It's your weekly compendium of foolishness and corruption in the Philippine government.
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| https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/25/21/comelec-official-nabbed-for-alleged-lianhua-sale |
Authorities on Friday arrested an official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Caraga for allegedly selling Chinese medicines not registered with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Francisco Pobe, Comelec Regional Director for Caraga, was nabbed during an entrapment operation by the police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group's Surigao del Norte Field Unit, local police, and the FDA Caraga office.
Pobe was arrested for alleged violation of Republic Act 9711 or the Food and Drug Administration Act of 2009 for selling unregistered capsule Lianhua, which has gained popularity in the Philippines for supposed treatment of COVID-19.
Authorities confiscated 500 boxes of Lianhua capsule worth P100,000 from the suspect.
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| https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1492777/manila-cop-who-pulled-gun-on-curfew-breakers-now-under-custody-eleazar |
A Manila police officer accused of pulling a gun on a group of teenagers who broke quarantine curfew is now under custody, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Saturday.
In a statement, PNP chief Guillermo Eleazar identified the accused officer as Corporal Medel Biloan, assigned to the intelligence section of the Manila Police District (MPD) Station 2 in Moriones, Tondo.
Biloan was caught on closed-circuit television (CCTV) video threatening to strike four male teenagers — aged 18, 17, 14, and 12 — with his gun on Friday, according to a separate report from the MPD.
The MPD quoted Biloan as saying: “Pag hindi kayo pumasok pupukpukin ko kayo ng baril sa ulo at pag naabutan ko kayo dadamputin ko kayo.”
(If you don’t go back to your homes, I will hit you with my gun and I will arrest you.)
Another CCTV footage later showed Biloan, now in civilian clothes, drinking liquor outside his house on Friday, said Eleazar. The police officer was also not wearing a mask at the time.
“The fact that he himself was violating the protocol when he was caught drinking and not wearing a face mask along the street was not only a violation of the quarantine rules and police protocols but also put the entire police organization in bad light,” Eleazar said in a statement.
Eleazar said Biloan was disarmed and is currently under the custody of the MPD which is also conducting an investigation.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1154693 |
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar on Sunday directed the PNP Academy (PNPA) management to review its existing rules and regulations and academic policies following the death of a cadet allegedly punched by his upperclassman as punishment for violating rules.
“I have already directed the Director, PNPA Maj. Gen. Rhoderick Armamento, and Director, DHRDD (Directorate for Human Resources and Doctrine Development) Brig. Gen. Arthur Bisnar, to conduct the necessary review and adjustments on the existing rules, regulations and academic policies to further strengthen the moral foundation of our cadets in the PNPA,” Eleazar said in a statement.
Armamento earlier reported that Cadet 3rd Class George Carl Magsayo collapsed inside a dormitory room after he was repeatedly punched in the body by Cadet 2nd Class Steven Ceasar Maingat on September 23.
Magsayo was immediately brought to a nearby hospital but was pronounced dead by the attending physician.
He said similar incidents happened in the PNPA in the past and charges were filed against the violators of the Anti-Hazing Law.
“(There have been casualties before and many have been punished and kicked out of the PNPA for assaulting fellow cadets. So, it is unfortunate that this tragedy happened again because there are still few cadets who are stubborn and do not seem to understand the rules and law especially the Anti-Hazing Law),” he said.
A policeman serving as intelligence warrant officer was gunned down in Albay, the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported Monday.
PNP chief Guillermo Eleazar said the victim was identified as Police Staff Sergeant Allan Madelar assigned at the Guinobatan Municipal Police Station.
Eleazar said Madelar was gunned down on Saturday night by still unidentified suspects in Barangay Peñafrancia where he attended a birthday party.
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| https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1493765/town-councilor-shot-dead-in-zamboanga-del-norte |
A councilor of Liloy town, Zamboanga del Norte was shot to death in broad daylight along the town’s national highway on Monday, Sept. 27.
Liloy Police Chief Police Major Alexis Bahunsua said Ernesto Bihag Jr., 46, and resident of the town’s Causwagan village, was driving his white Toyota Fortuner on his way to Communal village when men aboard a maroon Toyota Innova overtook him along the highway and opened fire. As a result, his car skidded off the shoulder of the road and bumped into a mahogany tree.
The victim sustained gunshot wounds in different parts of his body and was rushed by the local rescue team to the nearest hospital, where he was declared dead by Dr. Geraldine Pamunag, the attending physician.
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| https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/27/21/pdea-enforces-freeze-order-on-properties-of-micp-drug-trade-suspects |
Authorities on Monday enforced the freeze order on properties of personalities linked to the smuggling of suspected shabu seized at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) a few years ago.
The properties of suspects Julie Hao Gamboa, and Ruben and Teresita Taguba are located in Barangays Lourdes and Sto. Domingo in Quezon City, and are estimated to cost at least P70 million, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said.
(We submitted these properties to the Court of Appeals for a freeze order. Ultimately, our objective is to freeze these properties so they can't enjoy the fruits of their drug trafficking activities and drug smuggling.)
The freeze order covers 173 bank accounts and credit accounts and insurance policies, to include 17 properties and five motor vehicles of the suspects, PDEA chief Wilkins Villanueva said.
On May 31, 2019, the PDEA filed a criminal complaint before the Department of Justice against Chinese national Xu Zhi Jian, alias Jacky Co, and 16 others for the alleged importation of P1.8 billion worth of shabu. The contraband was intercepted at the MICP.
Xu, tagged as the owner of the drug shipment, allegedly managed 70 bank accounts with no registered businesses and properties under his name, according to the AMLC. Gamboa, and father and son Ruben and Mark Taguba were tagged as cohorts.
Gamboa was also identified as Xu's co-accused in the smuggling of 276 kilograms of shabu at the MICP in 2018. The AMLC said it has found 81 bank accounts under Gamboa’s name which transacted millions of pesos.
Former Customs police officer Ruben Taguba and his son Mark were also found to have 21 properties and had hundreds of millions in bank transactions using 21 different accounts.
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| https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/29/21/grenade-thrown-at-deputy-speakers-house-no-explosion |
A grenade was thrown at the house of Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez in his district in Cagayan de Oro early Wednesday but did not explode.
Rodriguez said the grenade was thrown at 1:12 a.m.
"The grenade was lobbed in front of my residence. There were 2 motorcycle riding persons. The grenade did not explode," he told ABS-CBN News.
The congressman broke the news in a family statement he tweeted Wednesday morning, claiming it was an attack by unknown men.
"Lives were put at risk in the grenade attack at the ancestral residence of the Rodriguez family in Barangay Nazareth in Cagayan de Oro earlier today. We condemn in the strongest terms this act of violence perpetrated by unknown men," the statement read.
"The authorities are currently conducting the investigations and justice will be served against all those responsible for the crime."
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1155058 |
Unidentified gunmen riding in tandem on a motorbike ambushed Wednesday a vice mayoral aspirant for Maguindanao town while traveling along the national highway here.
Col. Jibin Bongcayao, Maguindanao police provincial director, said Sam Zailon Esmael, who was seated in the passenger seat of a silver Toyota pickup vehicle, escaped unhurt but one of his armed escorts was killed.
The escort who has yet to be identified was seated at the cargo bed section of the pickup truck died on the spot.
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| https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1494859/jail-guard-nabbed-in-drug-bust-in-leyte-town |
A provincial jail guard of a sub-provincial jail of Leyte was arrested in a drug bust in Barangay Jugaban, Carigara town, Leyte at 8:25 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 29.
Ricardito Javines did not resist arrest.
Recovered from his possession were shabu (methamphetamine) packs with an estimated street value of P34, 000.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1155172 |
It's pretty dumb to sack cops for the actions of criminals. Its basically an admission that the cops are protecting gamblers but without addressing the problem.Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar on Thursday reminded all police offices to intensify the campaign against illegal gambling activities in their respective areas.
This came after two station commanders and seven police community precinct chiefs of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) were relieved from their posts under the "one-strike policy" in addressing illegal gambling.
Eleazar warned that more police officers could be sacked from their posts if they fail to address this issue.
“(May this serve as a warning to all our police to intensify the fight against illegal gambling especially now that there is a pandemic. The sworn duty and mandate of every police officer includes the suppression of this illegal activity),” Eleazar said in a statement.
He added that it is the responsibility of every police officer to make sure that there is no illegal gambling of any kind in their area as it also becomes the main cause of other types of crimes.
Eleazar also issued a strong warning against those cops who “protect” those behind illegal gambling activities.
“(I will hold you accountable if you actually provide protection to these gambling lords. You will be charged and you may face dismissal from the service),” Eleazar said.
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