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(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice has refiled the drug importation case filed against nine individuals implicated in the P6.4-billion shabu shipment mess. This time, the case against Chen Julong alias Richard Tan or Richard Chen; Li Guang Feng alias Manny Li; Dong Yi Shen Xi alias Kenneth Dong Yi; Mark Ruben Taguba II; Eirene Mae Tatad; Teejay Marcellana; Chen I-Min; Jhu Ming Jyun; and Chen Rong Huan was filed in the Manila Regional Trial […]
(Eagle News) –The Department of Justice has dismissed the drug-related raps filed against former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon and several others, but filed a case against other personalities including fixer Mark Taguba in connection with the P6.4-billion shabu shipment that slipped through the country via Customs express lanes in May. In dismissing the complaint filed by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency against Faeldon and Bureau of Customs personnel Director Milo Maestrecampo, Director Neil Estrella, Intelligence […]
(Eagle News) – Customs “broker” Mark Taguba revealed several text messages containing conversations about millions of pesos in “tara” or bribe money given to Customs officials, and said that he also has the bank documents that will support his allegations. In his Senate testimony, Taguba, presented as a witness by Senator Panfilo Lacson, read and showed specific text messages sent to and received from various Customs men, or so-called collectors tasked to get “tara” money […]
(Eagle News) — Appearing for the first time in the Senate blue ribbon committee hearings into the P6.4-billion drug shipment that slipped through Customs express lanes, and into corruption in the Bureau of Customs, retired Colonel Allen Capuyan denied all allegations against him. Capuyan, the assistant general manager for security and emergency services of the Manila International Airport Authority, said he only met fixer Mark Taguba once, at a lunch “to meet a Customs personnel […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate blue ribbon committee on Monday announced the restoration of protective custody over fixer Mark Taguba. It was Senator Richard Gordon himself who approved the restoration, following a motion by Senator Panfilo Lacson, who earlier criticized the Senate blue ribbon committee chair for removing protective custody over Taguba without the consent of the members of the committee. Apart from Lacson, Senator Antonio Trillanes IV criticized Gordon for his move. Gordon had accused […]
(Eagle News) — The Davao councilor being tagged as part of the supposed Davao Group engaged in illegal activities in the Bureau of Customs has denied the allegations against him. In an affidavit submitted to the Senate blue ribbon committee, Nilo “Small” Abellera said that he “ha(s) no knowledge, let alone any participation (in the entry) of the shabu shipment from China.” He was referring to the P6.4-billion drug shipment that entered the country via […]
(Eagle News) — The high-ranking airport official whose name was dragged into the P6.4-billion drug shipment mess in a Senate hearing on Tuesday has gone on leave. In a statement, Manila International Airport Authority General Manager Ed Monreal said assistant general manager for security and emergency concerns Allen Capuyan filed his leave of absence today. Monreal said Capuyan, who met him upon his arrival from Clark, told him “he wants to focus his efforts in clearing […]
(Eagle News) — One of the several Customs officials named as corrupt by a Customs broker in a House hearing on Monday has resigned. In his resignation letter addressed to President Rodrigo Duterte and dated Aug. 8, Milo Maestrecampo, director of the Bureau of Customs’ Imports and Assessment Service, said he was stepping down “in order to fight for my honor and integrity and in the name of ‘delicadeza.’” He said this was despite the […]
