Tag: shabu

Trillanes welcomes probe into his parents’ deals with gov’t

“If they find anything anomalous, I will voluntarily walk into any detention facility,” he says (Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes on Tuesday, Nov. 26, welcomed the government’s probe into his parents’ transactions with the government, saying he would “voluntarily walk into any detention facility kahit sa Davao” if investigators find anything anomalous. “I welcome (President Rodrigo) Duterte’s statement on probing supposed transactions of my deceased father (PMA Class ’59 retired in 1988 and died […]

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Brother-in-law of Interior Undersecretary Diño nabbed in buy-bust operation

(Eagle News) — A brother-in-law of Interior Undersecretary Martin Diño has been arrested for a drug-related offense. A radio report said Manuel Bautista was nabbed in a buy-bust operation conducted by the Marikina Police in a house in Barangay Concepcion on Nov. 12. The report, quoting Marikina police chief Senior Supt. Roger Quezada, said arrested with Bautista was one Marife Wisi, the alleged owner of the house. The police said five sachets containing suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride were […]

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Gordon moves to cite in contempt former PDEA official, three others

(Eagle News) — Senate blue ribbon committee chair Richard Gordon on Thursday, Nov. 22, moved to cite in contempt several individuals who did not show up in his panel’s hearing on the P6.8-billion shabu shipment that slipped past the Bureau of Customs last year. Among those to be cited in contempt were former Senior Supt. Eduardo Acierto, Emily Laquingan, SMYD Trading owner Marina Signapan and sacked Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Deputy Director General for Administration Ismael Fajardo. According […]

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President Duterte: My son Paolo will run for a House seat to get back at Trillanes

(Eagle News)–Former Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte is running for a seat in the House of Representatives in the 2019 elections. President Rodrigo Duterte himself, the former vice mayor’s father, revealed this in a speech before members of the Filipino community in Papua New Guinea on Friday, Nov. 16. The President is attending the 26th Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Econonic Leaders Meeting there, but cut short his trip. “I think he’s (Paolo Duterte) running for […]

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New TESDA chief Lapeña insists he tried his best to reform Customs bureau

  (Eagle News) — Former Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña has officially started his new job as director general of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) after taking his oath before President Rodrigo Duterte. In his speech before he turned over his former job to former MARINA administrator Rey Leonardo Guerrero on Wednesday, Oct. 31, Lapeña insisted he had tried to institute reforms at the controversial Bureau of Customs, even as he admitted that […]

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DOJ’s Guevarra confirms ex-Customs intel officer Guban now under WPP

  (Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has confirmed that former customs intelligence officer was indeed admitted to the Department of Justice’s Witness Protection Program (WPP). “Yes, Mr. Guban has been admitted into the WPP. But that’s all that I can say,” he told reporters on Tuesday afternoon. Guevarra refused to give more details citing the “confidential” nature of the WPP. Thank you for understanding the confidential nature and purpose of the WPP. Really […]

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Lapeña backtracks, now says magnetic lifters found in Cavite, may have contained illegal drugs

(Eagle News) – Bureau of Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña has backtracked on his earlier statement on there was no shabu inside four magnetic lifters found in Cavite, and now admits that these may have indeed contained shabu. This was after hearing various testimonies at the House of Representatives, including that of a Department of Public Works and Highways official on Wednesday, Oct. 24. “With the continuing investigation and yung mga lumalabas na mga circumstantial evidences, […]

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Duterte orders PNP to arrest Customs intel agent Guban, links him to entry of shabu shipment

  (Eagle News) –President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the arrest of a customs intelligence officer supposedly linked to the P6.8 billion shabu shipment that had recently allegedly slipped past the Bureau of Customs. The President gave the directive for the Philippine National Police to arrest Customs intelligence officer Jimmy Guban amid an inquiry done by the House of Representatives to look into the alleged smuggling of the P6.8 billion of shabu that recently got past the […]

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Odicta lawyer killed in Capiz

(Eagle News)—–A lawyer of alleged druglord Melvin Odicta was shot dead in Roxas City, Capiz on Friday, Sept. 27. Edel Julio Romero was shot in the head as he was having lunch with his partner at  12:40 pm, the police said. Romero was supposed to be boarding a roro vessel to go back to Manila, where he was based. The gunman fled on board a sport utility vehicle with no plate number. Romero, meanwhile, was […]

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Gordon: There was shabu in magnetic lifters found in Cavite

(Eagle News)–Senator Richard Gordon on Wednesday, Sept. 26, denied President Rodrigo Duterte’s claim the magnetic lifters  found in Cavite did not contain P6.8 billion worth of shabu. “Hindi ako naniniwala na walang drugs [doon]. You can tell the President I said so,” Gordon told reporters. “Because malinaw, napalabas ko maigi ‘yan, pumasok mga tao sa loob ng warehouse, apat na oras dun, may grinder. Pagpasok ng mga pulis butas na (ang magnetic lifters) nailabas na. […]

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78 percent of Filipinos satisfied with President Duterte’s war on drugs

(Eagle News)—-Seventy-eight percent of Filipinos are satisfied with President Rodrigo Duterte’s  war on drugs, a recent Social Weather Stations survey said. The second quarter 2018 survey conducted from June 27 to 30 showed only 13% were dissatisfied with the administration’s campaign against illegal drugs, yielding a net satisfaction rating of +65, classified by SWS as very good. SWS said this was 1 point above the +64 (75% satisfied, 12% dissatisfied) in March 2018, also classified as very […]

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Gordon cites alleged consignee of magnetic lifters found in Cavite in contempt

(Eagle News) — Senator Richard Gordon on Wednesday, Sept. 19, cited in contempt the alleged consignee of the four magnetic lifters believed to contain shabu estimated at worth P6.8 billion and that slipped into the country in August. Gordon also ordered SMYD Trading’s Marina Signapan confined in the Senate after what he said were “several  attempts at compassion and understanding.” “She already lied on her status as consignee and she cannot claim that she was just consignee. […]

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