It's your weekly compendium of foolishness and corruption and murder in Philippine politics.
In an interview with ABS-CBN News Channel, Faeldon confirmed that his son, who introduced himself as Nicanor Faeldon Jr., was arrested as police served a search warrant against another drug suspect in a house in Naga City.
“What I can assure everybody is that if my son is involved in any way, kahit na user, I will resign immediately and hunt him down. Ako na ang magpaparusa diyan. I will kill that idiot kung involved siya. That’s my assurance to the public. I don’t tolerate such [act],” he said.
In a statement issued by Faeldon’s camp also on Friday, the BuCor chief and once former head of the Bureau of Customs likewise said: “In any event, if the police investigation will show that my son, Nicanor Jr. is indeed, a drug pusher and therefore a menace to society, then there will be no need to prosecute or to jail him. I will personally obliterate him from the face of the earth.”
Funny and slightly ironic seeing as Faeldon, as head of the BOC, was implicated in allowing 6.5 billion pesos of shabu to be smuggled into the country. Of course he was cleared of all suspicion and charges but he was also detained by the Senate for not cooperating in their probe. If his son is involved in drugs it will only fuel more suspicions about Faeldon's role in the shabu debacle.
The chiefs of the Rizal and Cainta police have been relieved from their posts along with 18 others in connection with an alleged shootout that left two persons dead including a lawyer’s security aide.
“It’s an administrative relief pending investigation of the incident in Cainta,” Carranza told The STAR in a text message.
The order stemmed from the killing of Richard Santillan and Gessmayn Casing in Barangay San Andres on Monday night.
Santillan, a security aide of lawyer Glenn Chong, reportedly ignored a police checkpoint, triggering a running gunbattle.
Crazy story and there are some who will think the real target was Atty. Chong who has "exposed" election anomalies. Chong has also said he will be filing charges against the PNP which goes to show how stupid and ineffective the Philippines justice system is. No private person should ever be allowed to file charges. That should be left up to the DOJ.
A policewoman was arrested in an entrapment operation on Friday for allegedly attempting to extort from a woman a Louis Vuitton bag worth P34,000, a wristwatch worth P2,999, and P50,000 cash from a woman in exchange for evading another police operation.
SPO1 May Ann Malcontento was arrested by elements of the Counter-Intelligence Task Force (CITF) in coordination with CIDG chief Amador Corpus in a convenience store in front of Camp Crame in Quezon City.
Clearly Miss Malcontento was not content with the pay raise that was supposed to stop these kinds of criminal activities from happening.
Bacolod City Councilor Ricardo “Cano” Tan and his wife, Nita, survived an ambush at Purok Tagaytay, Barangay Alangilan, Bacolod City about 5 p.m. Friday.
The Tans, who own the Campuestohan Highland Resort in Talisay City, were on board their Nissan Patrol SUV and were on their way home to Bacolod City when three unidentified suspects aboard a small white wagon-type vehicle fired on their SUV.
Senior Inspector John Christopher Masangkay, Police Station 5 chief, said the couple did not suffer bullet wounds but the councilor had slight injuries caused by broken glass, he said.
Maybe it was NPA rebels who were after taxes so they don't destroy his theme park. Maybe it was a political rival. Maybe they will strike again. Maybe the Inquirer can do a better job at editing. That last paragraph is awful and the period should be after "glass" with the extra "he said" deleted.
It's funny because Marcos was dictator during the 70s!
More policemen and soldiers would be deployed to 29 towns and cities in Central Visayas, which have been declared election hotspots because they had a history of election violence
Local politicians keep getting ambushed. More troops and cops doesn't seem to be working.
Councilor Benjamin “Junjun” Oculto had just come out of the Jesus Christ Church and was crossing the road when gunmen jumped out of a parked vehicle and shot him.
The assailants then engaged responding policemen in a gunfight. One suspect identified as Junjun Vidal was arrested.
Another assassinated local politician!
The Sandiganbayan has meted out a lifetime ban from public office on a resigned Lanao del Sur judge for ordering the release of a detainee without a lawful order.
The judge was accused of “exerting undue influence” on the Marawi City jail warden to turn over to him Menor Saud on the sole basis of a handwritten acknowledgment receipt on Sept. 19, 2007.
Saud was detained for illegal possession of a .357 revolver and had a pending arrest warrant for car theft. His release from jail enabled him to escape.
The Sandiganbayan rejected Pacalna’s reasoning that he merely heeded Saud’s call for assistance because the arresting officers did not bring him to the hospital for fear of being indicted for police brutality.
While the judge did not follow proper procedure it seems he was only rescuing the guy from the cops who apparently beat him up. This also happened 11 years ago.
A police officer who has been absent without leave for three years was shot dead Sunday afternoon at Barangay Paang Bundok in Quezon City.
AWOL for three years!? What is the reason they did not go after him in all that time? Likely this assassination is drug related.
Ocampos was accused of entering into a build-operate-transfer (BOT) agreement with Akhavan for the Misamis Occidental Aquamarine Park (MOAP), despite the businessman not being licensed or qualified to do business in the country.
Aside from Akhavan’s failure to meet the BOT law’s requirements, Ocampos was deemed to have given him unwarranted benefits because no public bidding was held.
“The project was immediately awarded to the Mr. Akhavan [sic] without delay and without any rival proponents, when it was not qualified to participate in the first place,” read the court’s decision.
These graft cases happen all the time and are always blatantly illegal. What are these guys even thinking? What was the point of this scam anyway?
Authorities have arrested a couple suspected of supplying firearms to the Maute terrorist group and seized P1.2 million worth of guns in their possession, according to a report of GMA's "Balitanghali."
In the report, PNP chief Director General Oscar Albayalde said Edgardo and Rosemarie Medel of Landville Subdivision of Barangay Pambuan, Gapan, Nueva Ecija will be facing gunrunning charges after they were caught Sunday night in possession of two assault rifles, a handgun and 12,893 rounds of live ammunition for M-60 light machine gun and M-16 assault rifle.
Prior to the arrest of the Medel couple, they received P1.2 million worth of marked money from two undercover female operatives who posed as buyers of weapons and ammunition purportedly for the forthcoming elections next year.
According to a Balitanghali report on Monday, the suspects were found to have several clients from the Armed Forces of the Philippines. The boxes storing the weapons were also emblazoned with the logo of the Armed Forces and the Philippine Army.
“I just cannot imagine the death and destruction that will result should these war materials fall into the hands of the New People’s Army, Abu Sayyaf Group, and terror groups. Part of the continuing investigation will be to determine the source of these weapons and ammunition, and to possibly identify other persons involved in coordination with the Armed Forces of the Philippines,” Albayalde said.
This is a very interesting story and confirms previous reports that much of the ammo and weapon being used by terrorists originates with the AFP. The facts of this story deserve the closest scrutiny and it should end with a Senate investigation of the AFP. Too bad it will probably get buried in all the noise. Miss Philippines (who is actually an Australian!) was just crowned Miss Universe after all.
Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri file Senate Resolution 976 within hours of 24-year-old Gray winning the competition in Bangkok, Thailand.
"Whereas, for winning the Miss Universe title, Catriona Elisa Magnayon Gray has brought great pride, honor and glory to the country and the Filipino people, worthy of praise and commendation of this august Chamber," the resolution read.
The Senate moves fast when it comes to matters that are trivial. Still no Marawi siege investigation. How was Zubiri able to file this when Congress has adjourned for the holidays? Once the Senate resumes session next year they will have a lot on their plate. Especially the budget which is still being disputed.
The House and the Senate will have to take a fine-tooth comb over this budget if they want to pull the pork. Will they really do it?
State-owned China International Telecommunications and Construction Corp. won the contract for the installation of a vast network of security cameras under the first phase of the project titled Safe Philippines.
It is a joint project between the government and the People’s Republic of China that Año said aims to improve public safety, evidence collection and incident prevention during disasters, as well as improve emergency response.
Aside from the security concerns and the fact that this is a deal with a company owned by the Chinese government shouldn't the Philippines look to domestic firms first? Wasn't Duterte's promise to bring more jobs? Giving contracts to China doesn't bring jobs to Filipinos.
They are lucky to be alive unless the assassins seek to try again.
Former Interior Secretary Manuel “Mar” Roxas II ordered the ambush of former police general and now Daanbantayan, Cebu, Mayor Vicente Loot, President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday in a speech in Davao City.
Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the statement was “obviously” a joke.
“Si Loot kaduha daw ma-ambush di mamatay-patay. Dili ako’y nagpa-ambush adto ha, si Roxas. Katong ordera to kang Roxas ba to, di to ako,” Duterte said in Visayan during the Barangay Summit on Good Governance in Region 11.
(Loot was ambushed twice but could not be killed. I did not order the ambush. It was Roxas. Roxas ordered his ambush, not me.)
After talking about the ambush of Loot, Duterte abruptly mentioned former Deputy Director General Marcelo Garbo Jr., a former police aide of Roxas.
“Because he (Roxas) was told… ‘Your Garbo, your senior police aide is involved in drugs’. That’s was why Roxas was irked. He said, ‘Patayin na lang ninyo para hindi tayo mapahiya’,” he added.
Yeah so obviously a joke. Accusing Mar Roxas of ordering someone assassination is a real gut buster. I bet Roxas was laughing so hard when he heard it. President Joker.
Of course they would approve a man who is out on bail for a non-bailable offence to travel abroad.
Malacañang has ordered Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno not to attend the investigation by the House of Representatives on alleged “pork” insertions in the 2019 national budget and anomalies involving a government-favored contractor.
This is the most transparent administration in recent memory. So transparent you can see the corruption shining through!
Gabuya was Deputy Chief of Police for Operations of the Guihulngan City Police Office.
Another riding-in-tandem murder which will likely go unsolved.
The Commission on Audit has ordered the return of P71.612 million in excess allowances and benefits given by the officials of the Social Security System to its officers and employees in the National Capital Region for calendar year 2010.
This happened eight years ago. How does the COA expect all this money to be returned?
The Sandiganbayan convicted former Mayor Teofilo Pantaleon Jr. of Castillejos town in Zambales for misusing public funds intended for the Sangguniang Bayan (SB) office’s construction and renovation on October 1997.
Convicted of misusing funds. Charged in 1997! Only took 21 years to get a conviction.
“I will purge the judiciary of misfits and scalawags and enforce the rules of discipline,” he declared.
He pointed out that in the provinces, “there is a very strong perception that justice is only for the strong, the influential and the wealthy.”
“Those judges and employees in the provinces who have contributed to this wrong perception about the Judiciary will have to go,” stressed.
We have heard this rhetoric time and again. "Purge the organisation of scallywags." And every time the scallywags remain. Good of hm to admit the Philippine justice system is not all it's cracked up to be.
The Road Board is tasked by law to identify and propose allocations for road projects to be funded by proceeds from the Motor Vehicle Users' Charge—the tax paid whenever their cars are registered with the Land Transportation Office.
“Naging personal kitty na yan ng mga officials. Walang accountability,” Gatchalian added.
President Rodrigo Duterte will sign the bill abolishing the corruption-ridden Road Board that the Senate and the House of Representatives approved even if the lower chamber later moved to rescind it, Malacañang said on Tuesday.
“Yes, that has been the position … [It will be signed by the President] as soon as it is given to him,” presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo told reporters on Tuesday.
The Road Board controls proceeds of the road user’s tax, known as the motor vehicle user’s charge (MVUC), which motorists pay yearly for the registration of their vehicles.
Defying the House, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said he would transmit to Malacañang a copy of the bill abolishing the Road Board even without the signature of Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
“As far as we are concerned, [the Road Board] is abolished,” Sotto said on Tuesday, referring to the controversial bill.
In September, the Senate, hoping to dispense with bicameral discussions, passed and adopted the House version of a bill that was approved under former Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez.
The bill dissolves the Road Board on grounds of huge irregularities in the use of MVUC and reverts proceeds of the P45-billion fund to the treasury.
An agency with billions of pesos and no oversight which many Congressman are attempting to dip their hands into? Sounds like a recipe for corruption. Sounds like Pinoy Politics 101. Will Duterte actually abolish the Road Board? If the bill was approved in the House in September then why hasn't the Senate voted on it and passed it to Duterte? This bill will place all the money from the Road Board in the treasury but that is very non-specific and knowing how Pinoy Politics works corruption will still remain firmly entrenched when it comes to the budget.
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