(Eagle News)–Senator Richard Gordon on Thursday, Oct. 3, asked the National Bureau of Investigation and the Philippine National Police to look for the foreign national the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group believes was arrested by 13 policemen during the 2013 raid in Mexico, Pampanga. Apart from Johnson Lee, Gordon asked the law enforcement agencies to look for Ding Wenkun, whom the CIDG said was presented by the 13 policemen to the media as the one […]
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Duterte orders DILG probe into claims vs Albayalde
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the Department of the Interior and Local Government to probe the claims against Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde, who is set to retire in November. Interior spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said the President gave the directive for the DILG probe before he left for Russia for an official visit. The probe would reportedly be conducted after the joint Senate panel hearings on the issue. “We support the PNP chief […]
PDEA Chief Aquino: Some people plotting vs my family
(Eagle News)–Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency chief Aaron Aquino on Thursday, Oct. 3, revealed some people were plotting against his family. Aquino said the information was relayed to him by a friend, who called him two days ago or on the same day he revealed in a Senate joint panel that now-Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde called him up in 2016 to ask the status of the cases filed against 13 policemen behind a 2013 […]
13 cops behind 2013 Pampanga raid placed on floating status
(Eagle News)–The 13 policemen behind the controversial 2013 Pampanga raid have been placed on floating status. Philippine National Police spokesperson Police Brigadier General Bernard Banac said those with no assignment were: -P/Supt. Rodney Raymundo Louie Baloyo – P/SInsp. Joven De Guzman Jr. – SPO1 Jules Lacap Maniago – SPO1 Donald Castro Roque – SPO1 Ronald Bayas Santos – SPO1 Rommel Munoz Vital – SPO1 Alcindor Mangiduyos Tinio – SPO1 Dante Mercado Dizon – SPO1 Eligio […]
Gordon: Albayalde told Aquino to refrain from signing dismissal order vs 13 “ninja cops,” Aquino said
(Eagle News)–Then-National Capital Region Police Office director Oscar Albayalde called Aaron Aquino, the then-police director of Region III, and asked him to not sign the dismissal order against the 13 policemen behind the allegedly anomalous raid in Pampanga in 2013. Senator Richard Gordon said this was Aquino’s narration to him and Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon before the Senate joint hearing on the Good Conduct Time Allowance law on Tuesday, Oct. 1. “Yun nga kinausap […]
Duterte to wait for results of Senate probe before taking action on claims vs Albayalde, 13 “ninja cops”
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte will defer taking any action following the allegations against Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde and 13 policemen who were ordered dismissed but were later only demoted for engaging in the recycling of illegal drugs. Before leaving for Russia on Tuesday night, Duterte said he would wait for the joint Senate panel to complete its probe first. He said he would then submit the Senate panel report to Interior Secretary Eduardo […]
Eleazar: Founder of “ninja cops” now a retired policeman
(Eagle News)–The founder of “ninja cops” is a retired policeman, National Capital Region Police Office chief Guillermo Eleazar said on Tuesday, Oct. 1. In his interview over ANC, Eleazar said the “founder,” whom he did not identify while a case buildup was ongoing against him, “is still a non-officer but a senior police non-commissioned officer.” He said the “founder” had an “intimate relationship” with Guia Gomez Castro, who was identified by police as the one […]
Albayalde questions Magalong’s motive; former CIDG chief says issue on ninja cops raised “spontaneously” in Senate hearing
(Eagle News)–Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde on Tuesday, Oct. 1, questioned the motive of former Criminal Investigation and Detection Group chief Benjamin Magalong for hurling allegations against him. During the hearing on the Good Conduct Time Allowance law, Albayalde said Magalong, who was at one point the top three man in the Philippine National Police, could have followed up on the dismissal order against then-Col. Rodney Baloyo and his men. Baloyo and his team […]
Magalong says drug haul seized by suspected Pampanga “ninja cops” was 200 kilos, and not just 30 kilos
(Eagle News) – Former Philippine National Police (PNP) Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) chief and now Baguio City mayor Benjamin Magalong said that the cops involved in the questionable drug raid in Mexico, Pampanga had seized around 200 kilos of shabu and not just 30 kilos. During the Senate hearing on Tuesday, Oct. 1, Magalong told Senate Blue Ribbon committee chair Senator Richard Gordon, that there was apparent mishandling of evidence in the […]
Albayalde, Gaerlan, who probed ninja cops in Pampanga, to attend Senate hearing to shed light on issue
(Eagle News) – The Senate will continue its hearing on the so-called “ninja cops” or policemen who recycle by re-selling the illegal drugs they confiscate in operations. During the hearing, Senator Richard Gordon, chair of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, is expected to name these so-called ‘ninja cops”, specifically those earlier named by former Criminal Investigation and Detection chief and now Baguio City mayor Benjamin Magalong in an executive session. Philippine National Police chief Police […]
Joint Senate panel expected to reveal names of ninja cops
(Eagle News)–The names of the policemen who allegedly sell recycled illegal drugs are expected to be revealed in today’s hearing of the joint Senate panel initially looking into the Good Conduct Time Allowance law. This was after President Rodrigo Duterte did not reveal their names in his recent public speeches even after Senator Bong Go said he would do so. Earlier, the Senate gave the approval for the names, which were bared by former Criminal […]
Palace backs Drilon proposal to have passport of Guia Gomez Castro cancelled
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Monday, Sept. 30, expressed support for Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon’s proposal to have the passport of Guia Gomez Castro cancelled. In a press conference, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Drilon’s was a “good idea,” noting that Castro, who law enforcers said bought recycled illegal drugs from ninja policemen, had pending warrants of arrest. Panelo said it was for the Department of Foreign Affairs, however, to ultimately decide. In calling for […]





