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(Eagle News) – The Senate started hearing the testimony Wednesday morning (November 23) of Eastern Visayas’s suspected big time drug lord Kerwin Espinosa, as he detailed how he started his illegal drugs business in 2004. He said he first started small and then grew his business with the help of his “upline,” and later his alleged drug protectors. Espinosa said he first started operations in Cebu, and was arrested in 2005. He also spent […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Magsasampa rin si Senadora Leila De Lima ng kontra demanda laban sa mga personalidad na patuloy na umaatake sa kanya na pilit na nagdadawit sa operasyon ng iligal na droga sa New Bilibid Prison. Sa harap ito ng rekomendasyon ng kamara na makasuhan sya matapos ang imbestigasyon sa umanoy drug operations sa NBP. Pero ayon kay De Lima, buo na ang kaniyang legal team na sasagot sa mga ibinibintang na […]
MANILa, Philippines (Eagle News) — Binalewala lang ni Senadora Leila De Lima ang mga kasong inirekomenda ng minority bloc sa Kamara kaugnay ng illegal drug trade sa New Bilibid Prison. Ayon kay De Lima, may sariling agenda ang minority bloc na pinamumunuan ni Quezon Representative Danilo Suarez na ilan sa mga miyembro nito ay idiniin siya sa imbestigasyon ng House Committee on Justice ukol sa kalakalan ng iligal na droga sa NBP noong panahong siya […]
(Eagle News) – The Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) filed on Tuesday drug trafficking complaints against Senator Leila de Lima and seven others for their alleged involvement in the illegal drug trade at the national penitentiary. The complaints were based on earlier testimonies of inmates from the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) who were presented as witnesses at the hearing of the House committee on justice on the proliferation of drugs and the rampant illegal […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The House of Representatives is satisfied with the hearing conducted by the House Committee on Justice on the alleged illegal drug trade in the New Bilibid Prison and will no longer conduct further hearings on the matter. According to Oriental Mindoro Representative Reynaldo Umali, the past hearings already established the proliferation of illegal drug syndicates in the NBP and that the personnel of the Bureau of Corrections and the NBP should […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group is now determining who was behind the riot inside the New Bilibid Prison which resulted in the stabbing incident among the high-profile inmates. The CIDG already talked with the suspects and the witnesses. It also has in its possession the CCTV footages of the riot inside NBP.
QUEZON City, Philippines – Police now have in their possession the CCTV footage of the stabbing incident that happened inside the New Bilibid Prisons. This is now being analyzed in the ongoing investigation of the Philippine National Police – Criminal Investigation and Detection Group on the controversial riot and stabbing inside the NBP’s maximum security compound that resulted in the death of convicted drug lord Tony Co and the wounding of three others, including inmates […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The New Bilibid Prison has suspended visitations to its maximum security compound. Bureau of Corrections Officer-In-Charge Superintendent Rolando Asuncion said that this was the decision of the Philippine National Police – Special Action Force after the stabbing incident that occurred in the said compound. The NBP’s medium and minimum security compounds, however, will continue to receive visitors.
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — The probe into the alleged illegal drug trade inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) is set to resume on October 5 to October 7 even without the presence of key witness Jaybee Sebastian. In an interview, Oriental Mindoro Representative Reynaldo Umali said other witnesses were set to testify next week, including Ronnie Dayan, Sen. Leila De Lima’s driver and reported lover; Joenel Sanchez, De Lima’s security aide and alleged […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II on Wednesday, September 28 confirmed the stabbing incident inside Building 14 of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) resulting to the death of Chinese drug lord, inmate Tony Co. Four other high-profile inmates, including Jaybee Sebastian, Peter Co, Vicente Sy and former Police Chief Inspector Clarence Dongail were also hurt. The wounded inmates were rushed to the Medical Center Muntinlupa, while Vicente Sy was rushed to the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre admitted that the probe of the House Committee on Justice on the alleged illegal drug trade in the New Bilibid Prison have not yet reached 50%. Aguirre said that in the two-day hearing, the inquiry have only reached 45%. Aguirre revealed that the Department of Justice has sent emissaries to Jaybee Sebastian, the highest leader of druglords in the NBP for the possibility of Sebastian being a witness […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Oriental Mindoro Representative Reynaldo Umali explains why Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre’s inquiry of the witnesses is not proscribed. QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre answers allegations that he is not lawyering for the witnesses of the Department of Justice in the legislative inquiry conducted by the House of Representatives. QUEZON City, Philippines – Deputy Rafael Ragos, Deputy Director of the National Bureau of Investigation […]
