Tag: P6.4-billion drug shipment

DOJ files drug importation case vs “fixer” Taguba, others over P6.4-B drug shipment; raps vs Faeldon, others junked

(Eagle News) –The Department of Justice has dismissed the drug-related raps filed against former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon and several others, but filed a case against other personalities  including fixer Mark Taguba in connection with the P6.4-billion shabu shipment that slipped through the country via Customs express lanes in May. In dismissing the complaint filed by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency against Faeldon and Bureau of Customs personnel Director Milo Maestrecampo, Director Neil Estrella, Intelligence […]

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DOJ junks Faeldon motion to dismiss PDEA-filed complaints vs him in connection with P6.4-B drug shipment mess

(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice (DOJ) has junked  former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon’s motion to dismiss the complaints filed against him in connection with the P6.4-billion drug shipment that slipped through the country via Customs express lanes in May. In junking Faeldon’s motion, the DOJ investigating panel said it “finds no cogent reason to deviate from (the) earlier position of the Department that it has jurisdiction to conduct preliminary investigation over drug cases involving […]

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Faeldon files ethics complaint vs Trillanes

(Eagle News) — Former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon on Monday filed an ethics complaint against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. “Idol pa naman kita,” Faeldon, who is detained at the Office of the Senate Sergeant at Arms after his surrender following being cited in contempt, said in a brief press conference. Faeldon was cited in contempt by the Senate for his refusal to attend Senate blue ribbon committee hearings on the P6.4-billion drug shipment that slipped […]

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PDEA files criminal raps vs Faeldon, several others over P6.4-billion drug shipment

(Eagle News) — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency has filed criminal charges against former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon and several others over the P6.4-billion drug shipment that slipped through Customs via express lanes in May. PDEA filed charges for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act, particularly for conspiracy to import illegal drugs and for protecting or coddling drug traffickers against Faeldon and others from the BOC —BOC directors Milo Maestrecampo and Neil Anthony Estrella; intelligence officers […]

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Senator Gordon junks Trillanes’ request for Senate committee to summon Paolo Duterte, Mans Carpio

(Eagle News) — Senator Richard Gordon on Thursday rejected Senator Trillanes IV’s request to summon President Rodrigo Duterte’s son Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte and son-in-law Mans Carpio, noting that the information that they were behind the alleged Davao Group was mere “hearsay.” The information was given by fixer Mark Taguba at a Senate blue ribbon committee hearing on the P6.4-billion drug shipment that entered the country via Customs express lanes on Thursday. “Sa akin, […]

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Several senators admit links to alleged middleman in P6.4-B drug shipment but vow they will not condone any wrongdoing

(Eagle News) — Several senators have links to Kenneth Dong, the man tagged as the middleman in the P6.4-billion drug shipment that entered the country in May, but they vowed they would not condone any wrongdoing. Senators Francis Pangilinan, Risa Hontiveros, Juan Miguel Zubiri admitted on Wednesday they served as sponsors to the wedding of Dong, who appeared for the first time before the Senate blue ribbon committee investigating the entry of the contraband. In a […]

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Faeldon defends move to hire current, retired athletes as Customs “technical assistants”

(Eagle News) — Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon on Friday defended his move to hire current and retired sports athletes as “technical assistants,” saying they “bridge the gap” between his office and the general public. “..We need to bring in effective communicators, so (we have) iconic players like Kenneth Duremdes, Marlou Aquino who have millions of Filipino followers because the Filipinos love basketball,” Faeldon said in a press conference.   According to Faeldon, apart from improving […]

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Duterte to wait for Congress’ report on inquiries before deciding on Customs chief Faeldon’s fate

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said he would wait for the results of Congress’ investigation into the Bureau of Customs’ failure to stop a P6.4-billion drug shipment into the country before deciding on Customs chief Nicanor Faeldon’s fate. “Let the investigation (continue)..I want the (final) report. I will review it and I will be fair,” he said in a press conference after his speech during the 113th founding anniversary celebration of the […]

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