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(Eagle News)—Bureau of Corrections Chief Nicanor Faeldon on Friday, Dec. 14, vowed to resign if his son was proven to have links to illegal drugs. “What I can assure everybody is if my son is involved in any way, kahit user lang, I will… hunt him down. Ako na ang paparusa diyan,” he added in a television interview, referring to Nicanor Faeldon Jr. The younger Faeldon was nabbed in a suspected drug den in Naga […]
(Eagle News)—Authorities on Friday, Dec. 14, arrested the son of Bureau of Corrections chief Nicanor Faeldon in a suspected drug den in Naga. Nicanor Faeldon Jr. was nabbed together with his girlfriend, her father and another male, after at least seven sachets of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride, or shabu, were found in the house where they were in in Barangay Mabolo, a radio report said. The authorities had been armed with a search warrant. Drug-related charges […]
In these pictures provided by Department of Justice spokesperson and Undersecretary Mark Perete, Nicanor Faeldon is seen taking his oath as the new Bureau of Corrections chief. Before his current post, Faeldon was an administrator of the Office of the Civil Defense. Faeldon was Customs chief prior to this appointment, but he resigned following public indignation over the P6.4-billion shabu shipment that slipped past the country last year.
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has formally appointed former Customs chief Nicanor Faeldon at the helm of the Bureau of Corrections. The appointment was made via a letter dated November 19 and which was sent to the Office of the Justice Secretary. The office has jurisdiction over the Department of National Defense, of which Faeldon is now an administrator. As director of BuCor, Faeldon replaces former Philippine National Police chief Ronald dela Rosa, who […]
(Eagle News) — The papers appointing Nicanor Faeldon as the new chief of the Bureau of Corrections will come out “soon,” the Palace said on Tuesday, Nov. 13. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the statement after Faeldon, now an administrator at the Office of the Civil Defense, took offense at Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra’s statement he had yet to report to the BuCor despite an announcement about his transfer from the OCD. Guevarra later clarified […]
(Eagle News) — Two Customs officials who were implicated last year by Senator Panfilo Lacson in the “tara” system in the bureau denied on Tuesday the allegations. Deputy Commissioners Natalio Ecarma III and Edward James Dy Buco made the denial during a Senate blue ribbon committee hearing on corruption in the Bureau of Customs. “I’d like to tell this honorable body and the whole nation that I categorically deny that I received, ordered or authorized […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon, who was cited in contempt by the Senate for his refusal to attend subsequent hearings on corruption in the Bureau of Customs last year, was released from detention on Monday. It was Senator Richard Gordon, with whom Faeldon has repeatedly exchanged harsh words, who ordered his release. Before being released, Faeldon promised to not “talk back” to the senators during hearings. “So the […]
(Eagle News)–The Senate committee on ethics junked on Tuesday the cases filed by former Customs Chief Nicanor Faeldon against Senators Panfilo Lacson and Antonio Trillanes IV. Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon moved to dismiss the ethics cases that were filed after Lacson and Trillanes accused Faeldon of being linked to corruption in the Bureau of Customs. Drilon said Faeldon’s move against Lacson was a “clear case of forum shopping” since the Lacson’s allegations the former […]
Gordon must have misunderstood me, Panelo says (Eagle News)– Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo on Tuesday denied he asked Senator Richard Gordon to release former Customs Chief Nicanor Faeldon from Senate detention. “No..He may have misunderstood me,” he said. According to Panelo, he told Gordon that he “advised Faeldon to attend the hearing if he is subpoenaed and answer the questions of the Senate committee so that he can be released and start with his […]
(Eagle News)– Former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon was transferred to the Pasay City Jail on Tuesday, after trading barbs with Senate blue ribbon committee chair Richard Gordon in a panel hearing on corruption in the Bureau of Customs and on the shabu shipment mess in May. Faeldon was seen wearing a black shirt saying “Truth is Justice” when he arrived at the jail around noon. He was escorted by the Senate sergeant at arms. The […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service After refusing to attend for months, Former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon made an appearance at the Senate upon the resumption of blue ribbon committee hearings on corruption in the Bureau of Customs and on the P6.4-billion shabu shipment mess. But at the start of the hearing, Faeldon received a lecture from blue ribbon committee chair Senator Richard Gordon, who denounced the former Customs chief’s statements his rights were being trampled […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon has asked the Supreme Court to stop what he said was the Senate’s illegal detention of him over his refusal to attend hearings on corruption in the Bureau of Customs, and on the P6.4-billion shabu shipment mess. In a 30-page petition, Faeldon asked the High Court to issue a temporary restraining order or a status quo ante order pending resolution of his petition. Faeldon […]
