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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte believes some parties are out to “sabotage” the government’s war on drugs, which some say was used as pretext to claim the lives of three boys, including Carl Angelo Arnaiz, whom the President described as his relative. “Silipin mong mabuti kasi may (nananabotahe). Sinasadya talaga iyan..Bantay ka riyan, may nagluluto diyan to discredit (the government),” he told Philippine National Police Chief Roland dela Rosa, who was with him when […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Senate is willing to give former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon ample time and opportunity to explain himself, as the plan to arrest him on Friday over his failure to appear in Senate hearings did not push through. Senate Blue Ribbon Committee Chairman Richard Gordon said that he does not want to embarrass Faeldon by arresting him but stressed that the former Customs chief must explain why the P6.4-billion […]
(Eagle News) — No Filipino was injured or killed in the 8.1-magnitude earthquake that struck Mexico on Thursday. Vice Consul Mikhal de Dios of the Philippine Embassy in Mexico said that in the whole of Mexico City, there were 700 Filipinos, but most of them lived west and north of the city, not in the south, where the quake took place. “(Pero) malakas ang lindol dahil umabot dito sa Mexico City kahit 1000 kilometers ang […]
(Eagle News) — Fourteen-year-old Reynaldo de Guzman had been dead for 12 hours when he was found in Gapan, Nueva Ecija on Wednesday. Public Attorneys Office Forensic Lab Director Erwin Erfe said it also appears De Guzman was already dead when he was stabbed over 20 times. “Wala kaming nakitang tama ng baril kay Kulot,” he added, referring to the boy’s nickname. As for De Guzman’s friend, Carl Angelo Arnaiz, Erfe said based on their […]
(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 […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The Senate has issued an arrest order against former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon over his repeated refusal to attend Senate blue ribbon committee hearings into corruption in the Bureau of Customs, and into the P6.4-billion drug shipment that slipped through the bureau via express lanes. Senate Sergeant at Arms Retired General Jose Balajadia confirmed they received the order around 6:30 p.m. yesterday. But Senate blue ribbon committee chair Richard […]
(Eagle News) — They’re pure baloney, wild propaganda. This was how the lawyer of Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte described Senator Antonio Trillanes’ allegations against his client. According to Rainier Madrid, who is also the vice mayor’s spokesperson, Trillanes’ claims the younger Duterte was a member of a triad, and was involved in illegal activities with corrupt Customs officials and employees, were only meant to “create perceptions in the minds of people.” For this, Madrid […]
(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella on Thursday expressed “profound dismay” over the death of 14-year-old Reynaldo de Guzman, as he admitted the “whole nation was in the process of rethinking how we do things” as a result. “It is with profound dismay that we regard (De Guzman’s) disturbing death..,” he said during a news briefing. According to Abella, the National Bureau of Investigation has “already been ordered to conduct a thorough investigation and case […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte admitted that there may have been mistakes committed during his administration’s war against drugs but he said that he cannot allow illegal drugs to continue. “I have mistakes. Faults many. But itong droga will stay. I would like to tell you, that if I do not act decisively, sans ‘yung ano nila na the attacks about extrajudicial killing, of course, we do not like it,” President […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre on Thursday ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to locate the taxi driver who was supposedly robbed by Carl Angelo Arnaiz on the day he was killed by alleged pursuing police. Aguirre gave the order to locate Tomas Bagcal, who had said that Arnaiz had held him at gunpoint and then had taken his wallet on Aug. 18. In one version of his affidavit, Bagcal said Arnaiz declared […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate blue ribbon committee cited former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon in contempt after he failed to show up in Thursday’s hearing into corruption in the Bureau of Customs. “Make sure that he shares information and that he is brought here on Monday,” committee chair Senator Richard Gordon said. Earlier, Gordon urged the committee to take action on Faeldon, noting some of his “contentious remarks” in justifying his absence in the hearing. […]
(Eagle News) — “No way.” This was what Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte retorted when Senator Antonio Trillanes insisted that a photograph of the presidential son’s supposed “dragon tattoo” be taken. Trillanes had said he wanted a picture of the supposed tattoo on the presidential son’s back so this could be sent to the United States Drug Enforcement Agency and could be “decoded.” “We can ask the sergeant at arms to accompany you. Bigay natin […]
