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(Eagle News)–Lt. Col. Jovie Espenido can ask for protection from the government just like any other citizen, the Palace said on Thursday, Feb. 20. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo issued the statement after Espenido revealed he could be killed following his inclusion in the drug list. “If Colonel Espenido would want to ask for any protective measure from the government then he can request just like any other citizen,” Panelo said. Espenido said “faulty intelligence” led […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Archie Gamboa on Wednesday, Feb. 19, said he intends to submit his recommendation on the policemen included in the drug watchlist to President Rodrigo Duterte on March 5. Gamboa said in a press conference the recommendation was to be made on the same day the PNP and the Armed Forces of the Philippines were set to have a joint command conference with the President. “As a matter of […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Archie Gamboa on Wednesday, Feb. 19, said the case of Lt. Col. Jovie Espenido was “purely an internal issue.” Gamboa issued the remark in a televised press conference after Espenido blamed some unscrupulous politicians behind his inclusion in the drug list. According to Gamboa, he “will deal with Espenido squarely as the chief PNP and he being a member of the PNP.” He said the PNP would also […]
(Eagle News) — Police Lt. Col. Jovie Espenido on Wednesday, Feb. 19, said “greedy” politicians were behind his inclusion in the drug list. Espenido did not say who exactly these were, but said these were the kinds of people “na nabangga natin” even when he was just P01. “But one thing I can tell you — greedy, a greedy kind of person,” he said in a nationally televised press conference following his inclusion. Espenido issued […]
(Eagle News)–Lt. Col. Jovie Espenido can still clear his name, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said. According to Año, Espenido can “present his side” in the “ongoing adjudication and validation.” He said in a separate statement that the evidence should be presented before the PNP, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency, and the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. All four agencies, he said, should give the clearance for […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Tuesday, Feb. 18, said it was possible Lt. Col. Jovie Espenido was included in the drug list due to “flaws” in intelligence gathering. “Sometimes they’re even intentional, you are being fed with the wrong info coming from those who are against a particular officer and if it gets into the system, lalabas ‘yun,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said. Panelo issued the statement after Espenido said he was a victim […]
(Eagle News)–Lt. Col. Jovie Espenido is not yet off the hook even if President Rodrigo Duterte vouched for him. This is according to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, who issued the remark on Monday, Feb. 17, after President Rodrigo Duterte said the police official was “clean.” “Kung papakitaan siya ng mga bagong ebidensya na nagpapakitang involved siya eh di ibang usapan ‘yun,” Panelo said. Interior Secretary has confirmed Espenido was among those being probed for drug […]
(Eagle News)–Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Friday, Feb. 14, confirmed Lieutenant Colonel Jovie Espenido’s inclusion in the government’s drug watchlist. In a message, Año said the information would be validated and Espenido would ne investigated. Espenido made headlines when he led the raid against former Ozamiz City Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog, who was included in President Rodrigo Duterte drug list. Parojinog and several others were killed in the raid. Espenido won praises from Duterte following the […]
(Eagle News) — Chief Insp. Jovie Espenido has been officially assigned to Ozamiz City, a day after President Rodrigo Duterte gave the directive. According to the assignment order released by the Philippine National Police, Espenido will replace the chief of police of the Ozamiz police in Region 10. Espenido has been assigned in Samar since Nov. 21. In a speech at the groundbreaking of the Ozamiz Airport Modernization Project, President Duterte made the directive to reinstate […]
(Eagle News) — Ozamiz police chief Jovie Espenido on Thursday, Sept. 20, said he and his co-accused would appeal the Department of Justice’s decision recommending the filing of homicide cases against them. “Magmotion for reconsideration kami to inform (the) DOJ na legitimate ang operation namin na nangyari sa Ozamiz,” Espenido said in a television interview, speaking on behalf of Senior Police Officer 4 Renato Martir Jr. and Police Officer 1 Sandra Louise Nadayag. The three […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Police will extend legal assistance to Ozamiz police chief Jovie Espenido and his men who are facing a homicide case for the deaths of nine people during a police operation in 2017. PNP spokesperson Benigno Durana said it was up to Espenido, SPO4 Renato Martir Jr., and PO1 Sandra Nadayag, among others, if they would avail of such services. “Those accused have right to due process and defend themselves. Since Espenido’s […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice has dismissed murder and arbitrary detention charges against Ozamiz police chief Jovie Espenido and several of his men, but found probable cause for the filing of a homicide complaint against them. In its resolution penned by Loverhette Jeffrey Villordon, assistant state prosecutor, and approved by acting prosecutor general Richard Fadullon, the DOJ said there was basis for the homicide charges filed by Carmelita Manzano against Espenido, Senior Police […]
