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(Eagle News) – Visiting privileges of inmates nationwide, including their recreational activities such as having basketball games, were cancelled by Bureau of Corrections chief Directo General Nicanor Faeldon effective Tuesday, March 5. This was after a prisoner was discovered making drug transactions through wifi connections inside the New Bilibid Prisons in Muntinlupa by the Cebu City police which traced to the NBP inmate the source of the 28 kilos of shabu valued at P190.4 million. […]
(Eagle News) – Police has released Nicanor Faeldon Jr., the son and namesake of Bureau of Corrections chief, Nicanor Faeldon, after his case connected to an alleged illegal drug den has been dismissed. Earlier, Faeldon Jr., had tested negative for drug use. The Naga City Prosecutor’s Office issued a resolution that said there was no sufficient evidence to prove that the house which Faeldon Jr., was visiting at the time of the arrest was indeed […]
(Eagle News) — Bureau of Corrections chief Nicanor Faeldon claimed he was “clueless” about the incident involving his son and namesake, Nicanor Jr., who was arrested in a Naga City drug raid. “I am totally clueless on that incident, as neither my son nor the police authorities have contacted me,” Faeldon said in a press statement prepared by his legal team. “I commend the Naga City police authorities on their efforts to curb if not […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has chosen Office of Civil Defense deputy administrator Nicanor Faeldon to replace Bureau of Corrections chief Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa after the latter filed his certificate of candidacy to run for a senate seat in the May 2019 elections. This was according to the Department of Justice. In a brief statement, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said that President Duterte has chosen Faeldon […]
(Eagle News) — The Office of the Ombudsman has recommended the filing of graft and usurpation of official functions, aside from other criminal and administrative charges, against former Customs commissioner Nicanor Faeldon in connection with the P6.4 billion worth of shabu shipment that had passed through the Bureau of Customs (BOC) during his watch. The Ombudsman has already completed the fact-finding investigation on the complaint involving the 602.2 kilograms of high-grade methamphetamine hydrochloride or […]
(Eagle News) – The Senate has unanimously decided to transfer former Customs commissioner Nicanor Faeldon to the Pasay City Jail. Faeldon would also remain in contempt for being “arrogant” in his answers and for acting inappropriately at the continuation of the senate blue ribbon committee hearing early this afternoon, where he had a heated exchange with committee chair, Senator Richard Gordon. The senate continued on Monday, January 29, its hearing on the alleged corruption, […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate has allowed former Customs chief Nicanor Faeldon to temporarily leave his detention cell to take his oath of office as deputy administrator of the Office of Civil Defense in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City. According to Senate Sgt. at Arms, Retired General Jose Balajadia, Faeldon was allowed by Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chairperson Senator Richard Gordon to leave his detention cell from 7 a.m. to 9:30 Tuesday morning, January 16, […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon protested the alleged violation of his human rights by the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, particularly its chair Senator Richard Gordon. Faeldon said that Senator Richard Gordon, chair of the Blue Ribbon Committee did not allow him to celebrate the holiday season with his family. He also said that the committee did not allow him to have a check-up with his cardiologist and did not […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang defended President Rodrigo Duterte’s appointment of former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon as deputy administrator III of the Office of Civil Defense, saying he still enjoys the President’s trust. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque also stressed that Faeldon’s appointment is the President’s “exclusive prerogative.” “The President is the appointing authority and Mr. Faeldon, with his new appointment, certainly enjoys the Chief Executive’s trust and confidence,” Roque said. “Mr. Faeldon […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senate Blue Ribbon Committee Chairman Richard Gordon said that former officials of the Bureau of Customs, including former Customs chief Nicanor Faeldon can still be made liable on the more than Php 6 billion shabu shipment that had passed through customs during his time. “There is yet no final evidence to establish that Customs personnel are not in any way liable for the importation of drugs and on its […]
(Eagle News) — “Baseless.” This was how Former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon described the allegations of Senator Panfilo Lacson the former Navy man received a P107-million “pasalubong,” supposedly based on an account by Customs chief Isidro Lapeña. In a statement, Faeldon said Lacson had “zero evidence” to back up the claims he received the money when he took the helm of the Bureau of Customs in May 2016. He also accused the senator of “cowardly […]
(Eagle News) — Former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon on Thursday asked the Department of Justice to junk the criminal charges filed against him in connection with the P6.4-billion drug smuggling mess. Faeldon, through his lawyer Jose Diño Jr., said it was the Office of the Ombudsman and the Sandiganbayan, after all, that had jurisdiction over raps that are filed against ranking public officials. Faeldon was at the helm of the Bureau of Customs when he […]
