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By JING VILLAMENTE REPORTER The Manila Times MOVED by The Manila Times exposé on jueteng, newly installed Philippine National Police Intelligence Group (PNP IG) Director Abelardo Villacorta on Wednesday ordered a manhunt and arrest of a former policeman, who allegedly uses his name and office in collecting jueteng payola and other illegal gambling operations in Southern Tagalog. Villacorta identified the suspect as Mauro Noriega, alias Read More …
AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR By William M. Esposo The Philippine Star Normally, we’d want to reduce to a minimum the conflicts in our lives, community and society. Even warriors like General Douglas MacArthur acknowledged that the soldier’s objective is to attain a lasting peace that’ll end conflicts. Did you know that there are big benefits that we reap from conflicts? The most common public Read More …
By Edu Punay and Arnell Ozaeta The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines – The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is looking into the possibility that a battle over jueteng turf was the motive for the killing of 13 men in Atimonan, Quezon last Jan. 6. Reports published earlier and attributed to security sources said rival camps battling for control of jueteng operations in Southern Luzon triggered Read More …
By MARLEN V. RONQUILLO The Manila Times Why would people kill over a jueteng turf? Simple. The take is so huge that every and all action to gain control over a lucrative jueteng turf is on the table: murder, intimidation, bribery and gentle persuasion – with the last being the least used. Of all the rackets in the country, only drug dealing is probably more Read More …
Back Channel By Alejandro Del Rosario Manila Standard Today A window into the dark world of jueteng was opened on Net 25’s TV program, On Line Balita, which gave an insight into the internecine rivalry of crime bosses and the huge money involved that led to the Atimonan carnage on January 6. Two civilian witnesses have surfaced to give a vivid account of the carnage Read More …
By Macon Ramos-Araneta Manila Standard Today The sacked police regional director, who approved the checkpoint operation in Atimonan, Quezon in which 13 people were killed, said on Wednesday Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa, head of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC), gave them the go-signal to mobilize their plan. Chief Supt. James Melad, CALABARZON (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas and Quezon) police director, said claims that Malacanang disapproved Read More …
POSTSCRIPT By Federico D. Pascual Jr. The Philippine Star VEILED WARNING: The Philippine National Police has unofficially beaten the National Bureau of Investigation, supposedly the sole agency probing the Jan. 6 massacre of 13 persons on two vehicles in Atimonan, Quezon. The police have prematurely announced it was an ambush. With that, the PNP presumably saved face by conceding a measure of blame on policemen Read More …
SKETCHES By Ana Marie Pamintuan The Philippine Star Next time 13 people are killed, whether they are considered bad guys or not, lawmen may want to preserve the site, then take photos or video footage before anything is disturbed. Ideally, someone who did not participate in the operation should be brought in to inspect the scene of the killing. This is if the lawmen involved Read More …
By Michelle Zoleta and Jaime Laude The Philippine Star ATIMONAN, Quezon , Philippines – Probers have identified the 13 men killed in an armed encounter with security forces last Sunday in Quezon – and the rogue’s gallery includes three police officials, an Air Force soldier, and two men bearing the ID cards of military intelligence officers. The slain military and police officers were in the Read More …
By Ellen Tordesillas Malaya As always, we need to be violently jolted to do what is needed to be done. Whether the three recent incidents are harrowing enough for our authorities and lawmakers to move remain to be seen. Last Sunday, 13 people died in a gun battle in Atimonan, Quezon. The reports get uglier as the root of the shootout or rubout is being Read More …