News Evening Round up
Oct 02, 2019 • 2 min Read
3rd Chinese sex den busted in a month |02 October 2019 | DAILY INQUIRER — It was the third raid on a prostitution ring in Metro Manila in less than a month, suggesting a thriving business catering to a market made up of mainland Chinese men working in the Philippine offshore gaming operator (Pogo) sector. The National Bureau of Investigation rescued on Monday night 91 Chinese women and four Filipino women in a club in Makati City targeting well-off Chinese men.
Duterte: PNP chief faces DILG probe |02 October 2019 | PHILIPPINE STAR – Philippine National Police chief Gen. Oscar Albayalde will face a separate probe by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) regarding accusations that he coddled so-called “ninja cops” involved in recycling prohibited drugs when he was PNP commander in Pampanga, President Duterte said last night. Duterte issued the statement before leaving for Russia, hours after Albayalde was grilled at the Senate on the ninja cops. Duterte said DILG Secretary Eduardo Año would conduct the “review” after the Senate completes its inquiry into the issue, “in obedience to the separation of powers and respect for each other’s departments.”
Discharge of cadets in PMA hazing set | 02 October 2019 | MANILA BULLETIN – The discharge orders of all the cadets behind the death of Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Cadet 4th Class Darwin Dormitorio are ready for implementation pending the order of President Duterte, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) disclosed on Tuesday. Lieutenant General Noel Clement, AFP Chief of Staff, said they were just waiting for the approval of President Duterte to officially implement it.
Ex-CIDG chief names ‘ninja cops’ |02 October 2019 | MANILA TIMES – Mayor Benjamin Magalong, former Criminal Investigation and Detention Group (CIDG) director, identified on Thursday 13 police officers who allegedly recycled illegal drugs. He told senators who attended the hearing held by the Senate’s Blue Ribbon and Justice Committees that the policemen, all members of the Pampanga Provincial Police Office, were involved in the “Agaw-Bato,” a drug-recycling scheme in 2013 and 2014.
