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(Eagle News) — A Manila court has deferred the arraignment of two accused in the P6.4-billion shabu shipment mess. Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 46 Judge Rainelda Estacio-Montesa reset the arraignment of Mark Taguba and Eirene May Tatad to February 23, pending resolution of a petition for review of the drug importation charges filed against them at the Department of Justice. The judge also asked the prosecution to comment on Tatad’s motion to quash. Estacio-Montesa […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon has asked the Supreme Court to stop what he said was the Senate’s illegal detention of him over his refusal to attend hearings on corruption in the Bureau of Customs, and on the P6.4-billion shabu shipment mess. In a 30-page petition, Faeldon asked the High Court to issue a temporary restraining order or a status quo ante order pending resolution of his petition. Faeldon […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate has allowed former Customs chief Nicanor Faeldon to temporarily leave his detention cell to take his oath of office as deputy administrator of the Office of Civil Defense in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City. According to Senate Sgt. at Arms, Retired General Jose Balajadia, Faeldon was allowed by Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chairperson Senator Richard Gordon to leave his detention cell from 7 a.m. to 9:30 Tuesday morning, January 16, […]
(Eagle News) — Two respondents in the P6.4-billion shabu shipment that entered via Customs express lanes in May tried to leave the country. In separate press conferences, Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre and Bureau of Immigration spokesperson Atty. Ma. Antonette Mangrobang named the respondents as Richard Tan and Kenneth Dong. Aguirre said Tan tried to bribe immigration officers, but “he wasn’t successful.” “..Our senior supervision officers rejected the bribe being offered,” Aguirre said. Mangrobang, for […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senate Blue Ribbon Committee Chairman Richard Gordon said that former officials of the Bureau of Customs, including former Customs chief Nicanor Faeldon can still be made liable on the more than Php 6 billion shabu shipment that had passed through customs during his time. “There is yet no final evidence to establish that Customs personnel are not in any way liable for the importation of drugs and on its […]
(Eagle News) — The Office of the Ombudsman has created a panel that will hold a fact-finding investigation into the P6.4-billion worth of shabu that entered the country in May via Customs express lanes. The Ombudsman made the announcement in a brief statement released on Tuesday. “The release (of the drugs) was allegedly facilitated by public officials who were identified as members of the ‘Davao Group’ by Customs broker Mark Ruben Taguba II,” […]
Manila, Philippines (Eagle News) — Wala raw katotohanan ang alegasyon ng Senate Blue Ribbon Committee na hindi niya pinapahalagahan ang kaso ng P6.4 billion na smuggled shabu shipment. Ito ang reaksyon ni Aguirre sa draft report ng Blue Ribbon Committee na nagsabi na tila ipinaubaya lang niya sa kaniyang mga deputy ang kaso dahil siya ay abala sa maraming trabaho. Ayon pa kay Aguirre, totoong abala siya sa maraming gampanin bilang kalihim ng Department of […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee has asked the Chinese government to cooperate in its investigation into the shabu shipment from China that passed the Bureau of Customs (BoC) without any inspection. “China must be willing to cooperate with the Philippines in investigating the PHP6.4 billion worth of shabu shipment from China that slipped through the Bureau of Customs (BOC),” Senator Richard Gordon, the committee chairman said in an interview […]
