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(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, June 29, said those who think the intensified campaign against loiterers was not legal should question it before the Supreme Court. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the pronouncement, as he also welcomed a congressional investigation into the same. Roque made the move after Senator Bam Aquino filed a resolution seeking a Senate probe into the death of Genesis Argoncillo, who critics said was arrested for merely loitering, in […]
(Eagle News) — The National Union of People’s Lawyers on Wednesday, June 27, lashed out at President Rodrigo Duterte for his statement on loiterers. In a statement, NUPL president Edre Olalia said “vagrancy, as any freshman law student or lawyer who even perfunctorily listens to sedate Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) classes to ensure that their knowledge of the law is updated, is no longer a crime.” “It was decriminalised in 2012. Any existing ordinance […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, June 25, urged the police to continue following his order against loiterers, including minors. “That is my order. And you continue to frisk people who are there doon sa daan,” Duterte said in a speech before newly-elected barangay chairmen of Northern Mindanao in Cagayan de Oro. According to Duterte, the President “can order, the mayor can order the barangay, issue regulations to protect public health, public safety, public order and to […]
(Eagle News) — Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos expressed her support for the intensified campaign to implement local government ordinances, including those against loitering, by the Philippine National Police (PNP). She also expressed her sadness for criticisms the PNP has received despite their efforts. Marcos noted that while many have complained about what they say were violations of human rights, the rights of women to get home safe were being neglected. The official cited as […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police chief Oscar Albayalde reiterated on Monday, June 25, that there was never any “misinterpretation” of President Rodrigo Duterte’s order against loiterers. According to Albayalde, only those who violated ordinances and other laws were arrested, a statement President Rodrigo Duterte himself said in a recent speech in Davao. Albayalde said only “a small percentage” of those who were caught were charged and detained. “There is no violation known as tambay. […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Bam Aquino is seeking a Senate probe into the government’s policy against loiterers, following the death of Genesis Argoncillo while he was detained at the Novaliches police station. According to Aquino, Argoncillo would not have died if not for the “polisiya na nakatarget ang mahihirap.” “There is a need to assess whether the (Philippine National Police’s) anti-tambay campaign, as well as the local ordinances on which they are supposedly based, are […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Leila de Lima on Saturday, June 22, condemned the Philippine National Police’s operations against loiterers, saying they should go after the “rude loiterer” in Malacañang instead. “Kung naghahanap ng tambay ang PNP, doon sila pumunta sa Malacañang. May bastos, palamura at tsismosong siga doon. Ang pangalan niya ay Rodrigo Roa Duterte,” she said. According to De Lima, the operations against loiterers were “really wrong.” “Pinapatay na nga nila sa ‘Tokhang’ ang mga mahihirap. […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte clarified that he instructed policemen to enforce the law, and did not order the police to immediately arrest “tambays” or loiterers but just to accost them first and advise them to go home. In his speech during this year’s National Information and Communications Technology (NICT) Summit on Friday, June 22 in Davao City, President Duterte said he was aware that loitering was not a criminal offense. “I never […]
Ejercito wants guidelines for police operations vs loiterers By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senator Bam Aquino questioned what he said was the police’s flip-flopping statements about the cause of death of detainee Genesis Argoncillo. Aquino made the statement on Friday, June 22, the day Quezon City Police District director Joselito Esquivel said in a press conference that murder charges were slated to be filed against the two detainees who allegedly beat Argoncillo up while […]
(Eagle News) — Malacañang clarified on Thursday, June 21, that loiterers are arrested only if they violate existing laws. These laws, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said, include ordinances against smoking, drinking in public places, among others. “Lilinawin ko lang po na itong kampanya laban sa tambay is really a part of crime prevention. It is in line with the President’s role as chief implementor of the law,” he said. No arrest of 7000 loiterers therefore, […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The policemen who continue to arrest loiterers can be “liable for arbitrary arrest,” Senator Franklin Drilon said on Thursday, June 21. According to Drilon, “vagrancy,” after all, was “not a crime.” “I do not know on what basis the arrests are being made. There must be a crime committed,” Drilon said. President Rodrigo Duterte, who ordered the Philippine National Police to intensify the operations, denied, however, that arrests were […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde on Wednesday, June 20, said his men will continue to intensify operations against loiterers unless a court orders a stop to it. An angry Albayalde issued the statement amid criticisms the intensified campaign could lead to a violation of the rights of some individuals. “Let’s stop telling, conditioning people that this is a violation of their rights..,” he said. According to Albayalde, there […]
