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(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said he is not in favor of releasing the names of those in the entertainment industry who are involved in drugs, as they are civilians, unlike public and government officials, including those running for public office, whose names should be known by the public. During his speech on Saturday night, April 6, 2019 at the Iloilo Convention Center, President Duterte asked why he should release the names of […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Thursday, March 28, questioned the timing and motive for dismissed Colonel Eduardo Acierto’s release of his alleged exposé on Michael Yang’s supposed drug links. Speaking before the Kapihan sa Senado, Lacson said in the first place, Acierto could have said what he said he knew when he appeared before the Senate blue ribbon committee probing the shabu shipment allegedly seen in magnetic lifters last year. Acierto has been […]
(Eagle News)–The policeman who was shot dead along Edsa on Tuesday, March 26, was on President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug watch list, Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde said. According to Albayalde, Senior Master Sergeant Solomon Cugay, who had been accused of recycling illegal drugs and of protecting drug personalities, however, had been cleared of any illegal drug activity for the past years. Albayalde said the police were still looking at possible motives behind Cugay’s killing. […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has already filed complaints before the Office of the Ombudsman against the 46 incumbent government officials tagged as “narco-politicians” who had been earlier named by President Rodrigo Duterte. DILG Secretary Eduardo Año said his department filed the charges against these narco-politicians last Thursday, March 14 acting upon the orders of the President. It was only after the filing of cases that President Duterte […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte denounced the public officials included in the narco-list, saying they committed treason against the Filipino people as a whole. “This is actually treason. If you are in the government and you commit a crime, it could be likened in the olden times. It would be categorized as treason. You commit it against the people,” he explained. Administrative cases have been filed by the Department of the Interior and […]
(Eagle News) — Those who were included in President Rodrigo Duterte’s narco-list can challenge the allegations against them in court, the Palace said on Friday, March 15. “As I have previously stated there is always a remedy to judicial resort for those in the list who feel they have been injured by the announcement that their names are included in the list,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said, a day after President Duterte named the 46 […]
Salic, isasalang nalang sa regular preliminary investigation Moira Encina Eagle News Service Ipinag-utos ni Department of Justice Senior Assistant State Prosecutor Peter Ong na palayain si Marawi City Vice Mayor Arafat Salic na inaresto noong Miyerkules, ika-13 ng Marso, dahil sa rebelyon. Si Salic ay dinala sa DOJ ng Criminal Investigation Detection Group ng Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao para isalang sa inquest proceedings. Pero ayon kay Ong, hindi inquestable ang reklamong ihahain sana ng […]
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 […]
(Eagle News) — The list of politicians allegedly involved in illegal drugs will be released tonight, Interior spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said. According to Malaya, the so-called narco-list will be released in the National Peace and Order Council meeting in Davao. He said the names will be announced either by Interior Secretary Eduardo Año or President Rodrigo Duterte. The Palace has vouched for the release of the list, saying voters in the May elections should have a guide […]
(Eagle News)–Several agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency will get a cash reward following the slay of alleged big-time party drugs dealer Steven Pasion. President Rodrigo Duterte himself made the announcement in a speech in Cauayan, Isabela on Wednesday, March 13. “Sabi ko, announce mo one million five kasi mukhang tatlo ata ang patay. Mukhang tatlo. Sabi ko may prize kayo,” Duterte said. Pasion was killed in a buy-bust operation in Sta. Cruz, Manila […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency on Tuesday, March 12, said it was investigating two celebrities whose names were seen in the phone of a big-time party drugs dealer who was killed in a buy-bust operation on Monday night. PDEA refused to identify the celebrities whose names figured in the phone of Steven Pasion, saying a case build-up was still ongoing. The authorities said they were also looking at the possibility the names were mere […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency on Tuesday, March 12, said it was investigating two celebrities whose names were seen in the phone of a big-time party drugs dealer who was killed in a buy-bust operation on Monday night. PDEA refused to identify the celebrities whose names figured in the phone of Steven Pasion, saying a case build-up was still ongoing. The authorities said they were also looking at the possibility the names were mere […]
