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“He is liable for several reasons,” militant group says (Eagle News) — The militant group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan welcomed on Saturday the Ombudsman’s order to file criminal charges against former President Benigno Aquino III over the botched Mamasapano operation in 2015 that saw 44 members of the police’s elite Special Action Force killed, among others, saying he was indeed “liable” for several reasons. In a statement, Bayan said Aquino, for one, “violated the (then-)suspension order […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Francis Pangilinan on Friday said the Liberal Party optimism former President Benigno Aquino III could defend himself from his actions in the Mamasapano operation that led to the deaths of 44 Special Action Force commandoes. “Sinusuportahan din ng Liberal Party si (dating) Pangulong Aquino sa kaniyang paninindigan sa prosesong pangkapayapaan sa Mindanao, at tinitignan ang kaniyang mga aksyon kaugnay sa Mamasapano bilang bahagi ng kaniyang paniwalang isulong ang katarungan at kapayapaan […]
(Eagle News) — The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the filing of criminal charges against former President Benigno Aquino III for his alleged liability in the botched 2015 Mamasapano operation that saw more than 40 people, most of them members of the police’s elite Special Action Force, killed. In a statement, the Ombudsman said Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales approved on Friday a resolution ordering the filing of charges against Aquino for violation of Article […]
(Eagle News) — Former President Benigno Aquino III on Thursday answered President Rodrigo Duterte’s questions on his involvement and liability in the Mamasapano massacre, insisting that this was not his fault, but that of former police special action forces director Getulio Napeñas Jr. “Nangako po akong manahimik ng isang taon. Pero nitong Martes, nagsalita si Pangulong Duterte. Sa pakiwari ko: Tama lang po na tumugon ako,” Aquino said in a statement on Thursday, January […]
(Eagle News) – The Office of the Ombudsman on Tuesday formally filed a complaint for graft and usurpation of public function against former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Alan Purisima and former PNP Special Action Force (SAF) director Getulio Napeñas Jr., for their role in the tragic “Oplan Exodus” in Mamasapano, Maguindanao which left over 60 people dead on January 25, 2015. It has recommended a bail of P10,000 each for Purisima and Napenas […]
MANILA, Philippines – Relieved Philippine National Police-Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) commander, Director Getulio Napeñas Jr., expressed his misgivings regarding the case filed against him by the Office of Ombudsman which held him administratively liable regarding the Mamasapano encounter. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Ombudsman has found probable cause to file charges before the Sandiganbayan against Alan Purisima, former chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and Getulio Napeñas, former PNP-SAF Director in connection with the 25 January 2015 Mamasapano incident that left several casualties including members of the 44 Special Action Force (SAF), the biggest loss of a government elite force in history. The police officers are facing charges for […]
(Eagle News)– During the continuation of the Senate hearing on the Mamasapano probe, Armed Forces of the Philippines 6th Infantry Division Commander Major General Edmundo Pangilinan admitted he had two air assets, specifically army helicopters, at his disposal on January 25, 2015, but decided not to use these to help beleaguered Special Action Force troopers in Mamasapano. In response to the questioning of Senator Juan Ponce Enrile, Pangilinan said that the Huey helicopters on the […]
(Eagle News) — Senate Minority leader Juan Ponce Enrile questioned the former head of the Philippine National Police, Dir. General Alan Purisima with his exhange of text messages to President Aquino regarding the Mamasapano operations on January 25 last year where 44 troopers of the Special Action Forces (SAF) were killed. Napenas admitted texting the President early in the morning of January 25, including the time when the high-value target Malaysian terrorist Zulkifli “Marwan” […]
Senator Juan Ponce Enrile questions former Philippine National Police-Special Action Force head, Dir. Getulio Napenas during the re-opening of the hearing on the Mamasapano case at the Senate, where he asked the involvement of President Aquino in the giving of directions in the plan. In the hearing, Enrile also asked former PNP chief. Director General Purisima of the $5 million reward offered by the United States government for the capture of Marwan. Enrile asked […]
Magdalo party-list representative Gary Alejano lists the tactical and operational lapses committed by former SAF chief Napeñas which resulted in the Mamasapano incident.
Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago grilled resigned Philippine National Police director general Alan Purisima, Special Action Forces chief Getulio Napenas, and Moro Islamic Liberation Front chair Mohagher Iqbal as the senate resumed its inquiry of the Mamasapano incident. Santiago told Purisima that he should not have involved himself in the Mamasapano incident and questioned why he had been meeting with President Aquino regarding the Mamasapano operation, when he was already suspended at the time. Santiago, who […]
