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(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Police will no longer have authority to probe former PNP chief Oscar Albayalde for possible administrative liabilities in connection with the 2013 irregular Pampanga raid once he retires from the police force in November. This is according to Lt. Gen. Archie Gamboa, who was designated PNP officer-in-charge after Albayalde stepped down amid the allegations he intervened in the status of the cases filed against the 13 policemen who were accused of […]
(Eagle News)–Oscar Albayalde is “not yet off the hook” even after he resigned as Philippine National Police chief, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said on Monday, Oct. 14. According to Drilon, Albayalde’s resignation ahead of his mandatory retirement on Nov. 8 “will not in any way clear him from his liablity, both administratively or criminally, in connection with the Pampanga ninja cops issue.” “Albayalde’s continued defense, and his failure to condemn the acts, of Major […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Panfilo Lacson on Monday, Oct. 14, said he has “mixed emotions” about Oscar Albayalde resigning as Philippine National Police chief. According to Lacson, Albayalde’s statements prior to his formal announcement to relinquish command of the 190,000-strong police force “have somehow diminished the redeeming value of his intent to spare the PNP from the so-called ‘ninja cops’ controversies.” Lacson said as a Philippine Military Academy graduate, he “feels sad whenever fellow Peemayers slug it […]
(Eagle News)–Appropriate but not closure. This was how Senator Risa Hontiveros described Oscar Albayalde’s resignation as Philippine National Police chief following allegations he intervened in the status of the cases of 13 policemen behind a 2013 irregular drug raid in Pampanga. “I welcome the decision of General Oscar Albayalde, my mistah, to relinquish his post… Given the gravity of accusations, which have further demoralized an already misdirected police force, his decision to step down was […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Monday, Oct. 14, said it did not pressure Oscar Albayalde into stepping down as Philippine National Police chief. “I have not heard of anything leading or leaning to that,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in an interview over ANC. Panelo surmised Albayalde “has had enough of the accusations, innuendos, about his involvement in the drug case, given that his family is suffering from according to him, unfair and false allegations against […]
(Eagle News)–In these pictures provided by the Office of the Chief of the Philippine National Police, Oscar Albayalde is seen with Interior Secretary Eduardo Año and Lt. Gen. Archie Gamboa. Albayalde on Monday, Oct. 14, said that he was stepping down from the PNP chief post after “careful thought and deliberation” and following what he said was the opportunity to talk to Año over the weekend. Albayalde’s move came following allegations he had intervened in […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has accepted Oscar Albayalde’s decision to step down from his post as Philippine National Police chief, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said. Lt. Gen. Archie Gamboa, PNP deputy chief for administration, will automatically serve as PNP chief until President Duterte appoints a new police official at the helm of the police organization. Albayalde’s move came days before he was scheduled to retire on Nov. 8. This was following Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency […]
(Eagle News)–Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde on Thursday, Oct. 10, said the police officials who were “ganging up” on him have “ill motives” against him “and obviously all worked with the previous administration.” Albayalde said retired general Rudy Lacadin, in particular, who told a Senate joint panel looking into the ninja cops issue that the PNP chief called him upon learning he was probing the 2013 Pampanga raid of 13 policemen and told him […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Police has dispelled rumors its chief Oscar Albayalde had resigned. PNP spokesman Police Brigadier General Bernard Banac told Eagle News the text messages on Albayalde’s alleged resignation were mere “fake news.” The text message, which read “JUST IN: PNP CHIEF GEN. Oscar Albayalde has tendered his resignation. Please check with Malacañang” circulated after retired general Rudy Lacadin told a joint Senate panel looking into the issue of ninja cops that Albayalde […]
(Eagle News)–Philippine National Police chief Oscar Albayalde recommended for promotion 13 of his men for the 2013 Pampanga raid, Senator Richard Gordon said. Gordon, citing a document he said was signed by Albayalde, said the now-PNP chief also recommended a distinguished conduct award for himself over the raid, which the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group found to be irregular. Albayalde, who was provincial director of Pampanga at that time, admitted making the recommendation but added […]
(Eagle News)–“Onti lang naman napunta sa akin diyan.” This was what then-Brigadier General Rudy Lacadin said Oscar Albayalde, then the Pampanga provincial director, told him during a phone call sometime after the irregular raid in Mexico, Pampanga. Lacadin, who was then the deputy director of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, said Albayalde called him after learning he had been tasked by then-CIDG chief Benjamin Magalong to conduct a probe into the raid led by […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Richard Gordon has called for a lifestyle check on Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde, after he was accused of intervening in the cases filed against 13 policemen who were found to have conducted an irregular drug raid in Pampanga in 2013. In a radio interview, Gordon said he also wants the 13 policemen led by then-Col. Rodney Baloyo subjected to the lifestyle check. Baloyo and his group were ordered dismissed in 2014 […]
