Coronavirus Lockdown: Fake Vaccination Cards, Vax For Sale, and More!

More news about how the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines is being handled by the public and the government.

Despite the continuing lockdowns and threats from the president to arrest those who do not get vaccinated it would appear that the Philippines is practically in the clear when it comes to the virus.

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2021/07/01/2109487/philippines-now-low-risk-area-covid-19-doh

The Philippines is now a “low-risk” area after the growth rate of the virus and the average daily attack rate declined, the Department of Health said Thursday.

Dr. Alethea De Guzman, the officer in charge of the DOH Epidemiology Bureau, said the country recorded a -9% growth rate in cases over the last two weeks.

Meanwhile, the average daily attack rate (ADAR) was at 5.42, lower than the 5.96 reported three to four weeks ago. ADAR is the number of cases in an area over a two-week period, divided by the population there.

“The risk classification nationally is already at low risk,” De Guzman said.

But instead of ending all the nonsense the government will likely say this is a reason to continue it. 

The Bayanihan 2 funds have now lapsed leaving many programs unfunded.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1453777/bayanihan-2-lapses-leaving-many-covid-programs-unfunded

The Bayanihan 2 law lapsed on Wednesday with P18.4 billion in allocations remaining unspent, leaving a number of critical pandemic response programs unfunded, including P6.6 billion for laboratory testing service and hiring of health workers, P4.6 billion for digital learning resources and student subsidies, and P4.6 billion for service contracts for public transport workers.

“These unobligated funds will revert to the treasury and will be unavailable for spending,” Sen. Francis Pangilinan said in a Viber message to the Inquirer.

Also among those affected were public hospital employees under the umbrella group Alliance of Health Workers (AHW), who were dismayed that the government acted too slow, resulting in a failure to release their P3,000 monthly COVID-19 hazard pay on time.

Without a new law those funds are gone forever. So much for the lack of corruption and the dedication of the government to fight the virus. The official government response is that red tape is to blame.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1454392/p-169-b-covid-funds-unspent-due-to-red-tape

Bureaucratic red tape—those unnecessary paperwork, documents and procedures that take time—has prevented the government from spending billions of pesos to address the COVID-19 pandemic.

As of June 25, some P168.7 billion in approved COVID-related funds have remained unused by various state agencies, according to documents released on Thursday by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM).

This was despite the existence of the Anti-Red Tape Authority (Arta), created through Republic Act No. 11032, commonly referred to as the ease of doing business law, to bring about a more efficient and transparent delivery of government services. One weakness with Arta is that government agencies can simply take note of the agency’s findings and recommendations. It is all up to the government departments to comply or not.

The Department of Health (DOH), the lead agency in the fight against COVID-19, accounted for the bulk of the unspent funds.

Of the P157.4 billion in allotment releases to the DOH across the Bayanihan 1 and 2 laws plus the 2021 budget, only P51.4 billion had been spent so far, DBM documents showed.

Interesting that the DOH accounts for the bulk of unspent funds because DOH Secretary Duque swears his department is not corrupt. That is despite having admitted it is corrupt! There is also a whole organization set up to cut through that red tape but it seems its existence did not make a difference in this case.

Remember last week when the tired nurse forgot to push down the plunger and give an actual vaccination and it was caught on tape? That was not the first time! DOH Secretary Duque also has some advice for people.

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/793802/ask-vaccinators-to-show-syringe-after-covid-19-jab-duque-tells-public/story/

Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Friday encouraged the public to ask COVID-19 vaccinators to show them the syringe after inoculation to ensure that they were vaccinated properly. 

In an interview on Super Radyo dzBB, Duque said the public can take pictures of their syringe after vaccination as a “simple” and “practical” solution to concerns over improper inoculation. 

At least three videos have shown that some vaccinators fail to push the plunger after injecting the needle into vaccine recipients, leaving the substance inside the syringe. 

(Sometimes people are scared to look when they’re getting vaccinated, but they can tell the vaccinator, “When it’s over, can you show me the syringe so I can take a picture?”) 

(Let’s include that in the system. That’s not hard to do and you’ll also have evidence to show when someone asks you, “Have you been vaccinated?”)

Recall that Duque attributed one of these mishaps to the nurse being tired as they are working around the clock. Just goes to show that overworked nurses is a bad thing. Nurses are also underpaid which could explain why one nurse was caught selling vaccines.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1145826

A nurse of the Gat Andres Bonifacio Memorial Medical Center (GABMMC) in Tondo, Manila will face charges, along with two others, after they were caught selling coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines to Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators workers in Quezon City on Wednesday.

The city government of Manila, however, clarified that the vaccines did not come from its stockpile.

“Vaccines that are allegedly being sold are not sourced from the supply of the Manila Health Department. These Covid-19 vaccines are highly regulated and highly controlled by the LGU (local government unit),” Manila Public Information Officer Jules Leonen said in a statement issued on Friday.

Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso has ordered GABMMC Director Dr. Teodoro Martin to immediately conduct administrative proceedings and file appropriate charges against Alexis Francisco de Guzman, who holds a Nurse III position.

The National Bureau of Investigation also arrested Kour Singh and Calvin Roca with 300 doses of Sinovac jabs placed in an icebox.

De Guzman was never a part of a vaccination team, has never been involved in the handling of Covid-19 jabs, and has never transacted with the hospital’s Pharmacy Section regarding the transport or custody of vaccines, according to Martin.

If these vaccines did not come from the city's stockpile then where did they come from? It cannot possibly be easy to obtain 300 doses of Sinovac.

The vaccinated are being given cards to verify their status and the PNP says they are on the look out for fakes.

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2021/07/06/2110472/cops-lookout-fake-vaccination-cards

Police have been ordered to be alert against the possible use of fake vaccination cards now that the government has eased rules in allowing interzonal travel for fully vaccinated people, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said yesterday.

PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, who earlier headed the government’s implementation of travel requirements nationwide as chief of the Joint Task Force COVID Shield, said police were bracing for fake vaccine cards, noting how people had been able to fake RT-PCR tests in the past.

“If the results of RT-PCR tests can be faked, it’s not completely impossible for illicit people to also use fake vaccination documents. We won’t let this happen,” Eleazar said, referring to the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction test to determine if a person has the coronavirus.

“I am directing all police offices and units to be vigilant against those travelers who might use fake documents to prove that they are fully vaccinated,” Eleazar said, reminding travelers to continue observing minimum public health standards.

This comes after the IATF released their protocols for fully vaccinated individuals.

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2021/07/04/2110134/covid-19-vaccine-cards-count-alternative-testing-requirement-travel

For interzonal travel, the inter-agency task force said a COVID-19 domestic vaccination card or a certificate of quarantine completion would count as alternatives to a testing requirement which local governments can require.

"This interzonal travel shall likewise apply to fully vaccinated senior citizens," the IATF said. "Also, the traveler needs to undergo health and exposure screening upon arrival in the local government of destination."

Interzonal travel is moving through areas under different quarantine status.

The Duterte administration on Sunday said it has finalized protocols for Filipinos who are now fully vaccinated for COVID-19.

From figures by end of June, that would mean the newly approved policy would apply to 7.53 million individuals who have since completed their two doses.

However not everyone is on board with this protocol as of yet.

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/794202/league-of-provinces-wary-of-removing-covid-19-test-as-travel-requirement/story/

The League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) on Tuesday expressed hesitance in allowing the entry of fully vaccinated travelers to different places even without a negative COVID-19 test result.

Interviewed on Dobol B TV, Marinduque Governor Presbitero Velasco Jr., LPP president, pointed out that getting vaccinated does not guarantee a 100% protection from the disease.

(The local chief executives especially in the LPP are hesitant. There is a big hesitance if the requirement of RT-PCR or antigen test prior to arrival will be removed.)

A recent resolution by the Inter Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) allows full vaccination as an alternative to testing.

under IATF-EID Resolution No. 124-5, fully vaccinated people will only need to present their vaccination card for interzonal travel as well as for intrazonal movement.

Velasco said conducting only health and exposure screening on fully vaccinated travelers may lapse in identifying an asymptomatic COVID-19 patient.

He suggested to the IATF to let the local government units have the discretion whether they will require COVID-19 tests.

(We are requesting the IATF to give the LGU an option if they would require the submission of a certificate of RT-PCR test or antigen test for arrival.)

What are they hesitant of? This is practically an admission that the vaccine does not work. 

Despite all the effort to vaccinate the population and lock it down, or perhaps because of it, could be that COVID-19 will become a seasonal virus like the flu or cold.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1456342/coping-with-covid-a-virus-thats-likely-to-stay

As COVID-19 cases reach more than 100 million worldwide with nearly 4 million deaths, countries have been struggling to vaccinate their population hoping to stop SARS Cov2, the virus that causes the disease, and its variants from further wreaking havoc. 

But what if the collective effort to vaccinate and implement preventive measures were not enough to make the virus disappear? 

Recent research and studies suggested that SARS Cov2, once thought to linger for only weeks or months at the pandemic’s onset, may be with us for good. 

The possibility is not remote for the SARS Cov2 to become a “forever virus”, according to experts, and this could rearrange the way the Philippines and other countries respond. 

At one of his recent public addresses with his Cabinet, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte cited Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III about the possibility that SARS Cov2 could become “endemic,” or of regular occurrence. 

It was not clear where Duterte’s theory, supposedly coming from Dominguez, came from but experts studying the virus have suggested that it was not impossible. 

“Rather than die out, the virus will likely ping-pong back and forth across the globe for years to come,” said American epidemiologist Larry Brilliant in the report. Many other health experts shared Brilliant’s view. 

As early as May 2020, World Health Organization (WHO) emergencies director Dr. Mike Ryan had already warned that the virus might never disappear. 

“It is important to put this on the table: this virus may become just another endemic virus in our communities, and this virus may never go away,” Ryan said at an online press conference that time. 

While the probability of SARS Cov2 COV-2 becoming endemic sounds terrifying, Nature clarified that the failure to get rid of the virus does not necessarily mean more deaths, severe cases and longer social isolation. 

“The future will depend heavily on the type of immunity people acquire through infection or vaccination and how the virus evolves,” wrote Nicky Phillips, Asia-Pacific bureau chief for Nature News.

“Influenza and the four human coronaviruses that cause common colds are also endemic,” Phillips said.

Evolutionary biologist Jesse Bloom said that the current coronavirus might, later on, turn into a flu virus.

“I do think SARS Cov2 will become a less serious problem and something like flu,” he told Nature News. 

If SARS Cov2 becomes endemic, the Philippines’ pandemic response was likely to continue but focusing on strategies on how people could live with the virus.

God forbid that the current situation continues anywhere past June 2022. The nation would be totally ruined. And all because of a virus with an already 97% survival rate.

Picture of the Week: Welding

It's always shocking to see construction workers in the Philippines not observing basic safety protocols like wearing closed toed shoes instead of slippers while on the job site. The most head scratching violators has to be welders who do not use welding helmets. Instead they wear sunglasses or nothing at all. Here is a welder I recently saw doing something rather stupid and unsafe.

He is not using a helmet or sunglasses to protect his eyes. Instead, he is holding up what looks like a broken phone screen to look through. How is it that these guys can afford the machine but not the proper equipment like a helmet so the machine can be safely operated?

Insurgency: NPA Supply of Food Diminishes

The barangay development program has been touted as the only way to stop the communist rebellion. But, as I have been saying, that development should always be ongoing. I think this article from PNA illustrates my point.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1145709

The Cotabato Electric Cooperative (Cotelco), the province’s power provider, launched on Thursday afternoon the lighting of 143 households in two remote sub-villages here – both former encounter zones between government forces and communist New People’s Army (NPA) guerillas.

Jay Gonzaga, executive assistant of Mayor Florenito Gonzaga, and Jupiter Rubino, the municipal administrator and concurrent member of the Cotelco’s board of directors, led the separate onsite ceremonial switch-on before the recipients of the energization program in the adjoining areas.

“This is the promising mission of the Sitio Electrification Program (SEP), which is to bring electricity to the countryside to increase progress and attain sustainable development,” Rubino said.

According to Rubino, the Ubo Manuvu settlers have long been waiting to experience the benefit of electrification that could help their livelihood and respond to their students’ needs at home.

The villages were once a haven of insurgents due to their terrain and distance from the town proper.

“Now we can really see the benefits of electricity and it’s worth it after the long wait,” Danny Enoc, the leader of Sitio Natuyukan, said in Manobo language.

Rubino said the SEP would energize soon three other sub-villages here targeting 114 households in Sitio Bantaan, Bagumbayan; Sitio Tribal, Barangay Imamaling; and Sitio Malinao II in Barangay Magcaalam.

The SEP, a nationally-funded program under the National Electrification Administration, pursues rural electrification for countryside development.

The Cotelco has a total of 37 sitios (sub-villages) in the province to be energized under the program this year.

There is absolutely no excuse for this. Not even the presence of the NPA is much of an excuse because so many villages across the nation remain without electricity despite the mandate from the government to rectify that situation. The money has been allocated but there have been no results.

https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2020/10/3/sitios-with-no-electricity-17-000.html

A lawmaker is pushing to increase the National Electrification Administration’s budget to be able to provide access to electricity for more than 17,000 sitios across the country.

During the plenary deliberation on the proposed 2021 budget of the Department of Energy on Friday, APEC Party-list Rep. Sergio Dagooc said there are 17,379 un-energized sitios across the country, 6,637 of which are in Mindanao.

Dagooc said that for 2021, budget allocated for sitio electrification program of the NEA is at ₱1.8 billion, which can only provide access to power to 1,085 sitios. This is from an original proposal of ₱7.5 billion for next year, he said.

The lawmaker also noted that total electrification is not just about lighting homes, but also about sustainable rural development.

“If we are not going to do anything about this, would you agree that the budget of ₱1.8 billion…There is a danger that the remaining sitios will not be energized?,” Dagooc asked.

Zamboanga Rep. Manuel Dalipe, the sponsor of DOE’s budget, agreed and said they are open for any proposal pushing to increase budget for the program.

The government targets to achieve total electrification before the term of President Rodrigo Duterte ends in 2022. In a budget briefing last month, NEA said they need ₱15 billion to achieve the target of the program.

This program is all on the shoulders of the NEA. Maybe they don't have enough funds to achieve the target but there is nothing said about the NPA. So, why is the Cotobato Electric Company crowing about linking up two little villages to the grid? This should be a regular occurrence until the whole country is hooked up. The presence of the NPA should have no bearing on the "sustainable rural development" of the nation. If they are a problem then the military can guard the ongoing projects.

This week the AFP declared that hatred is the primary weapon of the CPP-NPA.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1145418

"Ang pangunahing pamamaraan ng pagsusulong ng kanilang gustong pagbabago ay (their primary tool in pushing for the change they want is) hatred. The propagation of hatred against the government, against the status quo, against the present system of government)," de Leon said.

He said claims that poverty is the primary reason that some sectors join the communist terrorist movement are not true.

"Kung makikita natin, sinasabi noong araw na (In the past,  poverty is being drummed up as) the root cause. I beg to disagree. Poverty is not the root cause. Poverty is just among the issues being exploited to generate public hatred so that revolution will start," he added.

The CPP-NPA, he said, is using every opportunity brought by the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic to generate and stir hatred against the government for even the slightest error in its response.

"(So whatever program the government has for the people, they will look for faults, even the slightest ones, and magnify it. Their intent is to generate hatred against our government)," he added.

He's not exactly wrong here. The CPP does not care for the current status quo. They hate it. But it's not a blind hatred sans ideology as the one officer declares.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1145360

The New People’s Army (NPA) is simply a bunch of terrorists without ideologies, contrary to the rebels’ claim.

Brig. Gen. George Banzon, commander of the Philippine Army’s 901st Infantry Brigade, said the NPA’s recent attacks in Surigao del Sur proved anew the senseless existence of the communist terrorist group (CTG).

He was referring to the June 19 attack in a prawn pond in Malimono town, causing about PHP8.5 million in losses, and the torching of construction equipment and killing of the site’s caretaker in Lanuza on June 24.

Both businesses refused to give in to the NPA’s extortion demands.

“Sa ngayon, talagang (Now, this truly) this represents the true color of the New People’s Army as a terrorist. Iyung (Their) acts engaged nila lately simply manifested that they are indeed terrorists,” Banzon said during the “Tagged! Debunking Lies By Telling The Truth” virtual press conference led by the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Monday.

Lt. Jonard Requina of the Malimono Police Station said the attacks and harassment were done after failed extortion tries.

The picture these men are trying to paint of the CPP-NPA is that of unprincipled criminals. Nihilists in fact. While it may be true that not everyone in the NPA is spouting a strictly Marxist line it would be untrue to apply that image to the entire CPP. They do hate the current system and they want to replace it with the one envisaged in their CASER agreement which is fundamental to any peace talks. This week the CPP even released a statement on the centennial of the Chinese Communist Party.

https://cpp.ph/statements/on-the-centennial-of-the-once-great-communist-party-of-china

The Filipino working class joins the Chinese proletariat and people in commemorating the 100th anniversary of the once great and correct Communist Party of China (CPC) by reaffirming our adherence to Marxism-Leninism-Maoism and the necessity of waging socialist revolution to end all forms of exploitation and oppression, and rejecting modern revisionism and the restoration of capitalism in China.

The CPC has abandoned the international proletarian cause. Instead, it is now engaged in export of capital, international usury and debt traps for underdeveloped countries and expansion of international spheres of investment and influence, overseas deployment of military forces and armed aggression beyond its territory. It uses finance capital to influence and direct the economic policy and control resources of smaller countries. It has trampled on Philippine sovereignty by constructing artificial islands in the territorial waters and exclusive economic zone of the country to erect military facilities and claim marine and mineral resources.

That article is a scathing condemnation of China as having abandoned communism and replacing it with something altogether different. It's indicative that the CPP is not at all unprincipled but that they do have an ideology. This is simply more propaganda from the AFP. Or perhaps the AFP does not understand their enemy.

Food is always a great tool to control people. What better way to fight the NPA than to take their food?

https://www.kalinawnews.com/npa-supply-of-food-diminishes-as-troops-recover-food-cache/

Troops of 25th Infantry Battalion, Intel Operatives of this unit and higher headquarters discovered ten (10) containers of thirty (30) Liters Plastic Gallons of Rice at Brgy. Mt. Diwata, Monkayo, Davao de Oro on 30 June 2021. The recovery of Food Cache was through the revelation of a Former Rebel who was a former member of the North Front, SRC 1 of SMRC who operates in some portion of the municipality. This food cache was buried by the members of North Front, SRC 1, SMRC led by alyas Jake, the Front Secretary sometime in the year 2018.

This recovery of the front’s supply of food will cause the weakening of their members as they suffer hunger and sickness that will eventually stop them from spreading their wrong and nonsense ideologies and prevent them from affecting the communities through their lies and deceit. Also through the help of the people in the area, this cache was recovered successfully and clearly manifests that the communities also cooperated in preventing the CPP-NPA-NDF from entering their area again as they denounce NPA’s presence in their barangay and declaring them as Persona Non-Grata. It can be recalled that in March 2018, almost 2,000 Former NPA Mass Supporters, Milisyang Bayan, and Regular NPA members in the whole municipality of Monkayo, Davao de Oro voluntarily surrendered to this unit after realizing the futility of their cause in the organization.

The food was buried in 2018 so if these people were not starved out by now then this cache probably won't matter much in that regard. However, there are other reports that the NPA is being starved out because of a lack of food due to decreased community support.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1145901

The Police Regional Office in Caraga (PRO-13) has warned its personnel to be on alert in the wake of a new threat by the communist New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in the area.

The warning came after PRO-13 received information from individuals on the NPA plan to attack police personnel even in their residences.

In a statement Saturday, PRO-13 Director Brig. Gen. Romeo Caramat Jr. told the police personnel to take precautionary measures and intensify intelligence gathering to monitor the movements of the NPA insurgents in their respective areas of responsibility.

“The NPA movement is now affected by the series of surrenders of their members and supporters. They attacked and destroyed equipment and businesses due to their failure to extract money extortions,” Caramat said.

He added that the recent attacks made by the NPA were to show the public that they are still intact and powerful.

“These are all for the shows because, in reality, the NPA rebels are now slowing down due to the withdrawal of support of their mass organizations,” Caramat said.

The remaining guerrillas are also experiencing hardships and hunger due to the difficulties they encounter in securing food and other needs due to the pandemic, he added.

“With the grueling situation they face, our informants said that the NPA rebels are now eyeing soft targets to inflict damages in urban centers through their special units. The insurgents are also planning to sabotage and attack vital infrastructure and installations in the region,” he said.

He added that as a countermeasure, the different police stations and units in Caraga are ordered to intensify their coordination with the other security sectors, particularly with the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

Others have also declared that recent attacks by the NPA were just for show but what does that even mean? That they should not be taken seriously? Here the police chief is saying that the NPA is really weak and that all the attacks are all for show and yet warning that the NPA is planning to attack PNP officers at their homes and to sabotage infrastructure. He can't have it both ways. 

It appears that terrorists in the North are also on the verge of collapse.

https://www.kalinawnews.com/communist-terrorists-in-the-north-on-the-verge-of-total-collapse/

Northern Luzon Command Chief, Lieutenant General Arnulfo Marcelo B Burgos Jr. on Friday revealed that the communist terrorist groups in Northern and Central Luzon are on the verge of total collapse as the intensified security operations continue to gain grounds in the region.

The statement was made following the influx of surrenders from the ranks of the communist rebels and withdrawal of support by party members of the communist terrorist affiliated mass organizations all over Northern and Central Luzon. 

As per the record of NOLCOM for the 2nd quarter, 205 communist rebels surrendered along with 109 firearms, 143 of which are regular NPA members while 62 are members of the Milisyang Bayan. The most recent of which is the surrender of five (5) regular members of the communist rebels and one Milisyang Bayan on June 30, 2021, at Barangay Balagan, San Mariano, Isabela. They yielded five firearms, 100 rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition, and 12 improvised explosive devices. 

Lieutenant General Burgos in his statement emphasized that they are at the “forefront in the campaign to end the local communist armed conflict in Northern and Central Luzon”, he cited that, “around 2 to 3 communist rebels surrendered to the government troops every day with a firearm being surrendered every day. This is a clear indication that it is just a matter of time that these communist terrorist groups will be defeated.”

If every single NPA member surrendered tomorrow thus ending the communist insurgency that would not mean they were defeated. It's pretty sad that it appears this is how the AFP is seeking to end the insurgency, by having everyone surrender and partake of the E-CLIP program. That is the official stance of the Commander-in-Chief, President Duterte.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1145035

Surrender, give up your weapons, and the government will support you.

President Rodrigo Duterte made the offer anew to New People’s Army (NPA) rebels, assuring them of free housing, financial and food assistance, in a speech delivered during the launch and oath-taking ceremony of officers of the Global Coalition of Lingkod Bayan Advocacy support groups and force multipliers at the Philippine National Police Multipurpose Center in Camp Crame, Quezon City on Friday.

Duterte said insurgents who want to reintegrate into mainstream society will undergo skills training under the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA).

“Ang deal ko sa (My deal to) surrenderers, if you surrender, I will automatically give you a place to stay. Then, I will send you to Tesda under Secretary (Isidro) Lapeña. You learn the basic of whatever educational study that you can master. For the time being, I will pay you and I will support you with a food sustenance,” he said.

Duterte said members of the Communist Party of the Philippines’ (CPP) armed wing, NPA, must also “drop [their] arms.”

He stressed that “surrender without arms is not good to [him].”

“Because nothing changes the equation up in the mountains,” Duterte said. “If the firearms are still there and they come down to surrender, minus the arms, then nothing has changed in the equation, in the totality.”

Duterte said the CPP’s politburo or the policymakers are earning billions of pesos at the expense of poor NPA bandits.

He said NPA guerillas must be enlightened by the “sad story of the CPP”.

“The politburo’s families and members, children are all abroad, enjoying the fat of the land from the Communist Party of the Philippines. ‘Yung mga anak nila (Their children) are studying in Europe, London. Some of them [are] traveling,” he said.

Duterte also cited intelligence reports that “a group” of politburo’s children went to Turkey upon the invitation of the government.

“And yet, their [NPA] soldiers down on the ground are dying sometimes without eating a day or two days,” he said. “Iyan ang hindi alam ng pobreng kawal ng sundalo (That’s what their poor bandits do not know). And this must be brought to life para malaman nila ang totoo (for them to know the truth).”

How exactly are the CPP's policymakers earning billions? The AFP has said time and again that the CPP-NPA has lost popular support. So, where is the money coming from? And who exactly did Turkey invite to visit? One has to wonder what the point of that statement is when attack helicopters purchased from Turkey will be arriving in the Philippines later this year. These are tantalizing questions that deserve concrete answers. But we likely will never receive those answers.

The Deleterious Effects of Celebrating the Lie of June 12th as Independence Day

June 12th has come and gone and with it the celebration of fake Philippine Independence Day. I have written about this before and so have others but perhaps one might come away thinking, so what? Who cares if the day is celebrated on June 12th or July 4th or perhaps both? Well, this article from June 12th, 2021 shows that celebrating a historical lie leads to a wrong understanding of history.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1143419

Armed Forces of the Philippine (AFP) chief-of-staff, Gen. Cirilito Sobejana on Friday called on Filipinos to remember all the heroes who put their lives on the line for the country's independence from colonizers.

"(We remember this day not only because we attain our freedom from the invaders but for the reason for this victory --- our heroes who have sacrificed their lives for the love of country. Their heroism and bravery in fighting in various forms be it in principle, wisdom, words and works, are the reasons why the Filipinos are enjoying their freedom)," Sobejana said in his message, ahead of the commemoration of the country's 123rd Independence Day on Saturday.

Sobejana also assured the public that this freedom will be further strengthened by the efforts of the nation's soldiers and defenders.

"(This is why I am asking all members of the Armed Forces to continue with their efforts to safeguard the nation's freedom which have been fought for our ancestors so that the independence being enjoyed by today's generation which will be experienced by the next generation. Things may change and the nation may experience a lot of adversity in the coming days, but we remain committed to fighting for a free, peaceful, and progressive Philippines)," he added.

All of that nonsense is an outright lie and the only reason AFP Chief-of-Staff Sobejana is repeating it is because, like all Filipinos, he has been exposed to the lie of June 12th being Independence Day year after year since 1962.

The fact is the Philippines did not attain its freedom because of military victories by the forces of Aguinaldo and his men. The First Republic was never recognized by any foreign government and eventually succumbed to American forces. It was not until 1946 that the Philippines attained independence and that was due to a plebiscite on the issue in 1934. 

In 1962, because the American Senate denied a payment of $70 million to the Philippines, President Macapagal threw a fit and changed the date of independence from July 4th to June 12th. This change was made permanent in 1964. Ever since then the Philippines has celebrated June 12th as Independence Day. But note what Macapagal had to say about the First Republic.

It is noteworthy that no one among the half-dozen great heroes of our history, Rizal, Aguinaldo, Bonifacio, Lapu-Lapu, Abad Santos and Quezon, has played a role in the Republic that we administer today. This fact emphasizes the responsibility which devolves upon us to whom they bequeathed the fruits of their heroic labors to fashion this Republic as an instrument for the welfare and happiness of our people.

https://philippinefails.blogspot.com/2018/06/june-12th-as-independence-day-is-lie.html

If "no one among the half-dozen great heroes of our history" had anything to do with the current Republic then who did? The people did. It was Manuel Quezon and others who lobbied the American government for independence. It was decided that Filipinos should vote on the matter. If they voted "yes" then the Americans would transition authority to Filipinos over a span of ten years. That is the essence of the Tydings-McDuffie Act of 1934.

Sec. 4 ...If a majority of the votes cast shall be for the constitution, such vote shall be deemed an expression of the will of the people of the Philippine Islands in favor of Philippine independence, and the Governor-General shall, within thirty days after receipt of the certification from the Philippine Legislature, issue a proclamation for the election of officers of the government of the Commonwealth of the Philippine Islands provided for in the constitution.

https://philippinefails.blogspot.com/2019/07/a-brief-and-true-history-of-philippines.html 

Philippine independence remains a manifestation of the will of the people. To celebrate June 12th as Independence Day is to forget that fact and to bury it in history. And that plebiscite is very important because it is not the first time that the will of the people in regards to who would rule them was held. The first such plebiscite was held in 1599 when the inhabitants of these islands voluntarily voted to be submitted to the rule of Spain. To call the Spaniards "invaders" is completely wrong. 

It can be said with historical accuracy that Spain's legitimate sovereignty over the Philippines began with a popular referendum in 1599 and ended with a popular revolution in 1898. 

Philip II and the "Philippine Referendum" of 1599

Here is just one voice from those who voluntarily submitted to the Spanish crown.

“We answer that we wish the king of España to be our king and sovereign, for he has sent Castilians to us, who are freeing us from the tyranny and domination of our chiefs, as well as fathers who aid us against the same Castilians and protect us from them”

Philippine Islands, vol 23, pg. 253

This man says the king of Spain freed them "from the tyranny and domination of our chiefs!" So much for being unwanted invaders. Before the arrival of the Spanish these islands were not even united. Each island was its own dominion.

Later on there was the Spanish Constitution of 1812 which was ratified in Spain with Filipino delegates in attendance. 

In fact, the constitutional process experienced in Cádiz, and the later ratification of the Constitution of 1812, meant for the Philippines and other parts of the empire the birth of the public sphere in the Hispanic world. It ushered in the transformation of the overseas territories into provinces with parliamentary representation, and the theoretical right to participate in political life with civil and political equality of Spaniards in both hemispheres. All of these ideals were greatly desired and the urge to truly put them into practice would continue to drive the political demands of the Philippines throughout the nineteenth century.

Thus, in the first decades of the nineteenth century, following the participation of Reyes in the Cortes de Cádiz, in the Philippines a process was commenced that would take shape over the course of the entire century and prove vitally important in the forging of an independent Philippine nation. As Nick Joaquin (2005) has argued, these initial political struggles undertaken at the beginning of the nineteenth century can be considered important antecedents to the Propaganda Movement founded by José Rizal and those other notable ilustrados who inspired the Revolution of 1896.

https://digital.csic.es/bitstream/10261/165907/3/philippines_cortes_cadiz.pdf

This constitution leads directly to the revolution of 1896 as well as the plebiscite of 1934 and the current Philippine Republic which was born on July 4th, 1946. Contrary to what the AFP is saying the Philippines has a proud historical tradition of Filipinos expressing their political will by voting rather than by through force of arms. Celebrating Independence Day on June 12th obscures all of those events and keeps the people ignorant of their history.

Retards in the Government 213

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

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1144939

Police officers are investigating the killing of a barangay official in this city in broad daylight on Thursday.

Lt. Col. Noah Aniversario, city police chief, on Friday identified the victim as Ali Gampong, chairperson of Barangay Tiguma here.

Aniversario said initial investigation showed that Ali was driving home when shot by a lone gunman aboard a passing vehicle.

A video captured by a closed-circuit television camera (CCTV) showed that Ali was repeatedly shot by a rifle-wielding attacker seated at the back of a pick-up truck that got alongside the driver side of Ali’s car.

Residents near the place of the incident rushed Ali to the Aisah Hospital in Barangay San Pedro but he was declared dead on arrival by the attending physician.

Ali became the village chief of Tiguma by succession following the death of Rou dela Cruz, the elected barangay chairperson.

Dela Cruz was shot and killed at the fish section of the local public market on June 20, 2019.

A village chief who became village chief after the former village chief was assassinated was assassinated by unknown men for unknown reasons.

https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/384549/pastor-brgy-councilor-who-are-alleged-members-of-crime-group-nabbed-in-boholpastor-brgy-councilor-alleged-as-members-of-tabada-crime-group-ctg-nabbed-in-bohol

An incumbent barangay councilor and a pastor, who are alleged members of the TABADA crime group and communist-terrorist group (CTG), were nabbed via virtue of search warrants in separate operations past 1 a.m. on Friday, June 25, 2021, in Bohol. 

Operatives identified that two suspects as Carmilo Tabada, a barangay councilor in Barangay Poblacion, Trinidad Bohol, and Pastor Nathaniel Vallente, a resident of Barangay San Jose in Mabini Bohol.  Both were served with search warrants for violation of Section 28 of Republic Act 10591 or the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act. 

At around 1:40 a.m. on Friday, a joint operation spearheaded by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Central Visayas (CIDG-7) led to the arrest of Tabada, 51, an incumbent barangay councilor of Barangay Poblacion, who is tagged as the leader of TABADA crime group engaged in gun-running activities in Bohol and allegedly an active member of a CTG.

The search warrant served against Tabada was issued by Judge Azucena Macalolot-Credo, Executive Judge of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) in Talibon in Bohol last June 21. 

The serving of this search warrant resulted to the confiscation of a unit of .45 caliber pistol, a piece of 9 mm machine pistol KG9 with live ammunition, a hand grenade, and subversive documents. 

The said operation was witnessed by some of the barangay officials of barangay Poblacion in Trinidad, Bohol. Tabada is currently detained in Trinidad Police Station while a case for violation of RA 10591 and RA 9516 was being prepared.

A barangay captain who is allegedly the leader of a crime group was arrested.

https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/384693/retired-cop-gunned-down-by-unidentified-assailants-in-consolacion-cebu

A 46-year-old retired police officer was gunned down by two, still unidentified assailants past 4 p.m. today, June 25 in District 1, Barangay Pulpogan in Consolacion town, northern Cebu. 

Police Corporal Rechie Gileran, the investigator of the case, identified the victim as Michael Rivera Ernie, a retired Police Officer 3 (PO3) who was also a resident of the said barangay. 

Gileran said Ernie was shot by two attackers whom he believed to be on board another motorcycle. He added that they are still facing a blank wall as to the possible identities of the suspects and motive of the killing as of this posting. 

As of this posting, Consolacion police continue to gather information from witnesses who are until now, remained afraid to disclose any.

A retired cop was assassinated by unknown me for unknown reasons and witnesses remain too afraid to give any details to investigators.

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2021/06/26/2108179/ex-pnp-chief-5-others-convicted-over-boat-procurement

Former Philippine National Police chief Jesus Verzosa and five other retired PNP officials were sentenced to up to eight years in prison for graft in connection with the P131.55-million rubber boat scam in 2009.

In an 88-page decision promulgated yesterday, the Sandiganbayan Third Division found Verzosa “guilty beyond reasonable doubt” of violation of Section 3 (e) of Republic Act 3019, the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.

Filed by the Office of the Ombudsman in 2013, the case stemmed from the PNP’s procurement of 75 rubber boats and 18 spare engines or outboard motors from three “technically and financially” unqualified suppliers: EnviroAire Inc., Geneve SA Philippines and Bay Industrial Philippines Corp.

The ombudsman said the procurement did not even undergo a public bidding in violation of RA 9184, the Government Procurement Reform Act.

Furthermore, the ombudsman said the procured boats were defective and incompatible with the standard specifications earlier recommended by National Police Commission (Napolcom), thereby “causing undue injury to the government.”

A former PNP chief and 5 retired PNP officers are facing up to 8 years in prison for an anomalous purchase of rubber boats. There was no bidding, the companies were unqualified suppliers, and the boats were defective.

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2021/06/26/2108185/2-former-bi-execs-cop-get-life-p50-million-extortion

Former Bureau of Immigration (BI) deputy commissioners Al Argosino and Michael Robles and retired police officer Wenceslao Sombero Jr. were sentenced to life in prison for plunder over the P50-million extortion of gambling tycoon Jack Lam.

In a decision promulgated yesterday, the Sandiganbayan Sixth Division said the prosecution panel of the Office of the Ombudsman “proved beyond reasonable doubt all the essential elements of plunder” under Republic Act 7080 against Argosino, Robles and Sombero.

The three former officers were also found guilty of violation of Section 3 (e) of Republic Act 3019 (Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices) for which they were sentenced to six to 10 years of imprisonment with the accessory penalty of perpetual disqualification from holding public office. 

Filed by the ombudsman in March 2018, all the cases stemmed from the two BI officials’ alleged extortion of P50 million from the Macau-based gambling tycoon in exchange for the release of 1,316 Chinese nationals working at his Fontana Leisure Parks and Casino in Clark, Pampanga.

Two former BI executives and one PNP officer are facing up to ten years in prison for extorting a businessman out of P50 million in exchange for releasing 1,316 of his illegal Chinese employees. 

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/metro/793058/2-killed-including-allegedly-drunk-cop-who-opened-fire-inside-the-mpd-hq/story/

Two police officers were killed Friday night, including an allegedly drunk cop who started indiscriminately shooting inside the Manila Police District (MPD) headquarters, according to Mai Bermudez’s report on “24 Oras Weekend.”

[Two people were shot during that indiscriminate firing.]

The allegedly drunk police officer was identified as Police Executive Master Sergeant Reynante Dipasupil of the MPD Police Intelligence Operation Unit.

The other fatality was identified as Police Executive Master Seargent Romeo Cantal while Police Staff Sergeant Reynaldo Coldova was injured.

Francisco said Dipasupil was not on duty on Friday evening. However, he insisted on retrieving a weapon from his office.

[He’s assigned to the DPIOU. He was very drunk. Although initial investigation showed that the DPIOU office was closed, he broke into the room.]

[He broke the doors down and took a rifle. He also had his service firearm on him, but we've now recovered all of the weapons.]

Based on the initial investigation, Dipasupil fired a weapon once, then went to the ground floor.

The suspect then fired at Francisco’s office.

[First, he went to the Office of the Director. But I had on-duty officers there, so what he did was he fired at the office's glass partition. I was not there at that time.]

Authorities are looking into the motive for the crime.

A drunk cop began firing inside MPD headquarters. Now he and another cop are dead. No motive so far.

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2021/06/27/2108442/dilg-says-pnp-should-keep-out-politics-it-orders-dismissal-6-cops

With the 2022 polls approaching, the Department of the Interior and Local Government reminded the Philippine National Police to stay away from politics as it dismissed from the service six police officers over the illegal arrest of a vice-mayor in 2017.

In a statement sent to reporters, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año reminded the police force to remain non-partisan public servants.

“We have been saying this: No one is above the law. The dismissal of these cops is a warning to the entire PNP to be non-partisan especially during the election season,” he said.

A Napolcom investigation found that the six indeed committed grave misconduct and grave irregularities in the performance of their duties, according to the Interior chief.

The Napolcom also found their misdeeds to be election-related as then-vice mayor Garcia-Yulo was a political rival of then-Moises Padilla Mayor Magdaleno Peña in the 2019 elections.

In 2017, Garcia-Yulo and her husband Felix Mathias Feria Yulo were driving along Barangay Crossing Magallon in Moises Padilla when they were signaled to halt for a vehicular search by the six cops headed by Reloj.

The couple claimed they were illegally accosted and harassed by the officers, who belonged to the Moises Padilla town police. 

The six dismissed were accused of conducting an illegal checkpoint, performing unlawful arrest upon the Yulo couple, and performing an illegal search and seizure of the vehicle of the couple in violation of the 2013 PNP Police Operational Procedures.

"The search performed by the respondents on the complainants was unlawful because aside from violations of the PNP Police Operational Procedures, they also failed to prove the area where the checkpoint was placed was within their immediate control," Año said.

Año in his statement called on the PNP as well as politicians to learn from the Garcia-Yulo case, which he said was classified as "political harassment." 

Six cops were dismissed for illegally detaining and harassing a vice-mayor back in 2017. The DILG asserts that it was election related "political harassment."

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1451942/ex-soldier-charged-for-shooting-couple-over-stray-goat-in-zamboanga-city

A retired soldier is facing murder and frustrated murder charges after he shot a couple who complained about his goat that strayed into their vegetable garden.

Police Major Albin Cabayacruz, commanding officer of the Zamboanga City Police Station 7, said Rozalino Epat Garig, 67, a retired member of the Philippine Army who lived in Purok 2, Barangay Malagutay here, got very angry when his attention was called by Maria Corazon Bernardo Antonio, 34; and her husband Joseph Delos Santos Antonio, 37, about his goat that went to the couple’s garden.

Garig reportedly got mad and rushed to the Antonio couple’s house in Zone 4, Lumbang, Barangay Dulian at 10 a.m. on June 24, while the latter were celebrating the Feast of St. John.

“Garig was a subject of complaints by the couple due to his unattended goats foraging in their vegetable garden,” said Cabayacruz. “There was a heated argument between the suspect and the victims. Out of his anger, Garig shot the couple several times using his caliber 45 pistol.”

Ex-soldier shoots two people because they complained about his goats eating from their garden. The woman is dead but the man remains in critical condition.

https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/06/27/news/regions/sk-chairman-nabbed-in-drug-buy-bust/1804797

Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested a Sangguniang Kabataan (SK/Youth Council) chairman in a buy-bust in Barangay Fishing Village, Malita town in Davao Occidental on Friday. 

The PDEA regional office identified the suspect as Jeric Jeff Albino Ongayo, 22, SK chairman of the barangay. 

Seized during the operation were a gram of suspected shabu worth about P14,000 and the buy-bust money. Also confiscated were a unit of.38 revolver and bullets. 

Ongayo will be charged with violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 and Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act of 2013.

Youth Council Chairman arrested in a buy-bust.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1145204

The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has found Mayor Alicia Mori of Caraga, Davao Oriental guilty of simple neglect of duty. 

The verdict stemmed from a Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) case against Mori for failure to comply with President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive to clear roads of illegal structures and obstructions. 

According to the decision of Ombudsman Samuel Martirez dated March 10, 2021, Año said “the Ombudsman found Mori guilty of simple neglect of duty with the penalty of reprimand pursuant to Section 10 (b) of the Ombudsman Administrative Order No. 17, Series of 2003 with a stern warning that a repetition of the same act shall be dealt with more severely.” 

Mori was found accountable for neglecting her duties as a local chief executive as evidenced by records that show that the local government unit (LGU) of Caraga, Davao Oriental lacked any ordinance on road clearing, one of the major indicators in the DILG compliance assessment.

A mayor has bene found guilty of neglect for not complying with Duterte's road clearing order. She faces a simple reprimand.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1145148

Authorities have arrested an incumbent barangay councilman of Barangay Baracbac Oeste in Balaoan town in La Union province in an anti-illegal drug operation in this town.

 

In an interview on Monday, San Fabian Police officer-in-charge Maj. Ramil Mendioro identified the suspect as Bernard Olveña, 31, who was arrested on Sunday evening at Barangay Cayanga here.

 

“A buy-bust operation was conducted by personnel of San Fabian police in coordination with Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Ilocos regional office against the suspect resulting in his arrest and the confiscation of one piece of a heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet containing suspected shabu,” he said.

 

Mendioro said Olveña’s name was mentioned by some of the arrested individuals in their previous anti-illegal drugs operations.

 

“He was monitored and became the subject of this operation. He was considered a high-value individual because of his position,” he said.

A village councilman has been busted for drugs.

https://www.philstar.com/nation/2021/06/30/2109044/barangay-captain-survives-gun-attack

A barangay captain in Laguna was wounded in a gun attack yesterday. 

Police said Arvin Manguiat, chairman of Barangay Palo Alto in Calamba City, was driving his Toyota Innova when unidentified men in a sport utility vehicle and a motorcycle blocked his vehicle in Barangay Paciano and opened fire.

Barangay captain survives assassination attempt.

https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=tl&u=https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/30/21/barangay-kagawad-patay-sa-pananambang-sa-basilan&prev=search&pto=aue

A barangay councilor died after an ambush in Barangay San Rafael in Isabela City in Basilan, Tuesday night. 

The victim was identified as Hadji Ibnu Amerin, a councilor of Barangay Lukbutun in the city and also a businessman. 

According to the investigation, Amerin was driving his truck when unidentified assailants shot him. 

 

The victim sustained a bullet wound to the jaw and died while being rushed to a hospital in Zamboanga City.

Authorities are continuing to conduct an investigation to determine the motive and identity of the culprits. 

Barangay councilor assassinated by unknown men for unknown reasons.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1453741/cotabato-village-councilman-slain-in-gun-attack-land-dispute-eyed-as-motive

Two men armed with handguns killed a councilman in a remote village of Midsayap town in Cotabato province on Tuesday afternoon (June 29).

Lt. Colonel Rolly Oranza, Midsayap police chief, identified the victim as Parocan Dilangalen, 51, of Bual Sur village.

Dilangalen was driving his motorbike heading for home from the town center at past 5 p.m. when two men on separate motorbikes were seen tailing him.

As he was near his home, one of the two men opened fire, hitting Dilangalen in his back and the bullets pierced through his chest, Oranza said.

Dilangalen was rushed to a hospital in the town where he died several hours later.

Oranza said initial investigation established that Dilangalen’s killing could be connected to a dispute over land pitting him and an unidentified family in the village.

A village councilman was assassinated potentially over a land dispute.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1453687/junked-complaints-vs-teacher-accused-of-joining-npa-ops-proves-admins-harassment-solon

The Sandiganbayan has found a former Samar provincial administrator guilty of misappropriating PHP76,000 to wages of "ghost" job order employees in 2005.

In its 64-page decision written by Associate Justice Kevin Narce B. Vivero dated June 25 and recently published online, the anti-graft court's Sixth Division sentenced Romeo Chan Reales to six to 10 years in jail for violation of Republic Act 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act and another two to eight years for the crime of malversation through falsification of public documents.

He was also required to pay the provincial government of Samar PHP75,000 plus interest in civil liability.

The court noted that investigation showed that 25 job order workers listed on the time book and payroll of the provincial government were nothing but "ghost names".

The court noted that the "poorly controlled environment at Samar's provincial capitol enabled OIC-Provincial Administrator Reales to add fictitious persons to the payroll, put them forward for payment each period and stash away their wages."

"Taking advantage of the situation required less creativity and more devilry," the court said.

Former Samar executive guilt of graft by beacsue he added ghost employees to the books.

Let's finish this edition of Retards in the Government with some news stories about the PNP. Remember, every one of the officers involved in these situations are singular bad apples who do not reflect a culture of corruption and negligence within the PNP.

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2021/07/01/2109477/over-200-cops-penalized-not-going-court-hearings

The Philippine National Police penalized more than 200 police officers for failing to appear in court hearings for cases filed against suspects arrested in various police operations across the country, its chief said.

In a report cited by Police Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, the PNP Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management said that the 211 police officers face penalties ranging from verbal reprimand to dismissal from service.

Of the 211 erring officers:

• 83 were dismissed from the service
• 31 were demoted to lower police ranks
• 92 were suspended temporarily
• 5 were reprimanded. 

The report comes after Eleazar’s order to account for personnel who skipped court hearings or those who neglected their duty to testify in court from January 2020 to June 3, 2021. 

"Our mandate as police [officers] does not end with arresting those who break the law. It is the duty of our police to attend the hearings of the case especially if they are summoned by the court or they are the arresting officer themselves," said Eleazar.

"Effective law enforcement demands that criminal elements are not only arrested but are also punished through conviction. So policemen who can’t justify why they failed to appear in court to testify will definitely face administrative cases," he added.

https://www.philstar.com/nation/2021/06/30/2109051/laguna-cops-teens-slay-sacked

Calabarzon police director Brig. Gen. Eliseo Cruz yesterday ordered the relief of 11 intelligence officers of the Laguna police in connection with the death of 16-year-old Johndy Helis and his companion Antonio Dalit in a drug sting in Biñan City on June 16. 

Cruz said the policemen, who are facing pre-charge investigation for grave irregularity, were detailed at the personnel holding and accounting unit. 

Meanwhile, Brig. Gen. Eliseo Cruz, Calabarzon police director, said Capts. Emiliano Camama of Malvar, Batangas; Ruffy Taduyo of Pagsanjan, Laguna, and Ricky Gonzales of General Emilio Aguinaldo, Cavite were relieved from their posts for non-compliance with Eleazar’s Intensified Cleanliness Policy. 

Camama was not wearing proper police uniform and failed to recognize his superior, who made a surprise visit to the police station. 

Gonzales was sacked under the principle of command responsibility after one of his men was involved in indiscriminate firing.

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2021/06/02/2109191/pnp-vows-full-cooperation-nbi-probe-alleged-abduction-cops

The chief of the Philippine National Police, Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, on Wednesday said the organization will fully cooperate with the National Bureau of Investigation's probe into the alleged kidnapping of three persons by Manila cops. 

Eleazar said the case stemmed from allegations made by two kidnapping suspects that it was actually policemen behind the abduction of 23-year-old Rexcell John Hipolito, 21-year-old Ronald Jae Dizon, and 18-year-old Ivan Serrano. 

The two kidnapping suspects are brothers who claim that they are police assets who pinpoint drug offenders to the police and that they identified the three kidnap victims as marijuana peddlers, Eleazar added. They further claimed that they were with the policemen when they took the three already-dead victims from their neighborhood in Sta. Cruz, Manila, last April.

The brothers are in the custody of the NBI, Eleazar said, adding that they might be placed under the government’s witness protection program. 

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1453807/pnp-inspectors-find-local-station-gone-to-the-dogs

A group of internal affairs officers from the Philippine National Police was shocked to find dog turd among other unsightly scenes inside a police station in Mandaue City in Cebu during a surprise inspection last weekend.

The team from the regional PNP Internal Affairs Services (IAS) was appalled to learn that only the station’s deputy commander and three other officers, or barely 10 percent of the 45 personnel assigned to the city’s Police Station 1 were present.

“It’s more important to keep our stations neat and orderly with a sufficient number of policemen so it wouldn’t be embarrassing and the public would not hesitate to approach us,” Eleazar said in a statement.

When members of the IAS inspection team visited the station at 2 p.m. last Saturday, they saw clothes hung to dry inside the office, an empty bottle of an alcoholic drink, and improperly labeled garbage bins. The canine excrement completed the squalid scene.

The inspectors also saw that the desk officer on duty wasn’t properly wearing his face mask and had no face shield on.

Remember folks these are just isolated incidents perpetrated by a few bad apples and in no way reflect the culture of the PNP. And if you believe that I have a bridge for sale.