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(Eagle News) — Former Ozamiz City councilor Ricardo “Ardot” Parojinog was found dead inside the city police’s detention facility on Friday, Sept. 4, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP spokesperson Lt. Gen. Bernard Banac, Parojinog, who is facing drug-related charges, was found dead at 6 a.m., on the same day he was supposed to attend a court hearing. “No violence was noted,” Banac said. Banac said PNP Chief Camilo Cascolan has ordered […]
(Eagle News)–The mayor of a South Cotabato town was shot dead on Friday, July 10. The police said Sto. Niño Mayor Pablo Matinong Jr. was visiting an infrastructure project in Purok Libertad, Barangay Poblacion past 7 a.m. when he was shot. He was rushed to a nearby medical facility but was declared dead on arrival. Matinong was reportedly included in President Rodrigo Duterte’s narco-list in 2016. Matinong, however, has denied the allegations.
(Eagle News)–For Senator Panfilo Lacson, the list of celebrities allegedly linked to illegal drugs should not be released just yet. According to Lacson, charges have to be filed first against the 31 personalities the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said were on the list. “Kung maglalabas ka ng listahan at sasabihin mong validated ito, dapat mayroong ebidensya kasi ang intelligence information pwedeng mamali, pwedeng tumatama,” he added. PDEA chief Aaron Aquino has said he would not […]
(Eagle News)—-The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency will have to secure clearance from President Rodrigo Duterte before it can release the list of “celebrities” allegedly linked to illegal drugs. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the statement, after PDEA revealed at least 31 “celebrities” were included in the agency’s drugs watch list. PDEA director-general Aaron Aquino had said two “celebrities” figured in the phone of alleged party drugs dealer Steven Pasion, who was killed during a buy-bust […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has already filed complaints before the Office of the Ombudsman against the 46 incumbent government officials tagged as “narco-politicians” who had been earlier named by President Rodrigo Duterte. DILG Secretary Eduardo Año said his department filed the charges against these narco-politicians last Thursday, March 14 acting upon the orders of the President. It was only after the filing of cases that President Duterte […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte denounced the public officials included in the narco-list, saying they committed treason against the Filipino people as a whole. “This is actually treason. If you are in the government and you commit a crime, it could be likened in the olden times. It would be categorized as treason. You commit it against the people,” he explained. Administrative cases have been filed by the Department of the Interior and […]
(Eagle News) — The wife of former Iloilo Mayor Jed Mabilog on Friday, May 15, dismissed as “lies” her husband’s inclusion in the narco-list which President Rodrigo Duterte made public on Thursday night. “You resorted to lies and fabrication which your own agencies have consistently rebutted” Marivic said in a Facebook post, apparently addressing herself to Duterte. According to Marivic, if the latest narco-list was “truly validated, why don’t you furnish the media the validated list […]
(Eagle News)–Members of the ruling PDP-Laban party who were included in the narco-list may face expulsion. This is according to PDP-Laban president Senator Koko Pimentel, who issued a statement to this effect a day after President Rodrigo Duterte, PDP Laban chair, bared 46 names he said were engaged in drug-related activities. Pimentel said the expulsion would be meted out if their explanation was found “unsatisfactory.” “The party has no place for narco-politicians as well as […]
(Eagle News) — Those who were included in President Rodrigo Duterte’s narco-list can challenge the allegations against them in court, the Palace said on Friday, March 15. “As I have previously stated there is always a remedy to judicial resort for those in the list who feel they have been injured by the announcement that their names are included in the list,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said, a day after President Duterte named the 46 […]
(Eagle News)—-At least five politicians who figured in President Rodrigo Duterte’s narco-list have denied the allegations against them. San Rafael, Bulacan Mayor Cipriano Violago Jr. In a Facebook post, reelectionist San Rafael, Bulacan Mayor Cipriano Violago Jr. said he had been “cleared” at the “municipal level, provincial level, regional Level, hanggang sa Camp Crame at iba pang mga ahensya.” “Subject for ‘de-listing’ na ang aking pangalan ngunit may humaharang nito sa mas mataas pang tanggapan: […]
President says more names to follow (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, March 14, bared over 40 names of politicians on his narco-list. Duterte said administrative charges were already filed by the Department of the Interior and Government against the 46 individuals—consisting of 35 mayors, seven vice mayors, one provincial board member and three members of the House of Representatives—today, which meant the accusations against them have been “validated.” Among those Duterte named […]
(Eagle News) — The list of politicians allegedly involved in illegal drugs will be released tonight, Interior spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said. According to Malaya, the so-called narco-list will be released in the National Peace and Order Council meeting in Davao. He said the names will be announced either by Interior Secretary Eduardo Año or President Rodrigo Duterte. The Palace has vouched for the release of the list, saying voters in the May elections should have a guide […]
