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By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service The Philippine National Police will no longer accept police trainees who will not pass the basic training meant for Special Action Force commandos. Speaking in his first press conference as PNP chief, Police Director General Oscar Albayalde said after the training in the Philippine Public Safety College, all police recruits will be required to undergo the six-month training in basic internal security operation. He said this was better than […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has welcomed the proposal for a Senate probe into the Special Action Force P58.9-million subsistence allowance mess. “The PNP assures the availability of the concerned PNP officers to face any investigation,” PNP spokesperson Chief Supt. John Bulalacao said. He said this was “actually the purpose of their relief and reassignment to the holding unit to ensure their availability and preclude them from exerting any influence on these investigations.” […]
(Eagle News) — Outgoing Philippine National Police Chief Ronald dela Rosa has confirmed part of the unreleased subsistence allowances for Special Action Force troopers during selected months from 2016 to 2018 has been returned. Dela Rosa said it was Senior Supt. Andre Dizon, the SAF’s former budget officer, himself who returned the P37 million. Dizon has been charged before the Ombudsman in connection with the non-release of the allowances from July 2016 to January 2018, except […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson has called for a probe into the P58.9-million subsistence allowance mess in the Special Action Force. “We cannot allow, yet again, another injustice to be committed against our heroes in uniform who are in the forefront of our fight against the ills of terrorism and criminality, lest we risk demoralization within their ranks. Thus the need to probe into the said allegations,” Lacson said in Senate Resolution No. 712, […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has sacked former Special Action Force chief Benjamin Lusad and the others charged before the Ombudsman over the P59.8-million subsistence allowance mess. PNP spokesperson Chief Supt. John Bulalacao said the two who were assigned in Camp Crame have been “effectively relieved today from their current position.” He was apparently referring to Lusad and one of his co-accused, former SAF budget and fiscal officer Senior Supt. Andre Dizon. Bulalacao […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service The fate of former Special Action Force Chief, Police Director Benjamin Lusad, who is facing plunder and malversation charges in connection with his alleged failure to distribute P59.8 million in monthly allowances to SAF troops, now rests in the hands of Incoming Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde. This is according to PNP Chief Ronald dela Rosa, who is slated to bow out as the country’s top policeman on April […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace is backing the Office of the Solicitor General’s decision to ask the Supreme Court’s help in seeking the filing of homicide charges against former President Benigno Aquino III and two others over the botched Mamasapano operation in 2015. “The Solicitor General as counsel of the Government is correct. There ought to be accountability for those responsible for the SAF 44 debacle,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said, referring to the 44 […]
QUEZON City, Philippines –Malacañang reminded the public on the heroism of the 44 members of the Philippine National Police Special Action Force (SAF) or the so-called SAF 44, three years after the tragic Mamasapano incident. Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said that President Rodrigo Duterte personally honored the death of the SAF 44 through Proclamation No. 164 which declared January 25 of each year as National Day of Remembrance to honor the “heroic sacrifices” of […]
(Eagle News) — The Office of the Solicitor General on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to reverse an Ombudsman resolution that junked the homicide charges filed against former President Benigno Aquino III and two others in connection with the botched Mamasapano operation in 2015. In its 45-page manifestation, the OSG asked the SC to direct the anti-graft body to file the 44 counts of reckless imprudence resulting in homicide against Aquino, former Philippine National Police […]
(Eagle News) — Former President Benigno Aquino III was a no-show in his arraignment over the cases filed against him in connection with the Mamasapano incident in 2015, on Friday. Aquino’s lawyer, Romeo Fernandez, told reporters that he advised his client not to attend, since they were told about the hearing on his client’s motion on short notice. Fernandez was referring to the former president’s motion seeking to dismiss the cases for graft and usurpation of […]
(Eagle News) — Former President Benigno Aquino III on Friday posted a P40,000 bail bond for the cases filed against him in connection with the botched Mamasapano operation in 2015. This was after the cases for graft and usurpation of authority were raffled off to the Sandiganbayan third division, which was expected to issue a warrant of arrest against him. The division is chaired by Justice Amparo Cabotaje-Tang, who is an Aquino appointee. Aquino, who […]
(Eagle News) — Charges on Wednesday were filed against former President Benigno Aquino III in connection with the botched Mamasapano operation that saw over 40, many of them members of the Special Action Force, killed in 2015. Complaints for violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act and for usurpation of official functions were filed against the former chief executive before the Sandiganbayan. The charges for reckless imprudence resulting in multiple homicide earlier recommended by […]
