Tag: shabu shipment mess

Paolo Duterte to sue Trillanes for libel

(Eagle News) —  Former Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte said he would file complaints against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV for “viciously destroying my name, maligning my reputation and integrity, and for deliberately manufacturing lies and spreading black propaganda against me.” The libel charges stem from Trillanes’ statements implicating the presidential son in the P6.4-billion shabu shipment mess in May 2017 last year. Trillanes had alleged in a Senate inquiry into the shabu shipment mess that […]

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Valenzuela court dismisses cases vs suspects in P6.4-billion shabu shipment mess

(Eagle News)– A Valenzuela court has junked the drug cases filed against nine people in connection with the P6.4-billion shabu shipment mess. In dismissing the case for transportation and delivery of dangerous drugs against self-confessed fixer Mark Taguba II; alleged middlemen Manny Li and Kenneth Dong; import company owner Eirene May Tatad; Customs broker Teejay Marcellana; and  businessmen Chen I-Min, Jhu Ming Jhun, and Chen Rong Huan, Chen Ju Long, Judge Arthur Melicor of Branch 284  […]

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Duterte appoints new BOC assistant commissioner

(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs has a new assistant commissioner. President Rodrigo Duterte appointed  Vincent Philip Maronilla to the post previously held by Ariel Nepomuceno. Nepomuceno resigned in March. Maronilla and several other Customs officials were implicated in the P6.4-billion shabu shipment mess in May but were cleared by a Department of Justice panel of prosecutors for lack of probable cause.  

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Manila court orders transfer of Taguba to PNP jail

(Eagle News) — The Manila Regional Trial Court on Friday ordered the transfer of Customs broker Mark Ruben Taguba to the Philippine National Police Custodial Center, citing security reasons. Branch 46 Judge Rainelda Estacio-Montesa also moved the arraignment of Taguba and  Eirene Mae Tatad to April 6. Taguba and Tatad have pending motions that sought the dismissal of cases against them. They are among several charged with drug importation in connection with the P6.4-billion shabu shipment […]

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Manila court orders transfer of another accused in P6.4-billion shabu shipment mess to Manila City Jail

(Eagle News) — A Manila court has ordered the transfer of an accused in the P6.4-billion shabu shipment mess to the Manila City Jail. Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 46 Judge Rainelda Estacio-Montesa said a commitment order would be issued for the transfer of Eirene May Tatad, owner of EMT Trading, consignee of the controversial shipment. Tatad is currently detained at the National Bureau of Investigation detention facility since her arrest on February 2. She […]

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Taguba camp says a gov’t official wants him dead; asks court to reconsider its decision on his detention in Manila City Jail

(Eagle News) — Citing threats to his life, Mark Taguba, one of the personalities charged in connection with the P6.4-billion shabu shipment mess, on Monday asked the court to reconsider its decision to have him detained at the Manila City Jail. In a very urgent motion for reconsideration filed before Branch 46 of the Manila Regional Trial Court, Taguba, through his lawyer, asked that he be  given detention in the National Bureau of Investigation detention […]

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Another charged in connection with P6.4-billion shabu shipment mess arrested; two others slated to surrender — NBI

(Eagle News) — Another personality charged in connection with the P6.4-billion shabu shipment mess has been arrested, while another two are slated to surrender, the National Bureau of Investigation said on Friday. Initial information provided by the National Bureau of Investigation said Eirene May Tatad was nabbed in Iloilo. Tatad will be brought to Manila for the return of the warrant of arrest issued by the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 46, the NBI said. […]

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Mark Taguba: “I am innocent”

By Jerold Tagbo Eagle News Service One of the personalities charged in connection with the P6.4-billion shabu shipment mess maintained his innocence on Thursday, a day after he was arrested by authorities. “Inosente tayo. Wala tayong dapat ikatakot. Alam kong mananalo kami,” Mark Taguba told the media at the National Bureau of Investigation headquarters where he has been detained since his arrest on Wednesday night. He said his defense was airtight, but refused to detail what […]

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DOJ refiles drug importation case vs nine individuals over P6.4-billion shabu shipment mess

(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice has refiled the drug importation case filed against nine individuals implicated in the P6.4-billion shabu shipment mess. This time, the case against Chen Julong alias Richard Tan or Richard Chen; Li Guang Feng alias Manny Li; Dong Yi Shen Xi alias Kenneth Dong Yi; Mark Ruben Taguba II; Eirene Mae Tatad; Teejay Marcellana; Chen I-Min; Jhu Ming Jyun; and Chen Rong Huan was filed in the Manila Regional Trial […]

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BOC urges DOJ to file smuggling raps vs Taguba, several others

(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs on Thursday urged the Department of Justice to file smuggling charges against Mark Taguba and several others in connection with the P6.4-billion shabu mess. In a memorandum submitted to the DOJ, the BOC noted that Taguba, businessman Kenneth Dong,  Eirene May Tatad, Chinese businessman Chen Ju Long also known as Richard Tan, warehouse caretaker Fidel Anoche Dee, Teejay Marcellana, Manny Li and unidentified individuals whom the BOC believed to have […]

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Senate panel approves Faeldon’s bid to be temporarily released from detention

(Eagle News) –The Senate blue ribbon committee  on Friday approved former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon’s request to be temporarily released from the Senate. In his request Faeldon had said he wished to witness his wife giving birth. “Maraming pong salamat chairman Richard Gordon for your decency and compassion,” Faeldon said in a statement. He said with his temporary release, he could now also take his oath as deputy administrator III of the Department of National […]

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DOJ seeks reversal of Valenzuela court decision junking charges vs several linked to P6.4-billion shabu shipment mess

(Eagle News)– The Department of Justice has asked a Valenzuela court to reconsider its dismissal of the charges against several suspects linked to the P6.4-billion shabu shipment mess in May. The cases for importation of dangerous drugs filed against self-confessed Customs fixer Mark Taguba, Eirene Mae Tatad,  Richard Tan, Manny Li, Kenneth Dong Yi, Teejay Marcellana, Jhu Ming Jyun, Chen I-Min, Chen Rong Huan, and three others were dismissed by Judge Maria Nena Santos of the Valenzuela […]

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