […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law the measure postponing the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections. The President on Monday, October 2, signed Republic Act 10952 that amended RA 9164, and postponed the Oct. 23, 2017 polls to the second Monday of May 2018. “Subsequent synchronized barangay and SK elections shall be held on the second Monday of May 2020 and every three years thereafter,” the amended portion of RA 9164 read. […]
In these pictures provided by the Philippine National Police, First Lady Honeylet Avanceña is seen addressing an audience as guest of honor during the launch of the Life After Tokhang drug rehabilitation program in Camp Crame on Monday, October 2. LIFT, a “PNP-initiated, community-based recovery and wellness program,” is aimed at helping drug surrenderees recover from their drug problems via a series of activities. For the program, the PNP partnered with the Rispondé Foundation.
(Eagle News) — The Philippines is a “transshipment point” for illegal drugs being transported to the United States. President Rodrigo Duterte said it was the “Bamboo Triad,” a crime syndicate based in Taiwan, that made the Philippines its “client state.” He said the 14K group from Hongkong also had drug operations in the country. Both criminal syndicates have “taken over” Southeast Asia, he said. “Today, the drug problem is all throughout the world,” he said. […]
(Eagle News) — The Iloilo mayor being tagged as a narcopolitician by President Rodrigo Duterte has filed a sick leave. In a radio interview, Jed Mabilog’s spokesperson and lawyer Mark Piad said the mayor’s leave was effective Sept. 11. “He filed the leave purposedly to recuperate physically because of the stress he underwent,” Piad said. He noted that his client had also been diagnosed with stage 2 diabetes long before he left the country for […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – A son of former Honduran president Porfirio Lobo was sentenced to 24 years in an American prison on Tuesday for conspiring to smuggle cocaine and sell it in the United States. The hefty punishment for Fabio Lobo was meant as a warning to corrupt members of Latin America’s political elite, the New York City judge ruling over the trial, Lorna Schofield, said. She said Lobo had used his connections […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities on Monday arrested Puerto Princesa Vice Mayor Luis Marcaida III, after they seized high-powered firearms and suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride during a raid in his house. The police said authorities recovered 30 sachets containing suspected methampethamine hydrochloride wrapped in a plastic pack, and weapons consisting of a .22-caliber rifle, three rifle grenades, a fragmentation grenade, and four .45-cal. pistols, from Marcaida’s house in Barangay Bancao-Bancao. The drug raid led by the local police […]
(Eagle News) –President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday announced a P5-million bounty on the head of Ozamiz Councilor Ricardo “Ardot” Parojinog. In a speech during the 11th founding anniversary of the Eastern Mindanao Command, Duterte said the P5 million was an increase from the previous reward to be given to anyone who had information leading to Parojinog’s arrest. Parojinog, a councilor, escaped during a police raid in his home in July. His brother, Ozamiz Mayor Reynaldo […]
(Eagle News) — A drug-crazed 27-year-old man held hostage his uncle in Quezon City early Friday, but the police quickly subdued him during negotiations. The Quezon City Police District said charges of alarm and scandal are set to be filed against Juren Capala Amego, after he held Jerry Pisngot, 55, at knifepoint on Dangay St., Veterans Village, Project 7. The incident was reported to the police around 5 a.m. According to the QCPD, Amego, who […]
The United States ambassador to the Philippines called Tuesday for “full accountability” following the death of a 17-year-old boy in an anti-drug operation in Caloocan. “My condolences go out to the family and friends of Kian (Delos Santos). Hope that the investigations lead to full accountability,” US ambassador Sung Kim said on his Twitter account. Duterte has said relations with the United States are better under Donald Trump, who has praised him for doing an “unbelievable […]
(Eagle News) — The director of the Northern Police District has been sacked. Philippine National Police Chief Director Ronald Dela Rosa said in a radio interview that Chief Supt. Roberto Fajardo’s relief was effective Tuesday. He said the relief was to give way to an impartial investigation into the death of 17-year-old Kian delos Santos in an anti-drug operation in Caloocan days ago. Police said Delos Santos had fired at them as they were approaching […]
(Eagle News) — The 17-year-old who was killed in a drug operation in Caloocan last week was a drug courier for his father and uncles. This was what Philippine National Police Director Roland Dela Rosa revealed in a radio interview, amid criticisms over how the police handled Wednesday’s police operation that led to the death of Kian Loyd Delos Santos. According to the PNP chief, Zaldy, Delos Santos’ father, is also known as a “siga” […]
