Tag: Lascanas

Justice Secretary Aguirre asks DFA to cancel Lascañas’ passport

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre on Thursday, June 15, said that he would send a letter to Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, seeking the urgent cancellation of the passport of Arturo Lascañas due to his alleged lack of intention to return to the country to face the charges against him. ”Since he is abroad and since there is no indication that he will return, we are constrained to request the […]

Pimentel, sinabing “politically motivated” ang isinampa laban kay Duterte, 2 pang senador, sa ICC

Ni Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Tinawag na politically motivated ni Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III ang crime against humanity na isinampa laban kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte at dalawang senador sa International Criminal Court. Iginiit ni Pimentel na ang hindi pagkakakumbinse kina Senador Alan Peter Cayetano at Senador Richard Gordon na imbestigahan ang kaso ng umano’y extrajudicial killings ay hindi nangangahulugang pinagtatakpan nila ang pangulo. “The complainant just showed how weak his complaint is and […]

Lascañas to be back in the country on April 22, says immigration spokesperson

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – The Bureau of Immigration said that retired police Arturo Lascañas will return to the Philippines on April 22, based on his return ticket. “As reported by our Port Operations Division Chief Marc Red Mariñas, a passenger by the name Arthur B Lascañas presented himself [on Saturday] for immigration departure clearance on or about 1701H,” (BI) spokesperson Antonette Mangrobang said. Lascañas went to Singapore last Saturday, April 8. The Bureau […]

President’s sister laughs off Lascañas testimony: “My dance instructor is very much alive”

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The sister of President Rodrigo Duterte, Jocelyn Duterte-Villarica, branded as “all lies” the second senate testimony of retired SPO3 Arturo Lascañas. She particularly referred to Lascanas’ claim that the President had orderd the killing of her alleged former dance instructor.. Villarica said that the dance instructor allegedly killed in Davao City is still alive. She said Lascañas’ testimony was part of the destabilization plot against the President. In her […]

Retired SPO3 Arthur Lascañas, isang “polluted witness” – Malacañang

(Eagle News) — Ikinukonsidera ng Malacañang si retired SPO3 Arthur Lascañas bilang isang polluted source sa gitna ng pagharap nito sa senate investigation. Ayon kay Presidential Spokesperson  Ernesto Abella, minsan nang itinanggi ni Lascañas na may Davao Death Squad (DDS) noong unang humarap sa pagdinig ng senado. Inihayag ni Abella ngayong  bumabalik sa senado si Lascañas, hindi na katanggap-tanggap ang mga binitiwang testimonya ni Lascañas at hindi ito maikukonsiderang isang credible witness. Hindi naman nabanggit […]

Lascañas apologizes to Senate, says he was coerced to lie

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News)– Self-proclaimed Davao Death Squad (DDS) and former SPO3 Arturo Lascañas on Monday, March 6 apologized to Senate for his false testimony during the previous Senate hearing regarding the DDS conducted last year. “First, I’d like to ask for an apology and understanding of what I had said when I was invited (by) this honorable committee,” the retired cop said. Lascañas take back his October testimony and alleged that the DDS […]

Senator Ejercito warns that people behind Lascañas also figured in Estrada impeachment

    (Eagle News) — Senator JV Ejercito on Monday (March 6) said that the Senate hearing on the testimony of retired police officer Arturo Lascanas should not be used as a platform to destabilize the present government, particularly to oust President Rodrigo Duterte. In a hearing by the Senate committee on public order on the testimony of retired police officer Arturo Lascanas, Ejercito pointed out that some of the people behind Lascanas when he changed his story […]

Lacson cites SC ruling vs flip-flopping testimonies, as Senate hears Lascanas testimony

  (Eagle News) — The Senate is again hearing today, Monday (March 6) the testimony of retired police officer Arturo Lascanas, with Senator Panfilo Lacson, head of the Senate committee on public order, warning the flip-flopping cop on Supreme Court rulings that do not allow major self-contradictions in cases of conspiracy. Lacson, himself, announced at the start of the hearing that he has “grown averse” of flip-flopping statements of witnesses, citing his personal experience of the […]

Malacañang denies allegations Lascañas was Duterte’s right-hand man

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Ernesto Abella denied the allegations made by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and Leila De Lima that retired police officer Arturo Lascañas is the former right hand of President Rodrigo Duterte when he was still the Davao City mayor. Panelo also said that the President only considers the Special Assistant to the President, Bong Go, as his right-hand man. Eagle News Service

‘She was already inciting to sedition,’ Aguirre says of De Lima

  (Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II advised Senator Leila De Lima to be watchful of her statements since she could face another criminal case, this time for “inciting to sedition” for calling on the public to rise up against President Rodrigo Duterte. Aguirre, who had been called a “mediocre lawyer” by De Lima, said the former justice secretary who is now facing three drug-related charges for her alleged involvement in the proliferation of illegal drug […]

Sen. Gordon rejects reopening of Davao Death Squad probe, questions Lascanas’ credibility

    (Eagle News) – Senator Richard Gordon has rejected calls to reopen the investigation on the new allegations of retired SPO3 Arthur Lascañas regarding the existence of the Davao Death Squad (DDS), and his claim that President Rodrigo DUterte was involved in the alleged Davao killings. Gordon said he is doubtful of Lascañas’ turnaround, and new claims. The senator said that the senate felt “insulted” since he took an oath when he first testified […]

Pangulong Duterte, malabong ma-impeach sa isyu ng DDS – Solon

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Naniniwala ang isang kongresista na malabong ma-impeach si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte dahil sa alegasyon na utak ito ng tinaguriang Davao Death Squad. Paliwanag ni Angkla Rep. Joselito Manalo na isa ring abogado, kung may katotohanan ang sinasabing umano’y krimen ni Pangulong Duterte nangyari naman ito noong alkalde pa lang siya ng Davao City. Dahil dito, hindi aniya ito maaaring maging basehan ng isang impeachment complaint. Ang pahayag ni Manalo ay […]