Retards in the Government 252

It's your weekly compendium of foolishness and corruption in the Philippine government.

  

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1170972

Law enforcers separately arrested a barangay councilor here and a Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) official in the Maguindanao town of Parang for shabu possession, authorities said Wednesday.

In a statement, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-BARMM) identified the arrested village councilor here as Ivann dela Fuente Ampang of Barangay Poblacion 7.

The PDEA raiding team, together with the military and National Bureau of Investigation–BARMM operatives, swooped down on Ampang’s residence at Datu Siang St. of the village around 8:40 p.m. following a buy-bust operation.

“A concerned citizen reported the illegal activities of Ampang that prompted PDEA-BARMM to launch an operation against him on Tuesday night,” PDEA-BARMM said in a statement.

Confiscated during the operation were six pieces of heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets containing 5 grams of shabu worth PPH34,000, the buy-bust money, and other pieces of evidence.

Meanwhile, Parang, Maguindanao police officers manning a checkpoint also arrested Tuesday afternoon Camidon Dima, 34, the SK treasurer of Barangay Libungan-Torreta, Pigcawayan, North Cotabato.

“Police implementing the election gun ban flagged down Dima for regular inspection but found the shabu items instead,” Lt. Col. Joseph D. Macatangay, Parang police chief, said in a report Wednesday.

A barangay councilor and a local SK treasurer have been busted for drugs.

https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/31/22/abra-town-vice-mayor-husband-turn-over-firearms

The two-day standoff at the compound of Pilar town, Abra vice-mayor Jaja Josefina Disono between police and armed men inside ended Wednesday afternoon.

Following negotiations through intermediaries, Disono’s camp turned over 14 small and long firearms to police for ballistics tests in connection with the chase and shootout between police and men in van allegedly belonging to Disono’s convoy on Tuesday morning.

Atty. Raymond Fortun, lawyer for Disono and her husband, told media that half of the guns belonged to the vice mayor and the other to her husband. 

Twelve men from the compound were also turned over to police Wednesday night and brought to the provincial headquarters.

One of Disono’s men, an escort identified as Sandee Boy Bermudo, was killed in the encounter after his van ran past a police checkpoint.

Police crime lab operatives inspecting the van recovered an assault rifle whose ownership was traced to Disono.

Abra provincial police director Col. Maly Cula said the checkpoint located meters from the municipal hall and police station stemmed from an intelligence report they received Tuesday that armed individuals were in the area.

Part of the police probe into the incident was a dash-cam video taken from the van, which showed the vehicle sideswiping a policeman pointing a gun at it, leading to the chase up to the Disono compound.

Cula said 2 vehicles had been rammed and one was hit by a bullet.

A two day standoff between the PNP and the Vice Mayor of Abra ensued after one of her security aides drove through a PNP checkpoint and opened fire. The police followed the vehicle to the Vice Mayor's house. The place say they will be filing charges against the Vice Mayor and others involved in the standoff.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1171104

A police officer assigned at the Police Regional Office (PRO)-4A (Calabarzon) is now facing administrative and criminal cases for acts due to his addiction to e-sabong (online cockfighting).

Based on the reports reaching Camp Crame on Thursday, the police officer was identified as Lt. John Kevin Menes, 24, assigned at PNP Drug Enforcement Group – Special Operations Unit – 4 (DEG– SOU4), PRO-4A, who is facing raps for estafa and illegal gambling.

Menes, a graduate of the PNP Academy, was first restricted at the headquarters of the PRO-4A in Laguna over the disappearance of some PHP500,000 in cash allocated to the DEG in Calabaron, which is being used as show money in buy-bust operations and other expenses of the local police anti-drug units.

However, Menes escaped on March 27 and left the camp using a car that he borrowed from his subordinate, Pat. Melvin Bojocan Barbo. Menes refused to return the car, triggering a search and recovery operation.

Two days later, authorities received a tip that Menes was spotted at an online betting station in Sta. Mesa, Manila. When the cops arrived at the scene, they found out that Menes was being held by the employees of the facility for his unpaid debts amounting to PHP15,000.

When asked about the vehicle, Menes told the police investigators that he left it in Tondo, Manila.

Police then proceeded to the area early Thursday and found the vehicle he borrowed from the rookie cop.

Further investigation showed that the suspect pawned the car to a certain Angel Robert Maximo for PHP170,000 with an interest of 1 percent per day.

“Knowing fully that the vehicle is owned by a Commissioned Officer and gaining his trust and confidence, he (Maximo) accepted the offer and paid Lt. Menes, the said amount, who in turn, delivered the mortgage vehicle to him,” read the report.

A cop has been arrested for crimes he committed because of his addiction to online cockfighting.