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(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima defended Vice President Leni Robredo following criticisms of her report that said the drug war was a “massive failure.” “Nakakatawa panoorin ang mga apologist ng Malacañang magkumahog na ipagtanggol ang palyadong war on drugs. Andami na nilang nasabi, pero puro insulto lamang laban kay VP Leni. Wala daw alam si VP Leni sa war on drugs pero sila mismo, hindi nila maintindihan ang sarili nilang datos. Simple lang […]
(Eagle News)–“You dropped the ball big time.” This was the stinging rebuke made on Thursday, Oct. 3, by Senator Richard Gordon to Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde, who is in hot water over what has been described as an irregular drug raid conducted by his men in Pampanga in 2013. Gordon lashed out at Albayalde during the hearing on the Good Conduct Time Allowance law after the then-provincial director of Pampanga said there was […]
(Eagle News)–The 13 policemen behind the controversial 2013 Pampanga raid have been placed on floating status. Philippine National Police spokesperson Police Brigadier General Bernard Banac said those with no assignment were: -P/Supt. Rodney Raymundo Louie Baloyo – P/SInsp. Joven De Guzman Jr. – SPO1 Jules Lacap Maniago – SPO1 Donald Castro Roque – SPO1 Ronald Bayas Santos – SPO1 Rommel Munoz Vital – SPO1 Alcindor Mangiduyos Tinio – SPO1 Dante Mercado Dizon – SPO1 Eligio […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated anew his warning to unscrupulous law enforcers after the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said some “ninja cops” recycle illegal drugs. The President gave the warning in a speech in Parañaque on Wednesday, Sept. 25, after the Senate approved the disclosure of the names of the policemen engaged in the “agaw-bato” scheme and said a list would be given to the President. Authorities have identified the woman who allegedly bought the […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte will reveal the names of policemen allegedly involved in the recycling of illegal drugs, or the so-called ninja cops. This is according to Senator Bong Go, who spoke to reporters on Tuesday, Sept. 24. “Sabi niya kahapon sa akin kailangang malaman ng publiko yan soon,” Go, who was present in a recent executive session in the Senate where former Criminal Investigation and Detection Group chief Benjamin Magalong revealed the names, said. […]
(Eagle News)–Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency chief Aaron Aquino on Monday, Sept. 16, admitted illegal drugs recycling was rampant among law enforcers, even among PDEA agents, an admission, a senator said, of the failure of law enforcement. Aquino made the admission under questioning by Senator Panfilo Lacson during the Senate finance panel’s hearing on the proposed P2.497-billion budget of PDEA for 2020. “Ang puntos ko dito, not even PDEA is exempted,” Aquino told reporters. He noted, […]
(Eagle News)–The Bureau of Customs on Friday, May 31, clarified what it auctioned off in July was the tapioca starch alone and not the illegal drugs. The BOC made the clarification after Senator Panfilo Lacson questioned its sale of what he said was a shipment discovered in a Malabon warehouse on March 5 and which contained P1 billion worth of shabu concealed in 114 bags of aluminum pallets from Cambodia. Lacson noted a public auction […]
(Eagle News)–An estimated P1 billion worth of suspected shabu was seized by authorities from a Malabon warehouse, authorities said on Saturday, May 25. The 146 kilograms of suspected shabu which were found in 30 aluminum pallets where tonner bags containing tapioca starch were placed were seized from a Goldwin Commercial warehouse during a joint operation between the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, the Bureau of Customs and other agencies on Thursday, May 23. The operation was […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday, March 24, said over one million Filipinos were “slaves” to shabu. The President said in a speech in Cagayan de Oro that the 1.6 million Filipinos only covered then-Philippine National Police chief Ronald dela Rosa’s term, and was therefore only a “conservative figure.” “Tell me if you are happy, if I tell you now that we have 1.6 million slaves, Filipino slaves to a drug called shabu,” Duterte said. […]
Customs accreditation of consignee, broker revoked (Eagle News)–Charges will be filed against those behind the P1.8 billion worth of shabu intercepted by Customs authorities. In a statement, Manila International Container Port District Collector Atty. Erastus Sandino B. Austria said he has also revoked the customs accreditation of the consignee, Wealth Lotus Empire Corporation, behind the shipment from Vietnam intercepted on Friday, March 22. He said the accreditation of customs broker Jane A. Castillo has also […]
(Eagle News) — Over P6 million worth of suspected shabu was recovered in an abandoned car in Bulacan on Thursday, March 21. The police said they found the P6.8 million worth of suspected illegal drugs in a black Daewoo car with plate number XKP-622 in Camachilihan, Bustos, following a tip. The suspected drugs, they said, bore a packaging similar to the packaging of the suspected shabu seized from an exclusive subdivision in Muntinlupa on Tuesday, March 19. […]
(Eagle News) — The list of politicians allegedly involved in illegal drugs will be released tonight, Interior spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said. According to Malaya, the so-called narco-list will be released in the National Peace and Order Council meeting in Davao. He said the names will be announced either by Interior Secretary Eduardo Año or President Rodrigo Duterte. The Palace has vouched for the release of the list, saying voters in the May elections should have a guide […]
