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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 …
By Cecille Suerte Felipe The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines – Twenty-two police officers, including axed Calabarzon police director Chief Superintendent James Melad and the controversial Superintendent Hansel Marantan, were placed under restrictive custody for violating the standard police operation procedures in the Quezon “shootout.” Aside from Melad and Marantan, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Alan Purisima placed under restrictive custody Senior Superintendent Valeriano 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 Florante S. Solmerin Manila Standard Today Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Allan Purisima approved on Thursday administrative charges against Supt. Hansel Marantan and 21 policemen involved in the killing of 13 people in Quezon province early this month after investigators found violations in “operational” procedures. Purisima said the policemen have been placed under restrictive custody after the PNP Internal Affairs Service (IAS) reported violations 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 …
By Belly M. Otordoz Correspondent and Fatima Cielo B. Cancel Reporter The Manila Times Justice Secretary Leila de Lima on Thursday said that she believes that the January 6 incident in Atimonan, Quezon was not a shootout. “It’s anything but a shootout . . . Not a shootout, definitely,” de Lima, who earlier heard the narration of two persons who witnesses the incident, said. The Read More …
By Florante S. Solmerin Manila Standard Today National Police chief Alan Purisima on Friday said he will abolish the counter-intelligence office of Supt. Hansel Marantan for accomplishing nothing and plunging the police organization into another controversy. Thirteen people were killed in Atimonan, Quezon, in a supposed encounter on Jan. 6 between a group of policemen and soldiers led by Marantan and people they claimed were 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 …
AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR By William M. Esposo The Philippine Star Per the STAR story yesterday by Non Alquitran, The PNP (Philippine National Police) Fact-finding Committee had announced that the Atimonan shooting incident was an ambush and not a shootout. The physical evidence was simply overwhelming. Lest we lose the proper perspective to this incident, we should bear in mind that there were questionable Read More …