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(Eagle News) — The five people charged following the drug overdose of five others at a rave in Pasay in 2016 were found guilty of illegal drug possession on Friday. Paranaque Regional Trial Court Branch 259 Judge Danilo Suarez sentenced Seergeoh Villanueva and Marc Deen to life imprisonment, while Ericka Valbuena, Tomas Lee Martin Halili, Martin Angelo Dimacali, were sentenced to jail time of 20 years. Deen and Villanueva were also each ordered to pay a […]
If abuses are committed, they “cannot claim immunity from having to account for them,” Poe says (Eagle News) — Three senators hailed Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre’s resignation, with one saying it only proves no one is safe in President Rodrigo Duterte’s official family. “Pwede kang ma-endo anytime by the President…Whether the exit was graceful or unceremonious, one thing is also certain — the actions undertaken by the resigned official while in office can be assessed […]
But PNP says that while it “respects” SC order, it will “take” OSG’s “legal recommendation” on the matter (Eagle News) — The Palace on Wednesday said the government has “no other alternative except to comply” with the Supreme Court order to submit reports on the administration’s drug war. But Philippine National Police spokesperson Chief Supt. John Bulalacao said that while the PNP respected the SC order to submit the documents within 15 days upon notice, […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Seven people and over 800 others were arrested in the anti-drug operations conducted by the Philippine National Police during the recent four-day break. The information was announced by Philippine National Police Chief Dir. General Ronaldo “Bato” dela Rosa in a press briefing on Monday, April 2. According to reports, four of the seven people killed were from Region 3, and one each from Region 4-A, Region 12, and the Autonomous […]
Around P5 million worth of shabu seized (Eagle News) — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency have arrested three individuals in a buy-bust operation in a Pasay mall parking lot on Tuesday. Also seized from Aladin Amiril Salilagia, and husband-and-wife Abner and Malina Nano in the operation held at 11:30 a.m. was P5 million worth of shabu. The three–who were the subjects of a surveillance weeks before–are alleged members of the Ameril drug group that operates in […]
(Eagle News) – It turns out Philippine National Police chief Director General Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa is also a crooner. Dela Rosa belted out his rendition of the Visayan love song, “Usahay” with all gusto during his guesting on Monday, March 26, at the NET25 program, “Piskante ng Bayan,” hosted by Leo Obligar and his son, Jimmy. “General Bato is not just a champion in fighting crimes and illegal drug syndicates, he is also a […]
(Eagle News)–A security guard was killed while three others were injured when unidentified gunmen shot at a car going out of a bar owned by suspected drug personality Peter Lim in Cebu before dawn on Saturday. The lone fatality in the 1 a.m. attack reportedly aimed at Lim’s brother, Wellington, outside Infinity KTV and Music Lounge on Archbishop Reyes Ave. in Barangay Kamputhaw was security guard William Bocay. Another guard, George Lambatan; and two German nationals […]
P50 million worth of suspected shabu seized (Eagle News) — Authorities on Friday nabbed three individuals in a buy-bust operation in Muntinlupa, and seized P50 million worth of suspected shabu from them. Arrested during the noon-time operation in Parking 5 of the Alabang Town Center in Ayala Alabang were Norodian Guimadel Samplidan, 28; Lady Jane Flores Borja, 24; and Regina Inocencia San Miguel, 40. An initial police report said seized from the suspects were five […]
(Eagle News) — I will not resign. Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre had this to say on Tuesday, in response to calls he step down following the dismissal of drug charges against Kerwin Espinosa and others by his agency’s National Prosecution Office. “There’s no reason why I should resign because wala akong kasalanan..Hindi mo naman masasabing nalusutan (ako) kasi di pa nakakarating (sa opisina ko),” he said. He said at the time news about the matter […]
(Eagle News) — Labing isang kabataan ang nasakote ng mga mga pulis matapos mahuling gumagamit ng marijuana sa Maynila, Huwebes ng gabi. Walo sa mga nahuli ay mga menor de edad pa, habang ang tatlo naman dito ay nasa hustong gulang na. Ayon sa ulat, nakita ng mga awtoridad sa CCTV ang kumpol-kumpol na mga kabataan sa isang footbridge sa Lacson Ave. sa panulukan ng Sampaloc, sakop ng Barangay 435, Zone 44. Nang puntahan umano […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Two senators on Tuesday said the Department of Justice’s dismissal of drug charges against Kerwin Espinosa, Peter Lim and others was a blow to the government’s war on drugs. In a statement, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said Lim had been identified by no less than President Rodrigo Duterte as a “big fish” in the drug industry. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian for his part said Espinosa himself confessed to […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Authorities arrested on Wednesday night a Philippine Army official who allegedly moonlights as a drug pusher. Apart from 2nd Lt. Hamel Abubakar Samsuddin of the 9th Infantry Division’s 83rd Infantry Battalion, arrested in the buy-bust operation launched by members of the Quezon City Police District were his live-in partner, Aslimah Aliba, and one Mohair Masicuin. According to QCPD director Chief Supt. Guillermo Eleazar, the operation in Mapayapa Village, Barangay […]
