Hindi ako nagulat sa balita na may mga opisyal si Gloria Arroyo na sangkot sa pagpalaya ng mga personalidad na dawit sa paglalako ng droga.
Ipinangalanan ni Maj. Ferdinand Marcelino, hepe ng Special Enforcement Service ng Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, si Justice Undersecretary Ricardo Blancaflor na siyang tumawag sa kanya para i-release sina Richard Brodett, Jorge Joseph, at Joseph Tecson na nahulihan na may dalang marijuana, Ecstasy at cocaine noong Septiembre.
May resolusyon na kasi ang Department of Justice na napirmahan ni State Prosecutor John Resado na inirekomenda naman ni Senior State Prosecutor Philip I. Kimpo na aprubahan at inaprubahan naman ni Chief State Prosecutor Jovencito Zuño.
Sa DOJ resolusyon, dismissed ang kaso laban sa tatlo dahil ilegal daw ang pagkahuli sa kanila. Ibig sabihin,teknikal ang ginamit na rason. Hindi inisip nitong mga opisyal ang buhay na nasisira ng droga.
Sabi ng PDEA itong sina Brodett, Joseph at Tecson ay kasama sa sindikato na nasu-supply ng mga binawal na gamot sa mga clubs at bars sa Metro Manila.
Sinabi ng PDEA na nagkaroon ng bayaran na P50 milyon para sa DOJ resolusyon. Sila din mismo raw nakatanggap ng alok, tatlong beses at ang pinakamataas ay P20 milyon.
Inamin ng tatay ni Joseph na si Johnny “Midnight” Joseph na kinausap niya si Marcelino ngunit ang kanyang inalok daw ay tulong sa kampanya laban sa ilegal na droga sa kanyang programa sa TV. Pambihira naman. Patigilan na muna niya ang anak niya sa paglalako ng droga bago siya magkampanya sa iba.
Ito naman si Blancaflor, “public assistance” lang naman daw ang tawag niya kay Marcelino. Magaling talaga pumili ng dapat i-assist itong mga opisyal ni Arroyo, ano.
Ngunit ano ba naman ang inaasahan natin sa isang administrasyon na walang moralidad. Marami na akong narinig tungkol sa isang pulitiko na nagsa-shabu.
Ito lahat ay pinag-uusapan ngunit hindi maa-aring sulatin dahil mahirap maghanap ng ebidensya. Grabe ang organisasyun ng ilegal na droga. Alam kung napasok nila ang mga pulis, military, at mga korte. At kung sa patayan, walang kiyeme ang organisasyoin na ito pumatay.
Naala-ala nyo ang nangyari kay Ensign Philip Pestano, PMA Class ’93 na natagpuang patay sa isang navy ship galing Cavite. Pinalabas ng Navy na nag-suicide na hindi naman kapani-paniwala. Ang usa-usapan sa Navy ay nadiskubre ng batang opisyal na ang kanila palang tina-transport ay ilegal ng troso at droga. Hindi siya pumayag. Kaya siya pinatay. Dahil walang naparusahan, masasabi natin na buo pa ang sindikato sa Navy.
Meron din yung kaso ng dating mayor ng Panukulan, Quezon na si Ronnie Mitra na nahulihan na nagta-transport ng shabu gamit ang ambulansya noong 2001. Nasentensyahan siya ng habambuhay sa kulungan.
Pandaraya sa eleksyon, corruption, jueteng,droga. ‘Yan ba gusto natin?
Dismissed ng DOJ resolution ang tatlong druggist at drug supplier dahil iligal daw ang pagkakahuli sa kanila.
E walang magagawa dahil iligal din ang presidente nila! Nagkalat ang drugs sa Pinas dahil nagkakalat din si Gloria! Sino ba ang susunod sa pinuno na peke na ang baboy pa?
Ito naman si Blancaflor, “public assistance” lang naman daw ang tawag niya kay Marcelino. Magaling talaga pumili ng dapat i-assist itong mga opisyal ni Arroyo, ano.
What Blancaflor did was “pocket assistance”, not public assistance. He admitted that a long time personal friend, Philip Brodett, father of one of the accused asked him (Blancaflor) for help. So, the more it proved that Blancaflor had a special interest in the case and release of the three Alabang Boys.
DOJ has long been surrounded by crooks. There’s what they call “Ateneo Mafia” within the department since the time of Nani Perez who himself is an Atenean. Of course let’s not forget that FG Mike Pidal is another Atenean. We’re not pinning down on a reputable school like Ateneo, though the Jesuits have a long history of controversy. It just so happened that many of the crooks led by FG are in this Arroyo government.
Many cases with hard evidences are dismissed due to technicality. And this is the argument of the Alabang Boys.
DOJ Usec. Zuno argued why blame the prosecutors from dismissing the case for PDEA’s fault. Remember Nani Perez’s case. It was dismissed for the same reason…technical. There are many loopholes in law. The guilty sometimes becomes innocent and vice versa.
Kahit di sila under drugs, sila’y high pa rin. High na high dahil sa epekto ng nakaw na yaman at nakaw na kapangyarihan.
The question is…who supplied that huge amount of drugs to these three rich Alabang Boys. We’ll never know. Possible involvement were the large drug syndicates, politicians, law enforcement agencies…and Malacanang.
Marami talagang abugago sa ating hustisya, dapat yan ang unahin sampulan sapagka’t sila ang protektor ng droga sa bansa?
Sa tinagal ng pekeng panggulo sa Pinas eh walang isa mang drug lords ang nahuli, kasi nga kasama nila sa Malacanang.
Kaya ang daming krimen sa bansa dahil nga protektado nila ang sindikato, pobreng kapulisan sure itatapon kayo niyan sa kangkungan anytime na kumontra kayo kay gloria and her lapdogs.
Sa hinagap ng mga pangyayari, wala isa mang drug lord silang naikulong kundi yong palaboy sa kalsada na ilang gramo lang ang kayang ibenta, but yong kilo-kilo eh di nila masakote.
Yan ang malaking problema sa Pinas, kaya grabe ng kriminalidad dahil marami ang sugapa sa ipinagbabawal na gamot.
Yan dapat ang asikasuhin ng mg vigilante, itumba lahat ng kaaway ng batas lalo na yang nagpapakalat ng droga at mga ilegal na gawain ng mga kawatan.
Na maubos nayang mga peste sa ating lipunan.
Ang movie na American Gangster (Densel Wahington and Russel Crow) ay may hawig sa kwento ni Ensign Philip Pestano, PMA class ’93. Kaya lang sa movie ay may justice sa huli, sa tunay na buhay ni Pestano ay wala.
Korek, under the influence of drugs/alcohol or not, Gloria herself and her amuyongs are every second spaced-out. Paano a naman ay naka-empleo sila sa Fantasy and Enchanted Kingdom.
The incorruptible PDEA official, Major Marcelino, is from PMA Class ’94, a year younger than Pestano.
This evil administration has been surviving from the support of gambling and drug lords. Even the newly appointed Philippine Dangerous Drug Board Chairman Tito Sotto was once linked to a Chinese drug lord.
Who is this Atty. Alex Tan roaming around the DOJ office regularly? Insiders say Atty. Tan is a broker.
Johnny Midnight, father of one of the accused, explained that his son was only a social drug user. First time I heard of a social user as if social drinker. Another parent explained that as parents, they could not possibly be watching their children 24 hours a day. They also argued that they could not afford to bribe such a huge amount of money.
To them (parents) I say: BS ! What kind of parents are they? P50M is just a million dollar compared to billions of pesos drugs being transacted. They might not afford to pay such an amount; but what about the drug syndicates? These three Alabang Boys have been doing their trade for a long time now, and it’s only this time that the honest cops did not fall into temptation of accepting the bribe.
Social user lang daw ang kanyang anak sabi ni Johnny Midnight. Kunsintidor na ama. Kapag gumagamit ng drug kahit sa anumang okasyon ang tawag ay durugista! Gago na, ulol pa! Baka yumaman sila dahil nasa sindikato sila ng drugs. Kung hindi e bakit ipinagtatanggol pa ng ama ang ungas na anak!
Sa social status nila ay gabi-gabi ang sosyalan kaya social drug user lang ang anak! Heh!
Droga sa administration ni GMA? There are no evidences..walang evidencia..nasunog seguro…ano pa kaya ang nasunog na mga documents sa office ni Lorelie?
I have my own conjectures, too, on this matter. But its foolish to put them out here. One thing that I want to point out though is the part of our legislators of old. They were/are equivocal always. They might have placed the improper words unwittingly or just plain unlettered.
Johnny Midnight himself was a scam having invented the so called Health Tonic (Pyramid). The three Alabang Boys are well known in the community. They organized events and concerts to peddle the drugs.
Usually the admisability of evidence is challenged by the accused in a pre-trial stage of the process and if the presiding JUDGE decided that the accused rights were violated in obtaining these evidence, then the State has no option but to withdraw the charges. In reality that is the most important stage of the process along with challenging the Law itself for its constitutionality during the pre-trial.
Baka iyong mga matatabang nagpapayat ngayon sa Malacanang gumagamit pa nga ng shabu, ecstacy, bangkok pills etc. para pumayat! Who knows?
Hindi naman nakakataka sa totoo lang. Iyong mga law enforcer daw na nag-frame up sa isang hapon na tinulungan naming lumaya, sa totoo lang sila mismo ang nagbebenta ng mga droga. Walang pinag-iba sa cartel sa Colomiba, etc. sa totoo lang. Lalo na ngayon na pinaiiral ang graft and corruption dahil kurakot ang mga nakaupo lalo na sa Kagawaran ng Hustisya ng Pilipinas na pinamumunuan ng isang ulol na gunggong!
Libreng-libre iyong mga matataba na mag-utos sa mga utusan nilang magbigay sa kanila ng mga kailangan nilang droga para pumayat at hindi maantok para doon sa mga midnight mass, handaan para sa loyalty check kuno, etc. na ginaganap sa hatinggabi, etc. Kaya nga nakakapagmalaking halos hindi na siya natutulog!
Tanggalin na, ngayon nang 2009!!! Huwag nang hintayin ang 2010!!!
Social user na pala ang tawag nila sa drogista sa Pilipinas ha? Parang katulad noong mga Canadian na nahuhuli dito for smuggling and using Marijuana, etc. Tolerated daw sa bansa nila kaya bakit daw sila huhulihin. Gago din ano?
And the most important responsibilities the State among others is to disclose all the evidence against the accused that are available to them and all other evidence that may come to their possession before and duration of trial. Doing these things, and prosecute to the best of their knowledge, they can rest assured that they have done their duties win or lose. These are very rare breed of public prosecutors and very rare perhaps in the country led by one GMA with a Justice Secretary of a puppet named Raul..
Very true. Were did those confiscated drugs valued at millions go? Burned? Thrown away?
Long-time friend daw ni Blancaflor yung Brodett? Baka ibig niyang sabihin e pamangkin yun ni Sec. Dodie Limcaoco ng Phil. Information Agency at PTV-4. Si Limcaoco ay nakapuwesto na noong panahon pa ni Cory, na wala namang nagawa kundi hukayin yung compound ng PTV-4 kakahanap ng Yamashita treasure na ibinaon daw doon ni Makoy.
Sa Senate investigation, dapat i-subpoena yung phone records nina Limcaoco at Blancaflor. Ipapaputol ko ang leeg ng kapitbahay ko, kung mali ang hinala ko!
Iyan ang injustice sa Pilipinas na hindi ko maintindihan sa totoo lang. Puedeng aregluhin depende sa kakayahang magbayad ng bribe sa mga kurakot sa hustisya at palakasan. Wala na bang katapusan iyan? Nakakasuka sa totoo lang.
Meron nga akong na-interpret ditong killer na pilipino na nagmalaki pa na never daw siyang nadakip o nakulong kahit na ilan na ang napatay niya sa Pilipinas. Inaareglo lang daw ng tatay at abogado nila kasi may kaya sila. Lalo pa siguro ngayon na may mga masamang ehemplo sa gobyerno, ang mga hambug na Pidal!
Bakit hindi binabago iyan? Iyon namang mga lawmaker kuno, gumagawa ng mga batas na hindi naman practical at nakakatulong na mapatino ang bansa. Nakakasuka pag naririnig ko ang yabang ng mga unggoy lalo na iyong mga for reelection daw na pinagyayabang iyong mga useless na batas na isinulong at in-author daw nila. Pwe! Sila pa nga ang unang lumalabag ng mga batas na ginawa nila sa totoo lang.
It reminds me of the old sayings in the Philippines, “Laws are meant to be broken!” Yuck!
That is right grizzy, but those Canadians should know that if they are in Singapore or any other countries with strict anti-drug laws, they could be sorry. marijuana use is still not off the book, but it is tolerated as long as it is in small amount and not for the purpose of trafficking. and it is already prescribed as painkiller for those who are “addicts”. grow-ops is still illegal and cops are raiding hundreds of residences converted into hydroponics grow-ops. a few pots is ok.
Re: “public assistance”
Kahit anong klaseng palusot ni DoJ Usec. Blancaflor ang summa total ay influence peddling. Wala ng iba. Ang tanong: Kumita ba?
Vic, Ontario is haven for drugs and ecstacy. I heard Canadian laws against crimes, be they drug related or murder, are too soft.
ayayayayayay!
I can only echo what Ellen says, “Ngunit ano ba naman ang inaasahan natin sa isang administrasyon na walang moralidad.”
not for murder, BE, first degree murder is punishable by life with no chance of Parole for 25 years (minimum) and 2nd degree is punishable by Life with no chance of parole between 10 to 25 years depending on the impact on the surviving victims… violent serious crimes is taken very seriously, and the crown will not spare any expense and will never close the case no matter how long will it take and do not give regards as to the victim. they will be treated just the same. Drug trafficking is also dealt a big blow recently with the arrest and the mastermind and discovery of drugs worth $250 millions. It is ongoing battle between the Police and the organized Crimes, but because of the Demand it will be on ongoing problem.
the only problem is life inside the jail is so comfortable that some would love to stay there the rest of their lives. many documented cases some will do some petty crimes just to get back to jail instead of living a miserable life outside.
How comfortable really are the jails in Canada? I’m extremely curious.
it is soo comfortable that Sir Conrad Black would like his Citizenship back after renouncing it so he can become the member of the Royal family so he can avail of the prisoner exchange from the U.S. (but he didn’t get it back) and by law they are also paid for the work they are doing. it so comfortable that so far the Ombubsman has not received any emails of complaints from the prisoners as they are also all have access to internet and porn.
06 January 2008
This is a bit- off-topic:
Two news articles caught my attention today:
1. Chiz Escudero calling on all pinoys to buy Philippine made products – ala CPG style – Buy Philippine products. If I am not mistaked, this was the slogan of CPG when he was the president decades ago. In order to help up lift the Philippine economy, CPG encourages all pinoys to buy Philippine made products during his tenure as President.
Chiz is making a noise for his political ambition to become the youngest Presidednt of the land. At a young age as politician, he is going to the dogs, he cannot say what is white and what is black, he is GRANDSTANDING!!! Infront of the Pinoys, he saying what the people wnat’s to hear, but if he is not infront of them, your guess is as good as mine.
TURNING UP TO BE A POLITICAL CHAMELEON AND VERY GOOD AT GRANDSTANDING.
If I may also recall, I also posted it in this blog. In order for us to survive the global crunch, the government should adopt the policy of the garcia administration’s Philippine First Policy, but nobody caught that interest.
2. Per Dureza, the leprechaun will work doubly hard this year – what the fuck does he mean??? the evil bitch is working hapzardly??? stupid is, stupid does.
As it seems this administration of the evil bitch is only reactive on what is happening.
Education – What??? unscrupuolus text book printers are making maney out of the government coffers. They are printing defective books, and yet the DepEd has done nothing (so far) to address this issue.
Social Services – There’s a lot to be done with the social services. But the HOODs are busy preoccupying themselves with Cha-Cha.
Health – Most of the Pinoys cannot even buy a cheap medicine, that’s the health services in the Philippines. Can’t even afford a cheap hospitalization, even the PGH or other public hospitals are asking for a deposit first before they accept the patient.
ANd the saddest part of it, most of our doctors want to become a nurse at any foreign land, instead of giving basic health serives to the poor.
The Opposition and Presidential wannabes, thay are to busy with the fast approaching 2010 elections and are all making noises for the ambitions
The evil Bitch’s hoods are praising the the evil bitch because of her economic fundamentals (???) and economic reforms (???) inititated by her majesty. They forgot that because of the high remittances of all Pinoys scatttered around the world, the RP economy is still floating. What will happen to us if there were no remittances???
Dureza also mentioned about the divisiveness in RP. But he needs not look far, if the evil bitch is hell bent on helping the economy floats, then she should tell her HOOds to stop the Cha-cha and focused more on how to ease the economic meltdown and fopcus more on social services such as education, social services and health.
If not, I think it’s about time that every elective and appointive officials to resign and have the election now.
just a thought.
Salamat po.
prans
Vic, the manner you narrate the life of Canadian prisoner makes me think you could have been jailed once…he, he.
matagal kung naintindihan kung ano ang ibig sabihin ng “public assistance” and tanong ko sa sarili ko..paano maging tulong sa publico si Marcelino? ay ay ay kalisud..Atenista ba si Blancaflor?
Many of those in DOJ are from Ateneo. I think the so called “DOJ Mafia” composed of Ateneans started during the time of Nani Perez who’s an Atenean himself.
BE, never been in trouble, but here is the WEB of Correction Canada and if you want information about any of its functions and anything, it is an open access agency just like all government agencies.
http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/text/index-eng.shtml
“Pandaraya sa eleksyon, corruption, jueteng,droga. ‘Yan ba gusto natin?”
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baka naman meron pang maidadagdag, para tuluyan nang magkaletse letse ang bayan nating pinagkakaitan ng pag-asa ng matatalinong merong dinoktoreyt at minaster na kasinungalingan na hindi na gustong magsilayas sa malakanyang?!
sige na naman, o!
plis?
for a start join the magdalo,anyone??
Marines chief shuns calls to air support for PDEA exec
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anak ng futang dolorpenoy ‘yan, oo!
kapag ‘yung tauhan niyang sangkot sa mga katiwalian katulad ng dagang si martir, eh walang lingon likod siyang susugod upang suportahan pero ang katulad ni major marcelino’ng binubulgar ang mga ganitong pagkutsaba sa kanya upang mabayaran kapalit ng pagpapalaya at pananahimik, wala lang.
‘tangna talaga, oo!
baka kaya naghihintay ng kaparte ang tarantadong dolorpenoy?
o meron ding patong ang ulol na iyon?
Truth, Vic, is I just interpreted for a Canadian caught with his friend at Narita Airport for trying to smuggle 2.5 kgs. of shabu from Malaysia. He has admitted to the lawyer that he has used Marijuana that he said is tolerated in his country. Kunyari pa raw wala siyang alam doon sa shabu found inside the lining of his suitcase.
He won’t admit to the shabu inside his bag but he has admitted to owning the Marijuana in his cosmetic case for his personal use (daw).
He can get 15 years for his crime. Fortunately, there is no death penalty for drug offenses over in Japan yet. There is now a movement to impose the capital punishment for such crime, though.
Nobody can legislate morality, no one.
Heck, I would rather be in US, Canadian, or maybe UK prisons than anywhere else, IF, I was a crook. US politicians imprisoned enjoy their short years inside Club Federal.
Most Generals and high ranking police/military personnel are protectors of marijuana growers and drug makers. Lovely country the Philippines, land of political hypocrites at it’s best!
Too bad for him grizzy. it is true that users here are usually let go during raid as the cops are only after the traffickers, but that is a wrong strategy, because without the consumers there won’t be traffickers..more than half of 70 homicides of 2008 were drug related, (street level) and majority involved firearms..still very low by big city standard and lowest in Canada, but just to demostrate that drug culture is one hard problem to solve anywhere. just too much money in it..if the Alabang boys were alleged to afford to bribe their way out the slumber with that kind of money, it is also good business here worth shooting it out among the “criminals” only sometimes an innocent bystander got in the way.
MPR, ang mga Marines ay sinanay na hindi iiwan ang kapwa nila sa giyera. Kanya sa aking palagay ay asiwa sila sa nababalitaan nila tungkol kay Maj. Marcelino. Lalo na kilala siyang isang tapat at magiting na sundalo.
Ang maganda sa balitang ito ay mayroong mga military na asiwa sa katiwalian at medyo nag-alsa boses na sila dahil sa nangyayari kay Major Marcelino. Umaangal na sila kanya dito na pumasok si Brig. Gen. Dolorfino para patahimikin sila at pangalagaan niya ang kanyang mataas na katungkulan.
Ewan natin baka magkaroon siya ng simpatya nitong bandang huli dala na rin sa mga daing ng mga tauhan niya.
syria?
ganun ang pagkakaintindi mo sa pagdedma ni dolorpenoy sa pagpapasaklolo ni major marcelino?
kung juan daga ang nasabit siguradong ‘andoon kaagad at nakaayuda si dolorpenoy para saluhin ang paborito niyang kapwa sinungaling at ungas!
alam ko kung paano sinanay ang mga kawal. subalit hindi ko alam kung saan nanggaling ang ganitong sistema na kapag ang isang kawal ay tumutupad sa tungkulin at ipinatutupad ang naaayon sa sinumpaan at hindi napasisilaw sa kinang ng salapi’t nasisilong sa naghaharihariang lumalabag sa batas ay pinababayaan at tinatalikuran ng mga nakatataas na dapat unang sumaklolo’t kumalinga.
bulok na ang pundasyon ng bawat sulok ng kasalukuyang pamahalaan at ang nangangalagang iilang pinupuhunan ang sariling buhay at karangalan ay nandoon sa piitan samantalang namamayagpag ang mga sinungaling, mandaraya, magnanakaw, bayaran at mga sukab na hayok sa kapangyarihan.
Mabuhay ka Major Ferdinand Marcelino,you are a true example of a PMA graduate who believes in your alma mater ‘s core values: Courage, Integrity and Loyalty.May your tribe increase!
Major Marcelino ,you have given us hope.We know that there are still many brave men and women in the military of character dedicated to protect and help build this nation!
GET THOSE ALABANG BOYS BEHIND BARS. if we let them out, theyll turn out to be future drug lords confident they can get away with anything. put them behind bars, and keep them there! those boys have ruined many lives through the drugs they’ve sold. kapal of them and their lawyers to hide behind technicalities when in fact, they are found to be substantially liable based on the evidence acquired. may mga iba pang addict sa gobyerno, mga addict sa kapangyarihan!
Kudos to you Major Marcelino! I hope this would jumpstart the realization by our men in uniform that this government has been pulling a fast one on the citizenry.
Dolorfino can not be trusted by his men, he has left Major Marcelino. Leave No Men Behind…the Marines’ credo. But their leader has left a good marine in Major Marcelino behind. Left to be devoured by the evil syndicate masquerading as governmment.
My prediction, is that Balncaflor, Zuno and the lawyer of the Alabang Boys would clear Gonzalez, who is actually part oft he scheme. Just a hunch.
You have our (my family’s) support Major Marcelino. Please continue your excellent work.
Just beware of the DDB head, as he was implicated as close associate of a know Drug Lord as well. Cheers!
Maaari bang paki-post ang resolution ng DOJ na pinapawalang bisa ang aresto? Kilatisin lang natin ang obra maestra ng mga mamahaling abogado.
Kaya ko gustong makita, ay dahil mahirap maniwalang walang bisa ang aresto, dahil ito ay buy-bust.
An arrest may only be made upon order of a judge (warrant of arrest). The exception is when the police officer catches a person in the act of committing a crime, or about to commit a crime. For instance, when a snatcher grabs a lady’s bag, what do you expect the police to do? Say, “Wait, I’ll go see the judge.” In that case, an arrest may be made without a warrant.
If the operation were a buy-bust operation, then when the police-poseur was given the drug for the money, the accused was in the act of committing an offense. So, there is no need for a warrant. The police may move in, and arrest the seller. The usual operation is with a poseur buying, and a back-up unit waiting for a signal to arrest the seller.
Hinala ko lang, ang palusot ng resolution would be that there was no back-up team, nagsumbong ang poseur so opisina, and therefore, time elapsed, and they should have gotten a warrant.
But the legality of the arrest, or the evidence obtained is raised by the defense lawyer, not the prosecution. The suppression of the evidence is in fact made as a motion before the judge, at the trial. There must be millions of reasons for the resolution. So I want to see how those millions of reasons got distilled into a legal argument for the dismissal of the case.
There were no evidences submitted to the fiscal. As usually in many, many case.
I watched the Congressional hearing on the drug case and was very turned off by those DOJ state prosecutors. Gosh, they could not even speak straight English.
Major Marcelino like Gudani and other decent officers is all alone in his crusade. Let’s all support him like what we did to the others. Marcelino prefers to tell all at the Senate and not the Congress. He knows who tried to bribe him and other big people involved.
atty 36252: in her speech before the Member of Law profession and government officials, Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, urged the government to make access to Justice a Basic Right, just like education and health care, because as she said it is no longer affordable for dependants other than the very wealthy and the poor (who qualified for legal aid) without getting a second mortgage or losing their life savings. The reason she said is the time consuming Challenges by the Defense of the admissibility of evidence and the constitutionality of the Law for which the dependant is accused of during most of the part of the trial. Which the cases may quashed by the presiding judge or stayed or withdrawn by the Crown, but after the dependant had already incurred substantial expense. also the same in civil litigation where Experts witnesses are brought in at a “price” and also for the time consuming process of “discovery of evidence”.
But never in her speech the Chief Justice mentioned any “Out of Court” settlement for Criminal matters just to avoid substantial expenses for the dependants, as i always believe that the only out of court settlement for criminal matters if their no case at all.
Lawyer Felisberto Verano, the controversial legal counsel of two of the suspects involved in the drug case, should be called to the inquiry at the House of Representatives to shed light on his connections to Justice officials and his actions related to the drug case of his clients, a lawmaker said Monday.
Bayan Muna party list Representatives Teodoro Casino said Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez should also make an appearance in the hearing to explain what his meeting with Verano was all about.
Verano, counsel for Joseph Tecson and Richard Brodett, is also a fraternity brother of Justice Undersecretary Ricardo Blancaflor in the Order of Utopia, which is based at the Ateneo de Manila School of Law.
…..This confirms that DOJ is indeed controlled by Ateneo Mafia. DOJ Cheap Raul Goonzalez must now resign after this recent mess in his department. He’s been there too long and never cleaned up DOJ…or is he part of it?
Noong una kong nabasa ang “public assistance” ni Blancaflor ang akala ko si Mr. Marcelino ay isang ordinary employee kaya minamata niya…yon pala siya ay isang magiting na Marine Major..at nakakaibang PMAer sa panahon na ito..Let us all give him our “public assistance” to stand behind him and to support him with all our prayers…Mabuhay si Marine Major Marcelino..keep on the good fight! keep going at ituwid mo ang mga baluktot na mga heneral..mga mistah ba ang tawag sa kanila? ang bagay ay mga mistakes sila ng military… Put the Alabang Boys in jail and release the Tanay Boys.
My late sister was an Associate chemist in the drug enforcement of the NYPD for a number of years..and she testified in court a hundred times..ang sabi ko sa kanya..why do you do that? And her reply was..”manang you just don’t how the use of these drugs destroy people particularly the young…kaya ang dapat.. ikulong yong mga nagbibinta ng mga ito”. She later joined the Forensic Dept of the NYPD as an associate chemist..and died as one…If you ask me hindi kulong ang dapat sa kanila..firing squad!
Pinag tataka ko lang ay bakit ubod ng yaman ang mga magulang ng mga nahuli. Biro ninyo P20 milyon ang pinakamababang lagay nila sa mga tao at halos P200 Mils sa pinaka head. Kay Sec. SiraUlo Gongozales. Anong klaseng company or hanap buhay ang mga magulang ng mga nahuli at kayang kaya nilang mag lagay ng ganoon kalaking pera. Parang piso lang sa kanila kung mag bigay. Sabagay baka – baka lang sa Droga rin galing ang pang lalagay nila or baka nakaw rin sa gobyerno dahil malakas ang kapit at kilala sila sa itaas.
Off topic.
Since umuugong na naman ang cha-cha by way of Con-Ass, sumulat ako ng konting kuro-kuro sa:
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Isa pa ay ang bilis nila mag desisyon (Blancaflor )na palayain at alam nila agad na mali ang mga PDEA. Sila pa (Blancaflor etc.)yata ang coach ng mga ATTORNEY ng mga nahuli kung ano ang error at kung ano ang dapat gawin.
Dito lang sa atin talaga ang nangyayari ang mga ito.
Ang Mali ay Tama sa Gobyerno
Ang Tama ay Mali at nakukulong agad.
There’s something fishy in the aborted release order. It was the lawyer of the so-called Alabang Boys, Felisberto Verano, who drafted the release order with DoJ logo on it and to be signed by the DoJ chief. Verano is not an employee of the Department of Justice. Hell! How come an *outsider* doing the release order draft? There’s a conflict of interest in this case. It’s like a one-man army and one-package deal. What was the arrangement with Injustice Secretary Raul Gonzalez? Justice is a big joke under the corrupt Arroyo regime. Mafia rules!
More than 50% of crimes committed around the world are directly or indirectly due to drugs.
The Tecson family is one of the richest in the country. P50M is peanut if this is divided by the three families of the three suspects. Also, don’t forget that drug syndicates always allocated a portion of their income for such bribes and settlement.
Something very significant came out of the hearing. To save the crooks inside DOJ which could go as high as the Secretary, the respondents’ lawyer admitted that he was the one who prepare the letter/draft and brought it to DOJ for signature. He said he found a DOJ stationery at his home and used it to write. Caught by camera !
At the House hearing, the supposed ties among Resado, DOJ Undersecretary Ricardo Blancaflor and Felisberto Verano, one of the suspects’ lawyers, were revealed.
Blancaflor is an Ateneo law classmate and a fraternity brother of Verano. Another justice undersecretary, Fidel Exconde, belongs to the same law class and fraternity.
Resado, on the other hand, is a student of Verano at the Far Eastern University law school. He has been with the DOJ for three years.
I don’t know about this, but government officials in our Federal and Provincial Government (especially Cabinet Ministers)can not in any way directly, indirectly, perceived or in any manner influence the carriage of Justice, thereby bringing it into Disrepute. it is as simple as that. Their job is to established policies, standard, enact laws and guidelines, but can not personally get involved or even be perceived to have been in any way involved in the conduct of judicial process or otherwise bye-bye..
From Global Integrity Report- Peer Review Comments: The judicial system is one of the corrupt institutions in the country. Judgments in the criminal system are often decided by the ability of litigants to “PAY JUSTICE” so to speak. Bribery and corruption are common elements affecting and enforce decisions in the criminal justice process.
A more accurate description of our Justice System can be found Here for Rule of Law and Here- Judicial Accuntability
…Nabasa ko kanina sa ABSCBN na ang isang drug pusher na nahuli ay student of La Salle?
…noong araw ang sabi “crime does not pay” but ngayon sa atin..criminals pay and are set free..millions pa!
…hindi ba noon may Felisberto Verano na kilalang lawyer and if I remember right..naging senador pa ata…kamaganak ba itong Felisberto Verano na naging instant “pasikat na lawyer?
Atty. Perano, representing the Alabang rich boys is a shame! He must be disbarred.
Ellen,
I just read Manuel Buencamino’s article on the drug-bribery bust case in which he opines that PDEA erred when its agents led by Maj Marcelino obatained evidence without proper search warrants, etc.
Other reports say that that DoJ was clearly at fault, etc. Am still trying to make sense out of the few reports I’ve read but can’t help but think (I might be wrong) that the Alabang druggies must have some firm backing from powers that be to be recommended for release without so much as a tap on the hand.
My thought is that General Dionisio Santiago, former CSAFP, and current PDEA chief may not be the most brilliant military operator that the AFP ever produced but he certainly is not stupid as to enforce a search without proper warrants, etc. He does not suffer from a greatly tainted reputation nor has he been openly accused of overt corruption unlike his successors. He actually is a humble person, quite unassuming and not one to raise his chair (my only beef about him is that he serves under Gloria). His wife is a nice, corteous and quite unassuming lady too.
Santiago’s agent, Maj Marcelino should be commended too — I’m pretty sure he is made of the same stuff as Santiago. If it’s true that Marcelino refused the bribe, he should be praised. We need young officers of his caliber.
If Santiago says that those druggies were guilty as hell, then I’ll believe him. I’ll take his word anytime against that of DoJ’s stupid SiRaulo Gonzales.
Nakakahiya yung Atty. Resado kahapon. Pinagtatawanan yung grammar niya ni Cong. Cuenco. Mukhang maiipit itong isang ito. Mangiyak-ngiyak na nga.
Si Resado, guisado!
Major Marcelino’s career might suffer as a consequence of his refusal to accept the bribe and to speak about it. It is said that oftentimes in the Philippines, civilians wear more stars than real generals and could make the life of an upcoming junior officer miserable if the latter refuses to kowtow to certain desiderata.
Ellen,
Dapat iyong mga nag-offer ng bribe, arrested on the spot! Hindi ba puwede yan?
Dapat iyong mga nag-offer ng bribe, arrested on the spot! Hindi ba puwede yan?
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Puwede Anna; because the offer is the crime itself, so the briber would be in the act of committing an offense when arrested – no need for a warrant.
But, evidence wise, how does one prove it? Babaligtad ang istorya, and the briber would say the Officer/Gentleman asked for grease money.
On the personal side, how do you say “Mistah, you’re under arrest.” And by the way, Mistah, f**k you and your bloody money.
Atty,
Thanks for the reply. Yep, that’s what I thought because if they do that where I sit, posas kaagad yan. The word of the police or arresting agent will carry more weight here kasi. Pero sa atin, baligtaran.
Iyong bang mistah and nag-offer? Tangna! So young and already so corrupt. Marcelino should have upheld his manhood and arrested his goddamn mistah. Anyway, galit na sila (after Marcelino squealed) so, dapat arrested on the spot. (Iyong nga lang, afterwards, duel in baboy coral sila…)
The defense strategy is to disprove that the operation was a buy-bust. The other PDEA operatives were prevented by the gate guards of Ayala Alabang from entering thus they argue it could not have been a buy-bust since the poseur-buyer acted by his lonesome. Hence, the “decision” by the state prosecutors that it was illegal since there were no warrants applied for the search and arrest of the suspects as the operation does not constitute a buy-bust.
If it were actually buy-bust then no warrants were needed because the suspects were caught in flagrante delicto (red-handed).
But that defense is good only if it were Brodett that was arrested. The prosecutors would have considered it a “hot pursuit” operation since Joseph and the agent were already being tailed by PDEA even before they entered Ayala Alabang. Again, hot pursuit operations do not require either search or arrest warrant. In this case, Joseph is considered the runner and Brodett, the pusher.
To be a PDEA lead agent, Marcelino must be one heck of a courageous fellow (these guys usually are) because drug lords are not straightforward enemies, mga pa-traydor.
So, I won’t be surprised kung puwedeng makipag-barilan siya sa mistah niya. Anyway, as I said, tapos na ang pagkakaibigan nilang dalawa. (Marcelino must watch his back and must protect his family at all cost.)
Tongue,
Confusing ang mga storyang nabasa ko. So, if the suspects were caught en flagrant delit, why the whole Punch and Judy show?
Dapat diyan kay Marcelino, bigyan ng medalya.
Tongue,
Reminds me of a story involving class 72. They simply salvaged the pushers and the dealers who killed one of their classmates. They hunted them down and every one of the drug dealing group was found dead literally in the kangkungan.
Matter of fact, the last one was found very dead in a ricefield in San Pablo, Laguna.
I agree with Rose. Drug ring bosses, drug lords, drug cartel leaders etc., should not be arrested — this is one area where I believe that the best way to rid the society of these pests is simply to, well… make them disappear kind of. Engage them in a firefight and make sure these pests can’t shoot back.
(Apologies to Atty for my very un-rule of the law stand.)
Yuko,
Re: “Parang katulad noong mga Canadian na nahuhuli dito for smuggling and using Marijuana, etc.”
Sa Netherlands, legal ang MJ. Many people who go to Maastricht (favourite watering hole of MJ lovers) cross the border to buy soft drugs from Dutch cafés and bring them back to their country of origin — illegal sa France and Belgium, there’s usually a police van camouflaged somewher along the border waiting to stop the cars of the unwitting “clients” ayan, huli sila, confiscated ang soft drugs in their possession at fined pa sila even if they declare the few grams they have on their persons are for personal consumption only.
Btw, Yuko, when you come to visit here, I will take you to Rotterdam or to Maastricht to visit one of those famous cafés and if you are up to it, we could share a joint… (heheheh!)
Wala siguro matinong englsh teachers and textbooks ng mga lawyers, lina-latin na lamang upang di makialam ang mga street lawyers sa mga kaso nila.
Three basic things a lawyer should be knowledgeable about called 3 Ls: Law, Logic and language.
This Major Marcelino is a tested officer in combat and character. When he was assigned in Mindanao during the 2004 election, he refused to participate in the cheating. Because of his integrity, he gained the respect of the people and his comrades.
I don’t understand why this country allows bribes and encourage it. Bail is a form of revenue while investigations are on going. This revenue can be used to strengthen our rule of law.
Could this be the hope for Philippines Judicial System?
ADB approves $300 mln loan to improve Philippines justice system.
The loan for the Governance in Justice Sector Reform Program will be used to increase budget resources, improve public expenditure management, and introduce new internal controls in the sector, the Manila-based lender said in a press release.
By supporting more competitive salaries and higher budgets, the loan is expected to reduce vacancies among judges and prosecutors, improve information and case management systems, and help cut delays in the justice system.
Major Marcelino is another Trillanes.
Bata pa, mukhang marunong at honest itong si Major Marcelino. We should support him all the way dahil baka pumunta kay Pidal ang mga drug lords to relieve him from PDEA o ipasa sa kanya ang bola ng droga. Kilala natin ang Pidal, basta suhol ay magpapadagdag pa!
Kailangan natin ang mga tao na tulad ni Major Marcelino, konti lang sila ngayon.
Just by looking at his face and the way he talks, we can say Marcelino is an upright man. On the other hand, notice the three young rich men after their arrest as shown on TV footage several times…they looked relax and was even smiling as if they knew their problem would be easily settled.
Anna,
To the credit of the defense lawyers, they were doing all they can for their clients, albeit somewhat unethical or at the worst, downright illegal. They have strong points, too, but these matters are judged at the trial phase, not at the inquest.
For example, they argue that it was inconceivable that the pusher Brodett provided change (sukli) for the “budol” money (bond papers sandwiched by real money in a bundle) when he could only supply 70 Ecstasy tablets out of 100 ordered, without inspecting, and finding out, that the payment given was “budol”. The prosecutors also allege that the money was never recovered by PDEA.
These defense arguments were taken hook, line, and sinker by the prosecutors. Again, the DOJ, instead of looking at the 2 determinants to approve the filing in court, i.e., that the crime was committed and that there was probable cause to believe that the suspects committed the crime, they arrogated unto themselves lawyering for the accused and judging on the evidence before it was even presented in court.
Tama ka diyan, chi. If you remember John Campos, yung bata ni Lacson na tinimbog yung mga Triad members dito, itinumba sa Parañaque pagkatapos na gamitin ni FG si Rosebud para idemolish si Lacson at yung mga bata niya na nagooperate against the bigtime drug lords. Tenant namin yung pinsan ni John na sumusumpang hindi nagkapera si John sa PNP gaya ng gustong palabasin ni Rosebud noon. Naawa nga sila dun sa nanay nung namatay si John kaya sila na ang gumastos ng pagbiyahe at palibing sa Cebu. Inamin naman iyan later ni Rosebud, diba?
Wow! A lawyer being allowed to dictate on the Justice Minister? And no action taken after this has come to the open? Yuck!
Over where I am based, this will call for an investigation and removal of those involved even just to protect the integrity, etc. of the justice department, but what can you expect when this happens in corruption ridden Philippines? Kawawang bansa talaga! Mas kawawa iyong mga walang alam or think that the system they have there is normal and acceptable.
Wala na ba talagang pag-asa?
Yes, dapat suportahan itong si Marcelino baka ipasibak siya ni Gloria Mandarambong, who cannot afford to relieve her justice minister kahit gunggong. Baka kasi siya ang masibak!
The rule of the game apparently now is tarantaduhan na!!! Kawawang bansa na pinupuno na ng mga tarantado kahit saan!!!
Anna: Btw, Yuko, when you come to visit here, I will take you to Rotterdam or to Maastricht to visit one of those famous cafés and if you are up to it, we could share a joint… (heheheh!)
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I’ll take you up on your invite Anna. Next year, will see if I can go gallivanting to Europe. I don’t smoke so no chance to share a joint with you, but I’d love to have those cheeses at cafes in Rotterdam.
I love cheese, but I’m taking a little at a time. Bumabaho kasi ang amoy ng pawis. Amoy parmesan cheese on top of the spaghetti! 😛
When are you coming to Japan? Just let me know and I’ll pick you up at Narita Airport.
Tongue: Nakakahiya yung Atty. Resado kahapon. P
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Kung bakit pa-ingles-ingles pa kasi e. Pabayaan mo namang pagtawanan ng abogado ang tagalog ni Cuenco. Truth is bakit nahihiya ang mga pilipino kung di sila maka-ingles. There is no basis na ituring mas mababa ang kategoriya ng tagalog or any Philippine language/dialect sa ingles. Puede ba, tama na ang pag-iinsulto mismo ng mga pilipino sa sarili nilang wika?
Pakimura mo nga, Tongue, ang mga gunggong!
Aba grizzy, magagaling mag-Ingles yung mga congressman lalo na sila Cuenco at Zialcita. Maganda ang diction, Kanung-kano! Pang-Call Center! Hehehe!
ngee heeh heeh eeeeeehhhh!
tongue, sa gagaling nilang mag-inggles eh nagkakandangiwi ang bunganga at namimilipit ang kanilang dila sa pagbigkas ng tamang deksyun.
hindi lang pang call center, pang call girls din!
I strongly suspect that Raul Goonzalez had something to do with the drug controversy. His prosecutors and respondents of the case don’t want to implicate him…at least not yet. During the second hearing, he and Atty. Perano denied the statements of one another as if two thieves blaming each other.
Tongue: Aba grizzy, magagaling mag-Ingles yung mga congressman lalo na sila Cuenco at Zialcita.
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Tama si Magno, puntong bisaya ang ingles, nagkakadangiwi ang mga bunganga sa kaaarte ng pagbigkas ng ingles. Saan naman gumaling iyon?
OK, magaling daw silang mag-ingles, baluktot naman ang tagalog nila. No bilib ako! Tapos iyong hindi makasalita ng tamang ingles, ayaw magtagalog. Ulol talaga!
Come to think of it, nahirapan akong i-translate sa Japanese iyong isang dokumentong galing sa isang korte sa Pilipinas. Bako-bako kasi ang ingles. Hindi pa kasi tagalugin para malinaw ang ibig sabihin. Paulit-ulit na, grammatically wrong pa at walang sense ang sinasabi, basta humaba lang ang deposition, akala nila OK na! Pinapalusot na lang siguro kahit mali-mali. Yuck!
Tama si Rizal nang sabihin niya, “Ang hindi magmahal sa sariling wika ay masahol pa sa isang malansang isda!”
Pero para sa akin, pinaka-worst iyong ingles ni Gloria Dorobo. Ang tigas ng dila. Hindi pa mag-tagalog. Akala niya siguro, ang ganda ng ingles niya. Ang sakit sa tainga sa totoo lang! Ang landi pa ng dating!
Tongue,
Yeah, I remember John Campos’ case and I believed that he was a good cop. Awang-awa ako sa tao na yan.
A drug lord in cebu is a kumpare sa kasal of the orig kabuki.
John Campos was okay except that he was a chick boy. A good looking guy like him attracted even Mary Rosebud Ong.
Patay na patay si Rosebud kay John, na ang misyon ay ala-James Bond, ginagamit ang mga babae sa misyon niya. Nang wala nang pag-asa si Rosebud na mababalik sa kanya si John, siniraan na niya at nagpagamit kay FG para makaganti.
Patay na patay, kaya pinatay?
Rosebud was a pimp in the Chinese community. Everyone in Binondo knows her.
bitche,
rosebud is the pumpgirl of the beho community not only in binondo but also in ongpin hanggang sa chinese cemetery.
he he he heeeh!
tongue, nagpagamit ‘ikamo kay gentlePIG?
aba’y kung nagkaanak sila ay parang tsitsarong bulaklak, hane?
eh, si victor kopong, nakatikim din kaya ng bud ni rose?
Ay tsus! Hahaha! Ang lawak naman ng pinagbobombahan (pumpgirl ba kamo?).
grizzy,
Yan ang iba nating kababayang Pinoy, maka-Ingles lang feeling na nila e matangos na ang kanilang ilong, yaks…
Ika nga mo nga ang hirap ispelengin ang grammar…pag di mo maintindihan e drawing mo na lang…joke, joke, jokeeeee!
chi,
ang poise mo. baka kumalat ‘yan.
he eh heeehh!