Tag: Kian Loyd Delos Santos

Justice Secretary Aguirre files ethics complaint vs Senator Hontiveros

(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre on Monday filed  an ethics complaint against Senator Risa Hontiveros over her alleged violation of the Constitution when she publicly displayed photographs of a “private” exchange of messages between him and another. Aguirre filed the complaint after he lodged criminal charges for violation of the Anti-Wiretapping Law  against Hontiveros in connection with the same incident on Sept. 5 before the Pasay Prosecutors’ Office. “Yan ang pinakagrabeng nagawa ng […]

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Aguirre: Witnesses to 3 boys’ killings to be used to revive ICC complaint vs Duterte, 11 others

(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre on Friday said the groups holding alleged witnesses to the killings of Carl Arnaiz, Kian Loyd delos Santos and Reynaldo de Guzman have an ulterior motive: To revive the impeachment complaint filed against President Rodrigo Duterte before the International Criminal Court. “Natanong niyo bakit di nila nirerelease? Tama sinasabi ko noon…Para mabuhay ang patay nila na kaso laban sa pangulo sa ICC,” he said, referring to the complaint […]

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Aguirre: Hontiveros’ camp, Rise Up group “disrupting” inquiries into Arnaiz, De Guzman, Delos Santos slays

(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre on Friday decried what he said was the refusal of Risa Hontiveros’ camp and the Rise Up for Life and for Rights to allow investigators to interview alleged witnesses into the killings of Carl Angelo Arnaiz, Kian Loyd delos Santos, and Reynaldo de Guzman,  an act an anti-crime group has said was already tantamount to “obstruction of justice.” Aguirre said for instance, the investigators looking into the killing of Delos […]

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President Duterte says some parties out to “sabotage” gov’t’s war on drugs; reveals slain Carl Angelo Arnaiz is his relative

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte believes some parties are out to “sabotage” the government’s war on drugs, which some say was used as pretext to claim the lives of three boys, including Carl Angelo Arnaiz, whom the President described as his relative. “Silipin mong mabuti kasi may (nananabotahe). Sinasadya talaga iyan..Bantay ka riyan, may nagluluto diyan to discredit (the government),” he told Philippine National Police Chief Roland dela Rosa, who was with him when […]

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Palace expresses “profound dismay” over death of 14-year-old Reynaldo de Guzman

(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella on Thursday expressed “profound dismay” over the death of 14-year-old Reynaldo de Guzman, as he admitted the “whole nation was in the process of rethinking how we do things” as a result. “It is with profound dismay that we regard (De Guzman’s) disturbing death..,” he said during a news briefing. According to Abella, the National Bureau of Investigation has “already been ordered to conduct a thorough investigation and case […]

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Caloocan cops face criminal raps over Kian’s death

(Eagle News) — The parents of  Kian delos Santos filed on Friday criminal charges against the policemen who took part in the anti-drug operation in Caloocan where the 17-year-old was killed. Zaldy and Lorenza delos Santos filed the murder charges and charges for violation of the Anti-Torture Law against P01 Jerwin Cruz, P03 Arnel Oares, and  P01 Jeremias Pereda before the Department of Justice. Also facing the charges are Chief Insp. Amor Cerillo, commander of […]

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US envoy on “Kian” killing: Hope inquiries lead to “full accountability”

The United States ambassador to the Philippines called Tuesday for “full accountability” following the death of a 17-year-old boy in an anti-drug operation in Caloocan. “My condolences go out to the family and friends of Kian (Delos Santos). Hope that the investigations lead to full accountability,” US ambassador Sung Kim said on his Twitter account.   Duterte has said relations with the United States are better under Donald Trump, who has praised him for doing an “unbelievable […]

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PNP Chief Dela Rosa: 17-year-old killed in Caloocan drug op was drug courier for “neighborhood toughie” dad, uncles

(Eagle News) — The 17-year-old who was killed in a drug operation in Caloocan last week was a drug courier for his father and uncles. This was what Philippine National Police Director Roland Dela Rosa revealed in a radio interview, amid criticisms over how the police handled Wednesday’s police operation that led to the death of Kian Loyd Delos Santos. According to the PNP chief, Zaldy, Delos Santos’ father, is also known as a “siga” […]

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Police present alleged drug suspect who claims 17-year-old killed in Caloocan drug op was “drug runner”

(Eagle News) — The seventeen-year-old who was killed in a drug operation in Caloocan last week was a drug pusher, and not an innocent student. This was according to the man police said was a drug pusher, and who was presented to the media on Sunday. Renato “Nono” Loveras said he would pay  Kian Loyd delos Santos two to three times every week, in exchange for shabu the 17-year-old himself  handed over to him. He […]

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Palace: President Duterte will not tolerate any abuse

(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella on Friday assured the public President Rodrigo Duterte would not tolerate abuses on the part of policemen. Abella issued the pronouncement after the family of Kian Loyd delos Santos, 17, surfaced and disputed the account of policemen that he had fired at them when they were about to approach him as part of an anti-drug operation in Barangay 160 on Wednesday night. Delos Santos’ father Zaldy noted that […]

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