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DOJ junks Faeldon motion to dismiss PDEA-filed complaints vs him in connection with P6.4-B drug shipment mess

(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice (DOJ) has junked  former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon’s motion to dismiss the complaints filed against him in connection with the P6.4-billion drug shipment that slipped through the country via Customs express lanes in May. In junking Faeldon’s motion, the DOJ investigating panel said it “finds no cogent reason to deviate from (the) earlier position of the Department that it has jurisdiction to conduct preliminary investigation over drug cases involving […]

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Faeldon files ethics complaint vs Trillanes

(Eagle News) — Former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon on Monday filed an ethics complaint against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. “Idol pa naman kita,” Faeldon, who is detained at the Office of the Senate Sergeant at Arms after his surrender following being cited in contempt, said in a brief press conference. Faeldon was cited in contempt by the Senate for his refusal to attend Senate blue ribbon committee hearings on the P6.4-billion drug shipment that slipped […]

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PDEA files criminal raps vs Faeldon, several others over P6.4-billion drug shipment

(Eagle News) — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency has filed criminal charges against former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon and several others over the P6.4-billion drug shipment that slipped through Customs via express lanes in May. PDEA filed charges for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act, particularly for conspiracy to import illegal drugs and for protecting or coddling drug traffickers against Faeldon and others from the BOC —BOC directors Milo Maestrecampo and Neil Anthony Estrella; intelligence officers […]

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Faeldon files ethics complaint vs Lacson

(Eagle News) — Former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon formally filed on Monday an ethics complaint against Senator Panfilo Lacson, who accused him of receiving a P100-million “pasalubong” when he was the newly installed Customs chief. Faeldon, who has been detained at the  Office of the Sergeant at Arms since his surrender days ago after being cited in contempt by the Senate for his refusal to attend subsequent Senate blue ribbon committee hearings into the P6.4-billion […]

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Faeldon says he will “definitely” go to Senate on Monday but only “to turn (himself) in”

  (Eagle News) — Former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon will “definitely” go to the Senate on Monday, but will not attend the Senate blue ribbon committee hearing slated on that day. “Hindi ako aattend (sa hearing). Pwede nila ako buhatin..I will submit myself to them para ikulong nalang nila ako,” he said. Faeldon, however, was not  arrested, even as Senate blue ribbon committee chair Richard Gordon said this would be the case if the former […]

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DOJ issues subpoena for Espenido, 3 other cops for Ozamiz raid

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Justice has issued a subpoena to Ozamiz City Police Chief Inspector Jovie Espenido and three other policemen in connection with the Parojinog raids. The DOJ asked  them to make an appearance on August 15 and August 22. The subpoena was in connection with the preliminary investigation on the charges of murder filed against the four cops after the July 30 raid they made in the Parojinog […]

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