It's your weekly compendium of foolishness and corruption in the Philippine government.
A police officer and his nine-year-old niece landed in a medical facility after they were shot several times outside their house located along Cabreros Street in Barangay Basak San Nicolas around 9 p.m. on Thursday, December 26.
Police Staff Sergeant Nelson Esolana, desk officer of Mambaling Police Station, identified the police officer as Patrolman Percival Eborlas who is currently assigned in Bayawan City, Negros Oriental.
Witness accounts said that a gray van was seen passing by the area.
It stopped a few meters from the house where Eborlas was staying.
A man came out of the fire and then fired several times at Eborlas who was with his niece when the shooting incident happened.
Could be drug related. A search for this man's name brings up an article discussing his, or a man with his same name, alleged involvement in the drug trade by receiving payola and letting suspected go free.
18 Cops Linked To Drug Payola.
“We’re not bothered by it,” Panelo said. “First, that’s their process. We cannot intrude in the same way we react when they intrude in our process. Number two, the very provision says there should be credible information before they ban any official in the Philippines.”
The Palace official expressed confidence that the US government would not be able to establish “credible information” in the alleged “wrongful” detention of De Lima as he insisted that the senator’s imprisonment went through the proper judicial process.
It turns out this was a lie. Of course the Palace is deeply bothered by it as seen in their threat to impose visas on American tourists and in banning the two US Senators behind this law.
“The President is immediately ordering the Bureau of Immigration to deny US Senators Dick Durbin and Patrick Leahy, the imperious, uninformed and gullible American legislators who introduced the subject provision in the US 2020 Budget, entry to the Philippines,” presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a Palace briefing Friday.
“Should a ban from entry into US territory be enforced against Philippine officials involved in – or by reason of – Senator de Lima’s lawful imprisonment, this government will require all Americans intending to come to the Philippines to apply and secure a visa before they can enter Philippine territory,” presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a Palace briefing.
"Should" is very important. No one has been banned entry in to US territory yet. There is the potential for this to happen but it hasn't actually happened yet. Funny that Duterte has banned the two Senators from entry into the Philippines and not all the legislators for voting for the bill and Trump for signing it into law.
“We have dismissed almost ninety personnel, almost two policemen dismissed everyday, and continuing ito (and we are continuing this),” Gamboa told reporters after firecracker inspection at Bocaue, Bulacan on Saturday.
It's good they are dismissing corrupt cops but it's not good that there are so many corrupt cops who need dismissing! And what about criminal charges? Will these cops face time in prison?
The Philippine Army's 9th Infantry Division has admitted that its line unit manipulated a picture supposedly depicting the surrender of New People's Army rebels in Masbate recently.
Major Ricky Aguilar, the spokesperson of the 9th ID, said there was no intention to mislead; only to protect the identities of the "former rebels."
"We admit to have committed a mistake though by manipulating the picture for the sole purpose of ensuring the safety of the lives of the FRs and their families. We apologize for the honest mistake. We are hoping for your kind understanding," he added.
Research by GMA News indicated that there were similar photographs of supposed rebel returnees that the military released as early as 2017.
The Army lied to the public by manipulating a photo. They added a group
of alleged rebel surrenderes to a picture of rifles sitting on a table. What else have they been lying about? How many more photos and press releases are fake?
The Sandiganbayan Sixth Division has found former Labason, Zamboanga del Norte, Mayor Wilfredo Balais and incumbent Vice Mayor Virgilio Go guilty of graft in connection with the anomalous purchase of a secondhand vehicle in 2011.
Both were sentenced to up to 12 years in prison aside from being perpetually disqualified from public office. The case stemmed from the municipality’s procurement, through Go, of a secondhand Nissan Patrol from Eduardo Ayunting of Oro Cars Display Center for P960,000.
However, there was no proper public bidding and the prosecution said the vehicle was previously sold to Balais through Ayunting for only P500,000.Both Go and Balais told the court they had actually conducted a public bidding but prosecutors were able to present evidence that the process was rife with irregularities.
Guilty of graft and facing up to 12 year sin prison because of an anomalous purchase of a used car. They did not go tutor get proper public bidding process. Imagine ending your political career and going to prison over a used car!
The commander of the police community precinct in Barangay Turo here was relieved for abandoning her post on Friday.
Col. Emma Libunao, acting Bulacan police director, relieved Capt. Norheda Usman, 3rd platoon leader of the 1st Provincial Mobile Force Company, who allegedly attended a Christmas party.
Aside from Usman, four other members of her platoon were relieved by Libunao.
They were Master Sgt. Siegfried Dizon, Staff Sgt. Benjamin Villasis Jr., Patrolman Ronald Manzanade Jr., and Patrolwoman Imee Sheryl Florentino.
"Aside from abandoning her post, Usman has not yet replaced the police directory in front of their office with Gen. Oscar Albayalde still listed as the PNP chief," Libunao added.
Looks like female PNP officers are not any better than the men.
President Rodrigo Duterte said he will leave the Philippine National Police (PNP) to the Interior Secretary.
In a speech delivered in Cotabato Monday, Duterte said that this is because Manila police officers cannot compare to those in the provinces.
[Translation: The police in the provinces are good, but the ones in Manila? That's why I didn't appoint a PNP (Chief).]
Instead, Duterte said that he would leave the organization in the hands of Interior Secretary Eduardo Año.
[Translation: I told General Año to handle it. You fix the police so when we make an exit two years from now, Filipinos don't have that big of a problem.]
If the police in the provinces are good why not point someone from there? The problems plaguing the PNP are way too big to be fixed in two years. In fact they have been fixing the same problems with the same solutions for years! Read all about it here. Also the DILG Secretary already has enough on his hands without being de facto PNP Chief.
Three months before the expiration of ABS-CBN's franchise, President Rodrigo Duterte Monday said the television network should just be sold as he vowed to give its owners an episode they won't forget.
Duterte, who has accused ABS-CBN of biased reporting and of "swindling" him for not airing his campaign commercial, said there is no assurance that the network's franchise would be renewed. The Lopez-owned network's franchise is set to expire on March 30, 2020.
"Your contract is about to expire. You will try to renew it but I don't know what will happen to that," the president said during his visit to earthquake victims in M'lang, North Cotabato.
"Kung ako sa inyo ipagbili niyo na 'yan. Kasi ang mga Filipino ngayon lang makaganti sa inyong kalokohan (If I were you, I would sell it. It's only now that Filipinos would be able to get back at your wrongdoings). And I will make sure that you will remember this episode of our times forever," he added.
Duterte also accused broadsheet Philippine Daily Inquirer of being a "mouthpiece" of oligarchs.
"You son of a b****, Inquirer, everyone. You are silent. Because you are the mouthpiece of oligarchs in the Philippines. You son of a b**** Inquirer, you are on the take," the president said.
"You are no better than a prostitute. You sell your talent to the rich. Against the poor. Yan. That's why I have always been angry with the rich," he added.
Duterte claimed owners of the broadsheet have used their influence to evade taxes.
"They did not pay taxes, just like donut, just like Inquirer," the president said, apparently referring to the Prietos, the family that owns the broadsheet and the
exclusive Philippine franchisee of Dunkin' Donuts.
More ranting from Duterte about ABS-CBN. If Inquirer did not pay taxes then why did the BIR not go after them? The fault goes both ways in that matter.
A village councilor, who had surrendered himself as a drug suspect, was shot dead by still unidentified assailants aboard a pickup on Monday (Dec. 30).
The Eastern Visayas police reported that Sony Buranday, 54, councilor of Calsadahay village, Burauen town, Leyte province, was ambushed while driving his motorcycle past 1 a.m. at the village of Rizal, La Paz town, also in Leyte.
Buranday died on the spot from multiple gunshot wounds.
Buranday was among those who had surrendered themselves to authorities in the early days of the anti-drug campaign of the Duterte administration.
The man was on a list and now he is dead.
A barangay chairman in Polomolok, South Cotabato was shot dead on New Year’s Eve at the town’s public market.
Abdullah Nilong II, chair of Barangay Lapu of Polomolok town, had just emerged from a drug store and was walking along Miranda Street at the town’s public market when a man wearing a full-face motorcycle helmet shot him in the head and body at past 1 p.m. Tuesday, according to Lt. Colonel Lino Capellan, spokesman of the Region 12 police.
Police said after shooting, the gunman walked away and boarded a motorcycle being driven by his cohort.
Motorcycle assassins strike again!
Renewing his threat to kill government officials and men in uniform involved in the drug trade, Duterte said he saw no ofher way to deal with the rogue officials and officers than kill them.
“I am warning you again… be it the police, the mayors or village officials: You will die. If you engage in drugs, there is no other way to deal with you except to kill you,” the President said.
“I would also like to kill those recruiters responsible for the agony of Filipinos in Arab countries,” he said. “Not all, but there are Arab countries that still practice slavery.”
Will illegal OFW recruiters now be killed by motorcycle assassins?
A 50-year-old policeman was taken under police custody after he allegedly shot two people in Cavite during the New Year celebration.
A police report on Wednesday identified the suspect as Staff Sergeant Rolando Luzana, who is assigned at Camp Crame Crime Laboratory Office.
Police reported that Luzana had a heated argument with victims Mark Jason Rael, 22, and Jedrick de Guzman, 18, along Barangay Pag-asa 2, Imus City on Tuesday at 10:30 p.m.
At he height of the altercation, Luzana reportedly drew his firearm and shot Rael and De Guzman.
Cop gets in argument with two people and shoots them both. At least no one died.
A 39-year-old lawyer of the Commission on Audit was arrested on New Year’s Day (Wednesday, January 1) after he allegedly shot at police officers who accosted him for illegal gun discharge in Nueva Vizcaya town of Solano.
Alvin Endrinal was reportedly drunk when he began firing his cal. 40 pistol outside his home at the Salgado Apartment in Purok Ilang-ilang, Barangay (village) Quirino at 2:30 a.m., according to Police Major Ferdinand Laudencia, Solano police chief.
Frightened neighbors called the police. But responding policemen took cover when Endrinal started shooting at them after they tried to pacify him.
A lawyer with the COA fires his gun in celebration of the New Year and then shoots at the cops who come to take him in. At least no one died.
The increase in salaries of government workers will push through as scheduled this month despite the delay in the signing into law of the P4.1-trillion 2020 national budget.
Acting Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado told the Inquirer that the implementation of the Salary Standardization Law (SSL) 5 would be effective January.
President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to sign this year’s budget before Jan. 6.
SSL 5 (for civilian government employees) is also awaiting Mr. Duterte’s signature.
While the 2020 budget was yet to be signed by the President, Avisado said he had already issued guidelines for the advances to pay for personnel services as well as maintenance and other operating expenses at the start of the year.
As for the programmed expenditures for capital outlay and regular programs, the funds will be released “after completion of publication following the signature of the President of the 2020 GAA [General Appropriations Act],” Avisado said.
Last month, Sen. Sonny Angara, who chairs the Senate finance committee, said SSL 5 would cover yearly increases in government personnel salaries starting this year until 2023.
No budget yet but already prepping for salary increases. Why didn't Duterte sign the budget into law as soon as it came across his table? Why the delay?
Asked if the President has substantive evidence in filing the case, Panelo said, “the very evidence is the contract itself.”
“Sinasabi niya it mirrors the provisions of the Anti-Graft. Lahat ng mga ginawa nila labag sa Anti-Graft (He [Duterte] is saying it [water deals] mirrors the provisions of the Anti-Graft Law. All they did was against the Anti-Graft law,” Panelo said.
Duterte keeps giving grief to "oligarchs" and "billionaires" but what about officials of the Philippine government who crafted the contract? What about Fidel Ramos who signed it and Arroyo who extended the contract? Will he be filing cases against them as well?
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