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(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson delivered an explosive privilege speech at the Senate, baring the systemic and well-ingrained corruption at the Bureau of Customs, saying that even the top officials of the bureau led by former Customs chief Nicanor Faeldon are on the take, receiving bribes through a so-called “tara” system. Lacson called the Bureau of Customs as a “haven for crooks, criminals, malefactors” and even deliberately mispronounced “felons” as “faeldons” in his […]
(Eagle News) – Dalawang lalaking nagpopot session umano ang naaresto ng mga awtoridad sa Quezon City nitong Martes. Naaresto ang mga construction worker na sina Arjun Reponte, 24 y/o at si Noel Gomez, 45 y/o pasado alas-9 ng umaga nang nahuli sila sa akto na ginagawa ang session sa Capricorn St., Tandang Sora. Nagpunta ang mga awtoridad sa lugar matapos makatanggap ng tawag ang barangay galing sa isang concerned citizen patungkol dito. Ayon sa concerned citizen, […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre laughed off the allegation of Senator Antonio Trillanes that he is laying down the scenario that will absolve controversial trader Kenneth Dong from charges involving the entry of Php 6.4 billion worth of illegal drugs from China. Trillanes on Thursday, August 17 said, “Secretary Aguirre is setting the stage to absolve Paolo Duterte’s good friend/partner, Kenneth Dong, in this P6-billion shabu controversy.” Aguirre’s response to […]
(Eagle News) — Nakatakda nang umpisahan ang random drug testing policy na ipatutupad ng Department Of Education (DepEd) ngayong darating na Septyembre sa lahat ng secondary o high school students kasama rin ang mga guro at staff ng mga paaralan pribado man o pambubliko. Sa inalabas na guidelines ng DepEd, kakatuwangin ang DOH sa pagsasagawa ng testing at assessment sa mga sasailalim rito. Resulta ng drug tests, hindi isasapubliko – DepEd Tiniyak naman ni DepEd […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Walang mga mayor sa Metro Manila na kasama sa listahan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ng mga politikong sangkot sa iligal na droga. Ito ay ayon kay National Capital Region Police Office Chief Oscar Albayalde. Ayon sa kaniya, mga barangay captain at mga councilor na sangkot sa iligal na gawain na nahuli na ng kanilang hanay, o kaya yaong mga pinagtatatakpan ang mga opisyal na kasama sa drug trade ang […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The group Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) asked the National Bureau of Investigation to conduct a separate investigation regarding the July 30 pre-dawn raid conducted by the Philippine National Police – Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) which resulted in the death of Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog Sr., and his wife. VACC Chairman Dante Jimenez made the request after arrested Vice-Mayor Nova Princess Parojinog asked for the group’s help. […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday sent summons for Bureau of Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon to go to Malacañang in the middle of the hearing of the House of Representatives committee on the P6.4 billion shabu shipment wherein Faeldon’s men had not followed proper procedure. It was Surigao del Norte Second District Representative Robert Ace Barbers himself who had announced that Faeldon was being called to the Palace by the President. “I just […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Director-General Isidro Lapeña on Tuesday, August 1, asked for an executive session or closed-door briefing with lawmakers due to the sensitivity of matters revolving around the conduct of the raid on the illegal shabu shipment worth P6.4 billion. Lapeña made the request during the House committee hearing on the raid conducted by the PDEA and the National Bureau of Investigation in two warehouses in Valenzuela […]
(Eagle News) — Umaabot sa mahigit P300,000 na salapi, mga shabu, cellphone, patalim at iba pang kontrabando ang nakumpiska ng mga otoridad sa pinakahuling Oplan Galugad sa loob ng New Bilibid Prison noong nakaraang Huwebes. Sa tala ng Bureau of Corrections (BoC), umabot sa P313,000 cash ang nakuha sa loob ng Bilibid, kung saan P196,000 dito ang nasabat mula sa Maximum Security Compound at P117,000 naman ang mula sa Medium Security Compound. Nasamsam din mula […]
(Eagle News Service) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday renewed the government’s campaign against illegal drugs, noting that the country’s economy will not surge without peace and order. “That is why I have resolved that no matter how long it takes, the fight against illegal drugs will continue because that is the root cause of so much evil and so much suffering,” he said in his second State of the Nation Address. According to Duterte, […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said that 3,677 of the total 42,036 barangays in the country have been cleared of illegal drugs. According to PDEA Director General Isidro Lapeña, the barangays who have been given the “Drug-cleared status” were certified by the members of the Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug-clearing Program. Before a barangay can be declared drug-free, it should pass the probe of the committee which checks if a certain […]
(Eagle News) — The Moro Islamic Liberation Front is set to formally join the government in its fight against illegal drugs, a year after President Rodrigo Duterte launched his crackdown on those selling the substances he said was the cause of high crime rates in general. The rebel group is set to sign an “agreement of protocol cooperation” with the government Friday afternoon to formalize the move, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency director Isidro Lapena said […]
