It's your weekly compendium of foolishness and corruption in the Philippine government.
Authorities are eyeing a personal grudge and a connection to illegal drugs as possible motives in the killing of former professional basketball player Manuel "Maui" Huelar in Barangay Villamonte here on Thursday afternoon.
“It could be previous grudges considering that Maui Huelar after he was arrested, he became a whistleblower. He also named prominent personalities in the government, in the PNP linked to illegal drugs. Prominent personalities here in Bacolod. That could be one of the reasons,” said Bacolod City Police Office Spokesperson, Lt. Col. Ariel Pico.
The former chairman of Barangay 35 was arrested in a buy-bust operation by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in 2016. He was sent to prison after being found guilty of possession and selling illegal drugs, but Huelar entered a plea-bargaining and was released from prison in 2018.
A former MBA player and barangay chairman was busted for drugs and then turned whistleblower. Now he is dead. And the cops think the fact the he named names could be the reason. It probably is the reason.
An employee of the Makati City hall was detained on Tuesday for allegedly selling overpriced ethyl alcohol near a convenience store in Makati City, local police said Friday.
Makati police chief Col. Rogelio Simon identified the suspect as Chris John Nangit, 31, an employee at the Office of the Administrator of the Makati City government.
In an initial investigation, police officers of the Makati police station Intelligence Section were conducting anti-criminality operation along Jupiter Street near a convenience store at Barangay Bel-Air when they caught Nangit selling 34 pieces of 500 ML ethyl alcohol for P5,960, or around P176 per piece, which is more than double the regular market price.
A test buy was conducted to set up the entrapment.
Seized from Nangit were marked money worth P6,000 and 34 sealed bottles of ethyl alcohol.
An LGU official selling overpriced alcohol.
A battle over rolling stores is raging in San Juan City, as political opponents clashed over a mobile food service seen as crucial amid the coronavirus crisis.
Former senator Jinggoy Estrada has accused San Juan Mayor Francis Zamora of blocking a mobile market that sold goods at half the price - an initiative of his daughter Janella, who had lost to the incumbent mayor in the last elections.
Speaking to DZMM radio, Estrada, who earlier ranted online against the mayor, alleged that Zamora ordered Janella's "rolling store" to stop for lacking a permit. He condemned this as a political act.
(They are asking for a business permit. This is not a business. [This is for] charity.)
He claimed Zamora told San Juan market vendors to stop selling them goods for the mobile market.
Estrada said that while his camp could apply for a permit, he refused to do so, saying the initiative is an act of charity.
But Zamora, in a separate interview, called the Estradas' mobile market "illegal," and said a service that still charges money could not be considered charity.
He urged the Estradas to comply with the law by securing a permit from City Hall.
"Why don't they just follow the law? Are they above the law?... Dahil senador siya, dahil vice mayor dati anak niya ay exempted sila sa batas? (Because he was a former senator and his daughter is a former vice mayor, they are exempted from the law?)," he told DZMM radio.
The San Juan mayor said the Estradas' mobile market was competing with legitimate vendors at the Agora Market by selling the same products at half the price.
The daughter of former Senator Jinggoy Estrada, who is a former vice mayor, has a mobile store where she is selling goods for half price. The mayor says they need a permit. The Estrada's say its a charity not a business. The mayor questions what kind of thirty charges money. The political feud between these two families continues.
Two policemen are facing investigation after they allegedly sneaked into Bohol in violation of the no-sail policy being enforced by the province to stop COVID-19 transmission.
Col. Jonathan Cabal, Bohol provincial police chief, said the two policemen, both Tagbilaran City residents, arrived in Bohol from Argao town, Cebu province last April 18.
In Tagbilaran, the two policemen were required to go on quarantine in a facility at the village of Dao there.
One of the policemen, Cabal said, is with the Bohol provincial police force and the other was a member of the Philippine National Police-Police Security and Protection Group in Cebu City.
Two cops snuck into Bohol province on a boat.
The dismissal from service order of Police Major Ildefonso Miranda, former Argao police chief, was signed by Police Brigadier General Albert Ignatius Ferro, Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) director, on Monday, April 20, 2020.
Despite the hectic schedule in relation to the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), Ferro said the administration was also keeping track of the cases especially those committed by the police.
According to Ferro, the dismissal from service order of Miranda would serve as a warning to those policemen who were involved in any illegal activities or doing activities that might tarnish the name of the Philippine National Police (PNP).
In previous reports, Miranda was arrested last March 5, after he was caught housing female inmates in his own office.
When the dismissal order of Miranda will be official, he will no longer receive any benefits from the police organization.
If you remember this guy had female inmates sleeping in his office. Now he has been dismissed from the PNP. Will criminal charges be filed?
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Wednesday said it has issued show cause orders against 29 barangay chairpersons in Metro Manila for failure to properly enforce the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in their communities amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.
DILG Secretary Eduardo Año said the move comes after reports received by the department from concerned citizens on the non-observance of physical distancing and continuing instances of mass gatherings in their barangays.
“We have reached this point because some village chiefs are not keeping a tight watch on their areas. We cannot be complacent with Covid-19 especially that we still do not have a cure for this. Many have died including doctors and health workers. Everybody wants to return to the normal way of living. To be able to do this, everybody must exercise discipline -- every family, every local government unit, every barangay -- must comply with the ECQ," he said in a news release.
The barangays issued with a show cause order are Barangays 11, 12, 20, 154, 220, 350, and 212 in Manila; Barangay Bagong Silangan, 178, 12, 176, 37, and 129 in Caloocan; Barangay Pasong Putik, Pasong Tamo, San Bartolome, Batasan Hills, Payatas, Fairview, Novaliches Proper, and San Antonio in Quezon City; Barangay Don Bosco, Moonwalk, and Marcela Green in Parañaque; Barangay Pio Del Pilar and Bangkal in Makati; Barangay Almanza 2 in Las Piñas; Barangay Tonsuya in Malabon; and Barangay Alabang in Muntinlupa.
29 barangays not enforcing social distancing.
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Thursday said it will evaluate foreigners for temporary release or deportation to decongest its detention facility in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.
“Yes, they will be evaluated if qualified for temporary liberty and/or deportation,” BI spokesperson Dana Sandoval said in a Viber message.
She said the evaluation will begin next week, but so far, they have identified high-risk detainees.
“The evaluation will start next week. So far, we have three pregnant detainees (who are considered high risk). The recommendation on the rest of the inmates will be tackled next week," she added.
Currently, over 400 foreigners are staying at the BI's detention facility which has a capacity of 140 people
BI Commissioner Jaime Morente has ordered to decongest the facility after observing that overcrowding exposes both the inmates and their guards to the risk of getting infected with the virus.
Why not evaluate detainees on a regular basis so the jail does not become overcrowded? How hard is that? How hard is it to hurry up and deport unwanted foreigners? Why have them hang out in limbo for
sometimes years on end!?
A charge for murder has been filed against a policeman who shot dead his senior officer inside their barracks at Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City.
The complaint was filed by the family of victim Police Executive Master Sergeant Edwin San Joaquin against the suspect, 28-year-old Cpl. Bryan Jorkis Quinagoran on April 17, a day after the killing.
Initial investigations showed San Joaquin was having a conversation with a duty radio operator when the suspect suddenly appeared from barracks 1 and shot him twice. The victim managed to run towards barracks 2 but the suspect ran after him and gave another shot.
San Joaquin was rushed to Parañaque Doctors Hospital but was declared dead on arrival.
Cop shoots another cop dead. No motive known at this time.
Police personnel should be able to make “proper judgment calls” when confronted by challenging situations in enforcing quarantine laws.
Philippine National Police chief Gen. Archie Gamboa said he will make such reminders to his men following the death of a retired soldier who was shot dead by policemen manning a checkpoint in Quezon City Tuesday afternoon.
“For the comfort of the public, we will remind our troops to be very good in judging their courses of action when confronted with different situations in the field,” Gamboa told CNN Philippines’ The Source in an interview.
When asked about his reaction to the public’s concern of the possible danger posed by seemingly trigger-happy law enforcers, Gamboa said: “Of course we are taking two points of view, but appropriate reminders will be given to our troops to exercise proper judgment.”
Now why would the public be concerned about "trigger-happy law enforcers?" Where could they possibly get the idea that the PNP os trigger-happy and ready to shoot first, ask questions later? Must be black propaganda.
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