News Roundup 27 December 2019
Dec 27, 2019 • 2 min Read
How ‘drug pilfering’ six years ago haunted PNP in 2019 | INQUIRER.NET – This year, the Philippine National Police (PNP) found itself grappling with another issue aside from the controversy on alleged vigilante-style killings of drug suspects. It altered the PNP leadership and forced its chief to step down from his post. The alleged recycling of some 162 kilograms of crystal meth or shabu, priced at P1.1 billion in today’s local market, in Mexico, Pampanga on November 29, 2013 resurfaced six years later. It haunted then provincial director and now retired Gen. Oscar Albayalde even over a month before his retirement.
Duterte orders ban vs 2 US senators over travel restrictions for De Lima detainers | PHILSTAR.COM – President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered a ban on Philippine soil against two American lawmakers who proposed the amendment to deny Philippine officials implicated in the detention of Sen. Leila de Lima of entry to the United States. In a press briefing Friday, presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo said, ”The Philippines is immediately ordering the Bureau of Immigration to deny US Sens. Dick Durbin (Illinois) and Patrick Leahy (Vermont), the imperious, uninformed and gullible American legislators who introduced the subject provision in the US 2020 budget, entry to the Philippines.”
DFA chief ‘aborts’ diplomatic protest against Turkey | Manila Bulletin – Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Friday said his plan to file a diplomatic protest against Turkey was “aborted” after a “swift response” from Turkish Ambassador to Manila Artemiz Sumer. The planned diplomatic protest against Turkey was due to allegation that its government met with officials of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) without the knowledge and imprimatur of the Philippine government.
Cavite councilor falls in drug bust | The Manila Times – A city councilor and a barangay (village) tanod were arrested in a drug bust conducted in Dasmariñas City in Cavite on Friday. Police said shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) worth P3.4 million was seized from the duo. The Dasmariñas City Police Station said Councilor Pacalinog Rasul, 52, and Taratingan Ala, 63, were arrested in a joint operation of the police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency.
