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(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, Dec. 3, gave the assurance he would not pardon the three policemen convicted of killing Kian delos Santos. “No. Of course not. Maybe one million years from now,” Duterte said. According to Duterte, he would only come to the defense of policemen who may be considered to have committed criminal acts but in the performance of their duties. On Nov. 29, the Caloocan City Regional Trial Court Branch 125 […]
(Eagle News) — Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Thursday, Nov. 29, hailed the conviction of three policemen by a Caloocan court for the murder of Kian delos Santos, saying it shows, among others, that “justice is blind.” It “does not distinguish whether one is in a position of authority or not,” Año said, following the Caloocan Regional Trial Court Branch 125’s decision to sentence P03 Arnel Oares and P01 Jeremias Pereda and Jerwin Cruz to reclusion perpetua […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said that the conviction of the policemen responsible for the death of 17-year old Kian Delos Santos “debunks the myth that there is a culture of immunity” in the government’s drug war. Guevarra also said that this should also “serve as a warning” to law enforcers that “the rule of law and due process must always be observed.” In a message to reporters, the Department of Justice […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte will not extend pardon to the three policemen who were found guilty by a Caloocan court of murdering Kian delos Santos in 2017. According to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, in the first place, the President “will never tolerate policemen who intentionally kill, who had done it not in accordance with the performance of their duties.” “Obviously the conviction is murder which is intentional..,” Panelo said, referring to the decision meted […]
(Eagle News)–A human rights group on Thursday, Nov. 30, lauded a Caloocan court’s decision to convict three policemen for the killing of Kian Delos Santos in 2017. But while the Human Rights Watch said it was “heartened” by the decision of Branch 125 Judge Rodolfo Azcuna “a triumph of justice and accountability,” it was “wary” P03 Arnel Oares, P01 Jerwin Cruz and P01 Jeremias Pereda would escape liability “because (President Rodrigo) Duterte has promised to […]
(Eagle News) — Several senators hailed on Thursday, Nov. 30, the decision of a Caloocan court to convict three policemen for the murder of Kian Delos Santos. “Ngayong umaga, nagwagi ang hustisya.. Isang pagpapatunay na totoo ang karahasan ng ilang myembro ng kapulisan. Isang pagpapatunay na nagsisinungaling ang ilang alagad ng batas,” Senator Francis Pangilinan said in a statement issued after Branch 125 Rodolfo Azucena sentenced to reclusion perpetua P03 Arnel Oares, P01 Jerwin Cruz and […]
Dismisses planting of evidence cases vs them, though (Eagle News) — A Caloocan court has found the three policemen accused of killing Kian delos Santos guilty of the crime, and sentenced them to reclusion perpetua. Branch 125 Judge Rodolfo Azucena also ordered P03 Arnel Oares, P01 Jerwin Cruz and P01 Jeremias Pereda to pay P100,000 in civil damages, P100,000 in moral damages, P45,000 in actual damages and P100,000 exemplary damages. Azucena, however, dismissed the two cases […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Risa Hontiveros has filed a resolution seeking to declare Aug. 16 as the National Day of Remembrance in commemoration of what she said were the extra-judicial killings in the government’s war on drugs. “We have the duty to remember. Amid the deluge of fake news and the systemic attempt at data obfuscation and revisionism to cover up the thousands who have died under President (Rodrigo) Duterte’s brutal drug war, we must […]
(Eagle News) — The Caloocan Regional Trial Court ordered on Wednesday the arrest of three policemen and a police asset for the killing of Kian delos Santos, and the planting of evidence. Arrest warrants were issued against P03 Arnel Oares, PO1 Jeremias Pereda, P01 Jerwin Cruz after Branch 125 Judge Rodolfo Azucena Jr. found probable cause for the charges against them. No bail was recommended for the policemen, who are currently restricted to the National Capital […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice on Monday ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to look into the death of a 19-year-old former University of the Philippines student who was killed in what Caloocan police said was a shootout that ensued after the teenager–who had supposedly robbed a taxi— fired at them. Aguirre gave the order after the Public Attorneys’ Office released its results on its forensic analysis of Carl Angelo Arnaiz. Arnaiz’s parents […]
(Eagle News) – The National Bureau of Investigation filed on Thursday (August 31) murder and other criminal raps against policemen involved in the death of 17-year old Kian delos Santos, citing evidence that the Grade 11 student was “killed without mercy” and shot in the head twice while he was crouched in a fetal position. The NBI also found out that the Caloocan City cops who killed Kian had no intention of bringing the […]
https://youtu.be/eRJqFJ2imOU QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – The Department of Justice (DOJ) has dismissed the motion for Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre to inhibit from the investigation into Kian De Los Santos’ killing. Aguirre explained that the motion filed by student leaders was dismissed because it was the National Prosecution Service that has jurisdiction over the preliminary investigation of the case, and not the Office of the Secretary. “The Department of Justice by virtue of […]
