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(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has not issued any memorandum to put a stop to negotiations or pacts on loans with countries that expressed support for a probe into the Philippines’ drug war. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo issued the remark after a Reuters report said an Aug. 27 memorandum had directed the same against countries that backed the resolution spearheaded by Iceland. Eighteen countries voted in favor of the July 11 resolution, 14 were against, and […]
P100,000 worth of high-grade marijuana reportedly seized from suspects (Eagle News)–Rapper Loonie and several others were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Makati on Wednesday night. Apart from the rapper, whose real name is Marlon Peroramas, nabbed from the basement of a hotel on Polaris St. in Barangay Poblacion, Makati at 8:45 p.m. were David Rizon, Ivan Agustin, Albert Alvarez, and Loonie’s younger sister Idyll Liza Peroramas. Fifteen sachets of high-grade marijuana worth P100,000 […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Wednesday, Sept. 18, denied President Rodrigo Duterte admitted having a hand in the 2018 ambush of former Daanbantayan, Cebu mayor Vicente Loot, whom he had accused of being involved in the illegal drug trade. In an interview over GMA 7’s Unang Balita, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo described the claim as “silly and ridiculous.” “Hindi niya inamin. Kung papakinggan mo yung salita niya, ang sinabi niya, ‘In-ambush kita.’ But don’t forget that […]
Alleged right hand man of drug lord in NBP nabbed (Eagle News)–Authorities seized P204 million worth of suspected illegal drugs from a condominium unit in Pasig on Monday night. The 30 kilos of suspected shabu were confiscated from inside tea bags in a suitcase of Manolito Carlos, the alleged right hand man of a drug lord committed inside the New Bilibid Prison, who had been found inside the Sorrento Oasis Residences on C. Raymundo Avenue, […]
(Eagle News)–A co-accused of Senator Leila de Lima in two drug-related cases was arrested on Friday, Aug. 16. NBI director Ferdinand Lavin said Jose Adrian Dera, who had gone into hiding for two years following the charges filed against him, was nabbed by the National Bureau of Investigation in Pampanga. The charges were in connection with his alleged role as De Lima’s and former Bureau of Corrections director Franklin Bucayu’s bagman in the illegal drug […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — A Chinese court sentenced a second Canadian man to death for drug trafficking on Tuesday amid diplomatic tensions between Ottawa and Beijing. The court in southern Guangdong province said the Canadian, Fan Wei, and 10 others — including an American and four Mexicans — had been part of an international narcotics syndicate working out of Taishan city between July and November 2012. The group produced and sold 6.34 kilos (14 pounds) […]
(Eagle News)—The Palace on Wednesday, April 3, dismissed as “black propaganda” a video circulating on social media that linked former Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte to illegal drugs. According to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, the “Ang Totoong Narcolist (The True Narcolist) Episode 1,” which was first posted on Tuesday on the Facebook account of “Metro Balita” that claims it was a “media/news company,” was “obviously” intended to “besmirch and destroy President Duterte and his family.” […]
Customs accreditation of consignee, broker revoked (Eagle News)–Charges will be filed against those behind the P1.8 billion worth of shabu intercepted by Customs authorities. In a statement, Manila International Container Port District Collector Atty. Erastus Sandino B. Austria said he has also revoked the customs accreditation of the consignee, Wealth Lotus Empire Corporation, behind the shipment from Vietnam intercepted on Friday, March 22. He said the accreditation of customs broker Jane A. Castillo has also […]
President says more names to follow (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, March 14, bared over 40 names of politicians on his narco-list. Duterte said administrative charges were already filed by the Department of the Interior and Government against the 46 individuals—consisting of 35 mayors, seven vice mayors, one provincial board member and three members of the House of Representatives—today, which meant the accusations against them have been “validated.” Among those Duterte named […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The United States indicted Venezuelan industry minister and former vice president Tareck El Aissami on sanctions violations Friday, two years after naming him a narcotics “kingpin” for allegedly giving cover to drug traffickers. Aissami, a close ally of President Nicolas Maduro, and businessman Samark Lopez Bello were indicted together in New York and charged with violating US sanctions by using private jets to fly to meetings around the […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, March 7, said it backed the Bureau of Corrections’ decision to cancel all the privileges of inmates at the New Bilibid Prison and its other operating units. In a press briefing in Malacanang, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the “temporary” cancellation of the privileges in the national penitentiary, Davao, Iwahig, San Ramon, Sablayan and Leyte prison and penal farms was aimed at preventing the proliferation of illegal drugs […]
(Eagle News) — The narco-list of candidates allegedly engaged in drug-related activities may be released by Interior Secretary Eduardo Año next week. This is according to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, who gave a radio interview on Tuesday, March 5. According to Panelo, the plan was to release the list and file administrative and criminal charges against those on the list at the same time. “Sabi ni Secretary Año , inihahanda na yung mga ififile na kaso,” Panelo […]
