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By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Two senators on Tuesday said the Department of Justice’s dismissal of drug charges against Kerwin Espinosa, Peter Lim and others was a blow to the government’s war on drugs. In a statement, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said Lim had been identified by no less than President Rodrigo Duterte as a “big fish” in the drug industry. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian for his part said Espinosa himself confessed to […]
(Eagle News)—-Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre on Tuesday said the resolution junking the drug charges against Kerwin Espinosa and others was not final. “Suffice it to say that the current status of the case against the respondents.. does not mean that it is a final exoneration of their respective criminal liabilities,” Aguirre said in a statement. According to Aguirre, “there are possible avenues to review this case, either by a motion for reconsideration, or ultimately, by […]
(Eagle News) — Ozamiz City Police Chief Insp. Jovie Espenido said Tuesday he was puzzled over the Department of Justice’s dismissal of drug cases filed by the police last year against Kerwin Espinosa. Espenido was chief of police of Albuera, Leyte, when Espinosa’s father, Rolando, then the town mayor, was arrested for possession of illegal drugs and illegal possession of fire arms in August 2016. Expressing dismay, the police official said that the Philippine National […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice has dismissed drug trading charges against Kerwin Espinosa. In dismissing the charges also filed against businessman Peter Lim, Peter Co, Max Miro, Lovely Impal, Ruel Malindangan, Jun Pepito, Marcelo Adorco, and others known by their aliases, the DOJ did not give weight to the testimony of Adorco, who they said was an “evidently self-serving witness.” “His contradictory statements on important details simply eroded the integrity and veracity of his […]
(Eagle News) — Isinailalim ng Department of Justice (DOJ) sa Immigration Lookout Bulletin Order (ILBO) ang sinasabing big-time drug lord sa central Visayas na si Peter Lim alyas Jaguar. Sa memorandum na may lagda ni Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre kasama ring inilagay sa ILBO ang iba pang isinasangkot sa iligal na droga na sina Kerwin Espinosa, Peter Co, Marcelo Adorco, Max Miro, Lovely Adam Impal, Ruel Malindangan at Jun Pepito. Inilagay sila sa ILBO kaugnay […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – Sinimulan na ng Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-Central Visayas (CIDG-7) ang pag-iimbestiga sa negosyanteng si Peter Lim. Matatandaang dati nang tinukoy ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte si Lim bilang isa sa mga pinakamalalaking drug lords sa bansa. Ayon kay CIDG-7 Director Supt. Royina Garma, nagsasagawa na sila ng complete background at financial investigations kay Lim alinsunod sa utos ng mga nakatataas sa kanila. Inaasahang may ipapadala nang subpoena kay Lim sa […]
(Eagle News) — Tumangging magpasailalim sa drug test ang hinihinalang drug lord na si Peter Lim. Ayon kay National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) spokesman Ferdinand Lavin, ipinaalam ni Atty. Ramon Esguerra na ayaw munang magpa-drug test ng kanyang kliyente. Sinabi ni Lavin, na kasalukuyan nang iniimbestigahan ng NBI si Lim sa pangunguna ni Anti-illegal Drugs Division head Joel Tovera. Isa si Lim sa mga pinangalanan ni pangulong Duterte na umano’y miyembro ng drug syndicate sa […]
(Eagle News) — After naming five police generals as having alleged links to drug operations, President Rodrigo Duterte has now named the top drug lords operating in the country. Carrying a chart illustration of the drug network, the President identified three top drug lords still operating in the country. They are Chinese nationals Wu Tuan (also known as Peter Co) and Peter Lim (a.k.a. Jaguar). He also named Herbert Colangco alias Ampang, who is detained at […]
