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(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, June 29, said those who think the intensified campaign against loiterers was not legal should question it before the Supreme Court. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the pronouncement, as he also welcomed a congressional investigation into the same. Roque made the move after Senator Bam Aquino filed a resolution seeking a Senate probe into the death of Genesis Argoncillo, who critics said was arrested for merely loitering, in […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, June 25, urged the police to continue following his order against loiterers, including minors. “That is my order. And you continue to frisk people who are there doon sa daan,” Duterte said in a speech before newly-elected barangay chairmen of Northern Mindanao in Cagayan de Oro. According to Duterte, the President “can order, the mayor can order the barangay, issue regulations to protect public health, public safety, public order and to […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte clarified that he instructed policemen to enforce the law, and did not order the police to immediately arrest “tambays” or loiterers but just to accost them first and advise them to go home. In his speech during this year’s National Information and Communications Technology (NICT) Summit on Friday, June 22 in Davao City, President Duterte said he was aware that loitering was not a criminal offense. “I never […]
Ejercito wants guidelines for police operations vs loiterers By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senator Bam Aquino questioned what he said was the police’s flip-flopping statements about the cause of death of detainee Genesis Argoncillo. Aquino made the statement on Friday, June 22, the day Quezon City Police District director Joselito Esquivel said in a press conference that murder charges were slated to be filed against the two detainees who allegedly beat Argoncillo up while […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde on Wednesday, June 20, said his men will continue to intensify operations against loiterers unless a court orders a stop to it. An angry Albayalde issued the statement amid criticisms the intensified campaign could lead to a violation of the rights of some individuals. “Let’s stop telling, conditioning people that this is a violation of their rights..,” he said. According to Albayalde, there […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, June 19, lashed back at critics of his intensified campaign against loiterers. “Sabi ko ‘yung mga istambay paalisin ‘yan dyan para ang tao maglakad sa gabi…,” Duterte said in a speech at the 81st anniversary of the Government Service Insurance System in Pasay. Duterte in particular lashed out at human rights advocates, who he said should not order him around. He said when he was mayor of Davao, […]
(Eagle News) – Police are only arresting “tambays” or people loitering the streets who have violated local ordinances. This was according to National Capital Region Police Office Chief General Guillermo Eleazar. Among those arrested by the police were those found to be drinking along public roads or sidewalks, and those who violated the local curfew laws, including those found walking in public half-naked. He said that the PNP has been enforcing these ordinances and that […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the Philippine National Police to remove drug addicts and “tambay” wandering the country’s streets at night. The directive came on Wednesday, June 13, during the oath-taking ceremony of the newly promoted personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP), the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), and the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in Malacañang. During his speech, the President said that the […]
