At least 14 killed as blast rocks night market in Davao City

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Share Share Share – Breaking News: Former Davao City Mayor, now Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte visited the blast scene (Note: At the time of writing CNN reported 12 deaths, ABS CBN reported 14 killed, number of deaths could still rise due to the serious injuries suffered by those not killed on the spot)

By CNN Philippines   September 3, 2016   pnp davao blast 12 kia 60 wia

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) — Police and emergency personnel rushed to a crowded night market area in Davao City after a blast ripped through Roxas Street late Friday evening.

Firetrucks and ambulances were on the scene to attend to the injured, although they still could not give details about the explosion and the number of those wounded.

Palace spokesman Ernie Abella told CNN Philippines that at least 10 were killed, and at least 60 were injured.

Davao Police spokeswoman, Sr. Insp. Catherine dela Rey, said that EOD (explosive and ordnance division) teams were already in the area looking for pieces of evidence.

The Davao City Police Office still has not given any statement or details on the reported explosion.

But witnesses said they heard one loud bang before 11 p.m. followed by smoke. They said the blast came from a massage area in the middle of the street. Many of the weekend shoppers were left bloodied and scurrying around — in shock over the blast.

Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte said initial reports coming to him said the blast was caused by an LPG tank, although he said this still needed to be confirmed.

Two more die at hospital

Meanwhile, the wounded were carried on stretchers and brought to a nearby hospital. Around 24 wounded were taken to the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC).

In another interview with CNN Philippines, PNP Region 11 Director Chief Supt. Michael Gaerlan said two more died at the SPMC, aside from the 10 who were killed on the spot.

Gaerlan also called on the public to refrain from passing on misleading or unverified reports to avoid creating more confusion and panic.

The Roxas Avenue is a night market venue with ukay-ukay (thrift shop) and food vendors.

Duterte: DOJ Secretary CONFIRMS De Lima Deposited MILLIONS into DRIVER/BODYGUARD/LOVER Bank Account

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DOJ Secretary Aguirre CONFIRMED that former DOJ Secretary, now Senator De Lima DEPOSITED MILLIONS into the bank account of Ronnie Dayan, who President Duterte identified as a De Lima LOVER and bag man who regularly collected cash from Asian DRUG Triad members currently in jail at the Bilibid National Penitentiary.  de lima driver bag#DriverLover #DeLima #TuwadNaDaan #DrugLordProtector #BastaDriverSweetLover #AsianDRUGtriad #BilibidPrison #NationalPenitentiary #DuterteWarOnDrugs

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Aguirre: Bank account of ex-driver received millions from De Lima

    September 1, 2016

The bank account that allegedly received millions of pesos from Senator Leila de Lima when she was still Justice Secretary belonged to her former driver, Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre III disclosed on Thursday, quoting a former employee of the senator.

Aguirre confirmed that an employee of the Department of Justice (DOJ), Jonathan “Jong” Caranto, had executed an affidavit against De Lima claiming that she had instructed him to deposit millions of pesos to the bank account of Ronnie Dayan.

Caranto was one of two employees who had allegedly executed affidavits against her. The other employee was named in some media reports as a certain Edna “Bogs” Obuyes.

Dayan, on the other hand, has been tagged by President Rodrigo Duterte as De Lima’s alleged bagman who had collected drug payoffs for her.

“Binibigyan daw sya (Caranto) ng pera ni De Lima para ideposit dun sa account ni Dayan,” Aguirre told reporters after attending a Senate hearing.

(He was allegedly given money by De Lima for him to deposit to Dayan’s account.)

The DOJ chief vehemently denied De Lima’s statement that the two employees, who worked with her when she was the Justice Secretary, were forced to execute their affidavits.

READ: De Lima threatens officials linking her to drug trade

“Merong affidavit, walang pumilit sa kanila, voluntary,” Aguirre said, adding that the two just wanted to clear their names.

(There are affidavits, no one forced them, it was voluntary.)

 

 

Duterte: Pagdilao is NINJA COP BOSS, 18 other cops NAMED

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PHOTO: Former Presidential sister Kris Aquino with Narco General Joel Pagdilao

   

Policeman tags Pagdilao as head of ‘ninja cops’

BY AND     SEPTEMBER 2, 2016     The Manila Times

A POLICEMAN facing drug-related charges has tagged former National Capital Region Police Office Director Joel Pagdilao as the brains behind the reselling of narcotics confiscated during police anti-drug operations, a source at the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) told The Manila Times.

Police Officer 2 Jolly Aliangan reported directly to Pagdilao together with 18 other policemen, the NBI source claimed.

The young police officer, who is detained at the NBI, fears for his life, the source added.

“Still there were attempts to accord him with special treatment. However, we will not allow that. He is heavily guarded,” the source said. “I am sure Pagdilao will surface to contact him.”

Pagdilao was named by no less than President Rodrigo Duterte in July as one of five police generals who had protected drug rings.

The Department of the Interior and Local Government is conducting investigations and the National Police Commission is preparing cases to be filed against the “narco-generals,” including Pagdilao.

This week, Duterte bared a plan to offer a P2-million reward for the capture of each police officer re-selling confiscated illegal drugs.

Philippine National Police chief Roland de la Rosa has branded these policemen “ninja cops.”

Aliangan is facing charges for possession of dangerous drugs as well as possession of equipment, instrument, apparatus and other paraphernalia for dangerous drugs, all violations of Republic Act (RA) 9165 or the Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

He is also facing a charge for illegal possession of firearms and ammunitions under RA 10591, or the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act, before a Manila court.

Aliangan was arrested in his house on 907 Palanca St. corner Visayas Avenue in Sampaloc, Manila last May 25.
Authorities seized more than 100 grams of suspected shabu, P7 million in cash, firearms and brand-new cars.

He is expected to appear before Judge Reynaldo Alhambra of Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 53 on Sept. 15.

Aliangan has asked the court to retain him under NBI custody.

The court is expected to rule on some motions of the accused seeking the release of his cars (a Montero sport utility vehicle and Toyota sedan), cash and other confiscated items.

“His defense was that those pieces of evidence were planted, especially the illegal drugs and firearms,” the source said.

The NBI has requested the Anti-Money Laundering Council to freeze the deposits of Aliangan.

The NBI source did not reveal the identities of the 18 other “ninja cops” supposedly under Pagdilao.

“Aliangan was very enterprising. He would convince these 18 others to just turn over to him the illegal drugs and he would take care of their distribution. In the process, he would earn more,” the source said.

‘Narco-general’ meddling?

Another policeman on Thursday claimed one of the so-called “narco-generals” intervened in the anti-drug drive of police in Mandaluyong City.

Senior Police Officer 2 Jun Esperanzate, former head of the Station Anti-Illegal Drugs office of the Mandaluyong City Police, said a police general assigned at the NCRPO summoned him at the headquarters of the Eastern Police District a few years ago and told him to stop apprehending drug suspects in the city.

Esperanzate headed the city’s anti-illegal drug office from 2011 to 2014.

He did not identify the general but said he was one of the five generals named by Duterte.

“Don’t apprehend those involved in illegal drugs,” Esperanzate quoted the general as saying in an interview during an anti-drug forum in Mandaluyong.

He said the verbal order of the police general was overheard by other police officers.

Esperanzate and his men were also told by the general that the police have no right to apprehend drug offenders, and only the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency was allowed to do so.

“We were told that he will issue an order assigning us to Mindanao. At that time we were afraid because if we will be indeed reassigned to Mindanao, the security of our family might be compromised,” Esperanzate said.

Ezperanzate said his group earned the ire of the general when they conducted a background investigation of a man who was frequenting a convicted drug offender inside the women’s correctional in Mandaluyong.
Former Mandaluyong mayor Benhur Abalos confirmed Ezperanzate’s story.

Abalos claimed he was active in fighting illegal drugs, saying he even conducted a surprise drug test on inmates of the Mandaluyong City Jail and was surprised to discover that out of 10 inmates, six tested positive for drug use.

“It means illegal drugs are being transported inside the jail and I was disappointed when the head of the Mandaluyong Bureau of Jail Management and Penology prevented us from continuing the drug test,” Abalos told reporters.

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Bank accounts of ‘shabu-recycling’ policeman must be frozen, says NBI

,         May 27, 2016

he National Bureau of Investigation will ask the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) to freeze the bank accounts of a policeman who has been arrested for selling illegal drugs.

Rommel Vallejo, deputy chief of the NBI for the National Capital Region, said investigators would also scrutinize the financial statements of PO2 Jolly Aliangan.

Vallejo said investigators believed Aliangan, whose monthly salary is P23,000, was “a millionaire.”

He said Aliangan could have more money than the P7 million cash seized from his house during a raid on Wednesday.

Aliangan also owned more properties aside from his three-story house on Palawan Street in Sampaloc, Vallejo said.

“In fact, during our surveillance, we found out he has at least three houses,” Vallejo said.

Aliangan also has two vehicles: A Toyota Altis and a Mitsubishi Montero (not a Fortuner, as earlier reported by the NBI)

A hefty stash of methamphetamine hydrochloride, locally known as “shabu,” was found in Aliangan’s well-furnished house in Sampaloc during the raid on Wednesday.

The drug was allegedly supplied by a syndicate run by a drug lord who had been convicted and was serving his sentence at the national penitentiary.

NBI-NCR chief Max Salvador said Aliangan also sold the illegal drugs he got during police operations.

Aside from Aliangan, NBI agents also arrested his cousin Jeffrey Gutierrez as his accomplice, and his wife, Ronalie, for flushing shabu down the toilet during the raid.

Charges of grave misconduct will be filed against Aliangan, according to Director Joel Pagdilao, chief of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO).

Pagdilao said yesterday that he had directed the Regional Investigation and Detective Management Division to file the administrative charge against Aliangan.

“[I have also directed them to] conduct an investigation of [the] incident,” he said.

Aliangan has been relieved from the Regional Anti-Illegal Drugs-Special Operation Task Group of the NCRPO, where he was assigned from Manila last December.

Pagdilao said Aliangan had been “reassigned” to the Regional Police Holding Administrative Unit.

“[He has also been] issued an indefinite leave of absence for being detained for his criminal acts,” Pagdilao said.

He said Chief Insp. Robert Razon, Aliangan’s immediate supervisor, had been ordered to explain why his subordinate was still in active service despite a reported extortion case against him.

“[If found guilty] Aliangan can be dismissed from the service,” Pagdilao said.

 

 

Duterte: DOJ Secretary CONFIRMS De Lima Deposited MONEY into DRIVER/BODYGUARD/LOVER Bank Account

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DOJ Secretary Aguirre CONFIRMED that former DOJ Secretary, now Senator De Lima DEPOSITED MONEY into the bank account of Ronnie Dayan, who President Duterte identified as a De Lima LOVER and bag man who regularly collected cash from Asian DRUG Triad members currently in jail at the Bilibid National Penitentiary.  PHP 24 MILLION in cash deposits, when De Lima was still DOJ Secretary, to the account of a DOJ staff member is awaiting confirmation. #DriverLover #DeLima #TuwadNaDaan #DrugLordProtector #BastaDriverSweetLover #AsianDRUGtriad #BilibidPrison #NationalPenitentiary #DuterteWarOnDrugs

Aguirre says P24-M DOJ deposits are premature info

(philstar.com) September 2, 2016 
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PHOTO: Secretary Aguirre in VIRAL photo during the Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona Senate Impeachment Trial

MANILA, Philippines — The alleged P24-million deposit to an account of a Department of Justice employee is premature information, Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre said on Friday.

Aguirre said he has no idea who leaked the documents on the cash deposits under the name of Edna “Bogs” Obuyes, one of the clerks at the office of then Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, now a senator.

“Bineberipika pa namin ‘yan dahil ayaw naming makuryente,” Aguirre told broadcaster Noli de Castro on dzMM.

He said the team investigation on De Lima’s alleged links to the illegal drug trade has only so far confirmed that she made deposits to the account of her former driver, Ronnie Dayan, with whom President Rodrigo Duterte accused her of having an illicit affair.

Aguirre said the documents were obtained to build up a case against De Lima.

A bank document obtained by The STAR from a DOJ source showed that a total of P24 million in cash was deposited in a bank account under the name of Bogs C. Obuyes in March and April 2014.

De Lima, meanwhile, warned Aguirre and National Bureau of Investigation Director Dante Gierran against being parties to perjury by manufacturing evidence against her. The senator said her former clerk, Bogs Obuyes, recently met with Aguirre and were subsequently brought to the NBI.

READ: Leila warns DOJ, NBI chiefs on perjury

She said the two were confronted with information about the existence of bank accounts under their names with deposits