A retired Philippine National Police (PNP) official and his wife have been prevented from leaving Moscow until they can present documents that will justify why there were carrying cash beyond the allowable limit of €10,000.
In a live interview on QTV’s News on Q on Tuesday, PNP Region 9 chief Director Jaime Caringal, who is also in Moscow, said retired PNP director Eliseo Dela Paz and his wife, Meeah, are in a hotel and “are okay.”
“Nagkaroon ng kaunting questioning. May pera na more than authorize na dapat i-declare (There was a little questioning. They were carrying more money than authorized that they should have declared),” Caringal said.
Dela Paz was the former PNP director for Comptrollership.
Caringal said he and the Dela Paz couple were to return home last Saturday, October 11, when the couple was held by Moscow airport officials.
PNP chief Director General Jesus Verzosa’s wife, Zeny, was with the party but was allowed to leave. Caringal said Mrs Verzosa is now on her way back to Manila.
He said the dela Paz couple could not immediately produce the documents explaining the large amount of money, as it was a weekend at the time.
“I’m sure the PNP has an explanation. We are together in a hotel. They (Dela Paz couple) are okay,” Caringal said.
When asked if Russian authorities treated them well, he said: “We are international delegates. We are general officers. So we were treated very well.”
But he admitted they might have to stay a while as the documents from the Philippines will still have to be transcribed and translated into Russian. He said the translation of the documents might take until Wednesday at the latest.
On the other hand, Caringal said were facing another problem that could prolong their stay: Their visas expired last Saturday.
“Humihingi ng extension ang embassy (The Philippine embassy is asking for an extension of the visa),” he said.
Caringal and Dela Paz went to Russia for the Interpol 77th General Assembly that was held from October 7 to 10 in St. Petersburg.
Other officials that composed the PNP delegation were Deputy Director General Emmanuel Carta, PNP deputy chief for administration; Deputy Director General Ismael Rafanan, PNP deputy chief for operations; Director Romeo Ricardo, PNP director for plans; Director German Doria, PNP chief for human resource and doctrine development; Director Silverio Alarcio, PNP director for operations; and Supt. Elmer Pelobello.
The PNP, meanwhile, said it will provide additional details once it receives word from Philippine authorities in Russia regarding the matter.
“We are awaiting word from Philippine authorities in Russia. The PNP, though our Foreign Liaison Division, has requested the Department of Foreign Affairs to verify the status of the PNP delegation to Russia,” PNP spokesman Chief Supt. Nicanor Bartolome said.
Asked on why some officers’ espouses went with their husbands in Moscow, Bartolome said the wives “traveled on their own personal capacities.”
“They are invited to attend social functions and fellowship among Interpol ladies that are part of the activities of the Interpol general assembly,” Bartolome said. – GMANews.TV
From ABS-CBN:
‘Forgetfulness’ caused trouble for ex-PNP official with big cash in Russia
A former police official held for questioning at the Moscow airport simply forgot to declare the 120,000 euros he was carrying when he entered Russia, a top police official said Wednesday.
“Iyon nga ang medyo naging lapse, hindi nai-declare. Hindi niya nalaman na dapat i-declare (That was the lapse, he failed to declare the cash when he entered Russia. He didn’t know that it should be declared),” Chief Superintendent Jaime Caringal, Zamboanga police regional director, told ABS-CBN New Channel.
Caringal was among the police officials stranded in Moscow after retired Director Eliseo dela Paz, former Philippine National Police (PNP) comptroller, was held for questioning by the customs officials at the airport.
Dela Paz and his wife were briefly held for questioning after Russian customs officials detected that he was carrying 120,00 euros (roughly P7.5 million), which was way too big from the allowable amount of $10,000 (roughly 7,365 euros) for each airline passenger.
Caringal said that either Dela Paz forgot to declare the amount or he did not heed the constant reminders of airline employees to passengers that they should declare the cash they were carrying if it was bigger than the allowable cash.
“Alam mo naman na kahit may warning, may iba na hindi sumusunod. On the part of General Dela Paz siguro, nakalimutan lang niya (You know that there are some people who disregard warnings. On the part of General Dela Paz, maybe it just slipped his mind),” the police official added.
The police official clarified that Dela Paz was only held for several hours. He was released after producing the proper documentation for the money, which was later revealed to other members of the PNP delegation as the group’s contingency fund.
He said Dela Paz was stopped by the customs officials last October 11, while boarding for their flight back to the Philippines. Dela Paz and the other top PNP officials attended the three-day International Police Assembly in Petersburg, which started October 7.
Retired budget officer
Caringal said Dela Paz is being addressed in news reports as a former comptroller director because he had already retired from the service.
He left the country for the Interpol assembly as an active official, and then retired October 9.
Asked who authorized Dela Paz to join the delegation and act as the budget officer, Caringal said “it’s not for me to question the wisdom of the decision of the national headquarters.”
Chief Superintendent Nicanor Bartolome, PNP spokesman, told radio dzMM that Dela Paz was acting as the delegation’s budget officer.
Bartolome said the PNP has completed the documentation for the cash advance made by Dela Paz for the Interpol assembly.
He said that in due time, the PNP will be able to explain to the public the full details of the excessive amount being carried by Dela Paz.
Expired visas
Earlier reports said the whole PNP contingent to the Interpol assembly opted to accompany Dela Paz and help him explain to Russian authorities why he was carrying the excessive amount.
Caringal said their visas expired last October 11 and they will have to wait for the extension of their visas before finally leaving Russia.
The other members of the delegation were Deputy Chief for Administration Deputy Director General Emmanuel Carta, Deputy Chief of Operations Deputy Director General Ismael Rafanan, Director for Plans Director Romeo Ricardo, Human Resource and Doctrine Development Director German Doria, Director for Operations Director Silverio Alarcio, and Superintendent Elmer Pelobello.
There were reports that the other police officials who attended the Interpol assembly brought with them their wives.
Caringal said it took Dela Paz more than the usual time to explain the amount because the customs investigators asked him to submit the documents of the 120,00 euros in the Russian language.
Caringal said the Philippine Embassy in Moscow had to hire translators for this purpose. He said the translation may be finished on Wednesday.
A quick read of this report, there are two things I find strange in this incident:
One, why is the wife of PNP Chief Jesus VBersoza with the delegation. The husband is not there. Even if she paid her way there, she was still part of the delegation and she is included in official functions. What’s her personality there?
Two, De la Paz, the official who was found carrying 120,000 euros, (P7.5 million) was retiring Oct. 9. The conference was Oct. 7. Why was he sent there?
The reason you are sent to conferences abroad is to learn something which you can use in your work. He was already retiring in a few days. Why was he sent there?
No lesson was learned from the Garcia scandal. Paano kasi no one was punished.
“He (Bartolome)said that in due time, the PNP will be able to explain to the public the full details of the excessive amount being carried by Dela Paz.”
WTF? The PNP cannot explain this now? Who will believe them if they explain this later?
E120,000 for contingency fund! Why, are they doing a drugs buy-bust operation in Russia? With the whole PNP top brass minus the chief (but with the chief’s wife)?
Russia is run by thugs. These Philippines Officials will bribe their way out. All of them will proclaim innocence
upon arrival in RP but all their “euros” were left behind.
General Emmanuel Carta, Ismael Rafanan, Romeo Ricardo, German Doria, Silverio Alarcio, and Elmer Pelobello. That’s six. Plus wives, twelve.
Tanga. Kung hinati-hati, that’s 10,000 each, within the limit.
When you cannot be good, be careful.
Simple kurakot lang ba yan? Shady deals are always done in cash.
Or were they going to shop in the Russian black market? To arm a private army perhaps?
What kind of police officer that we have? Smart basta kuwarta. Those who went to Russia can easily bribe their way out. Mga mrs nila baka nakmukhang tig 5 Euros lang.
atty, walang gamot sa tanga.
At walang gamot rin sa mga garapal at walang budhi.
Look at this Ronaldo Puno. Nothing wrong daw with de la paz carrying P7.7 million.
Click here at makapagmura ka:
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/127197/Nothing-irregular-in-P77M-of-retired-cop-in-Moscow—DILG-chief
DFA: Two PNP officers and their wives are still being probed.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20081015-166556/2-PNP-execs-still-being-probed–DFA
They are staying in a Moscow Hotel. Question: are Filipino taxpayers spending for their extended stay in Moscow caused by their shenanigan?
There’s absolutely NO MORE Rule of Law in this country anymore.
They who are to enforce it are the one trying to get around with it. From the top to the lowest ranking animal, all are rotten and grossly corrupt!
These criminals really believe they can always fool us, and get away with it.
Pati mga asawa, mga walanghiya na rin!
Mga BAGA’G-NAWONG!
Mga KAWATAN!
Oh my goli Ellen, talagang ginagawa na nilang tanga talaga ang mga Pinoy. Tayo ay pinagtatawanan na sa buong mundo. Pati sa Rusia alam na nila kung gaano ka-kurap ang Gobyerno natin. Palagay ko sinamantala nila yong pagtitipon na yon para mailusot nila ang tong-pats nila. Kawawa naman yong ibang General na kasama nadadamay sa kabuktutan ng ilan.
Sabi mo pa na bakit kasama yong asawa ni Versoza, ang sabi ni Bartolome sa mga asawa na kasama ay ““They are invited to attend social functions and fellowship among Interpol ladies that are part of the activities of the Interpol general assembly,”. Bakit kasama siya???????
Pagtatakpan ni Puno yang mga yan … kasi siya kurap din.
Papano aasenso ang ating armas sandatahan kung ang mga namamahala ay ang inu-una ay mga bulsa?
Anyone can bring in as much money to another country for shopping purposes, for investment or even for gambling as long as proper declaration and documentation that the money is Clean. Remember that General Garcia? Now the question here, is the money clean?
My kid sister was once questioned crossing the border upon declaring more than $10 thousands and asked how did she earned that money in Canada while working in the U.S. (it was a gift from our sister for downpayment of a house). the U.S. customs just requested my sister to produce a letter that it was indeed a gift and all was ok, because she declared it in the first place, if not then she could have been fined.
Re: Atty’s “Tanga. Kung hinati-hati, that’s 10,000 each, within the limit.
When you cannot be good, be careful.”
Bwahahahahaha!!!
Baka hindi hinati-hati dahil dalawa lang at mga asawa nila ang nakakaalam at maghahati sa 120,000 euros.
Sige mga Russians, katayin na ninyo diyan ang mga Police ni Pidal (PNP) na nasa inyong teritoryo, huwag ng ibalik dito!
Pati pala si Caringal at misis ay under investigation rin, ano? Buti nga, nakakarma ang mga Pulis ni Pidal!
Si Ronaldo Puno na ang susunod!
hindi naman nila puedeng gamitin ang euoros sa russia dahil di naman euroland iyon. buti nga nahuli sila. dapat hwag na silang pakawalan doon at ibigay na lang sa mga nazista.
PNP Director General Jesus Verzosa was just appointed recently, di ba? Ang aga namang magtrabaho nito gamit ang asawa!
Transit point lang ng 250,000euros ang Russia dahil nandun ang official conference kuno. Baka ililipad nila para ideposito somewhere in the euroland.
Nagwawala sa Russia ang mga Pulis ni Pidal. Kakahiya sa ngalan ng bansang Pinas, pero OK na rin yun dahil sumasabog sa pagmumukha ni Gloria ang sinimulan niyang kakorapan.
Pati mga asawa, mga walanghiya na rin! – SumpPit
250,000 euros ang usapan e! Kaya kasama si Mrs. Verzosa dahil baka mawala sila sa listahan ng depositors/o hatian. Hahaha!!!
Ewan ko kung bakit ako ay tuwang-tuwa sa katangahang ito ng mga Pulis ni Pidal (PNP)!
All actions of Puno to manipulate the leaders of this country seem to confirm the fact that he is serving a Foreign Master. He represents a band of people who want to control everything.
While we should remain vigilant to local issues, we must, at the same time, be aware of a massive disinformation of a grander scale in the coming days. This is much grander than 9/11.
In order to understand why our local leaders have this deplorable behavior, we must look beyond the obvious, and seek its underlying causes.
They are doing it because they know they can.
Korek ka dyan, SumpPit: “They are doing it because they know they can.”
Because we allow them.
Saan at kanino kaya nasikwat ng mga Pulis ni Pidal ang 250,000euros?!
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“They are doing it because they know they can.” -SumpPit
Sabi nga ni Norpil, dahil “ang pinoy ay takot sa dugo”.
If Russia is run by thugs as one poster mentioned, then the saying “It takes a thief to catch another thief” is true.
I can just imagine how many PNP and government officials committed such acts in the past but were not caught and punished. I remember former Sen. Tito Soto and his wife Helen when caught with thousands of dollars in US airport. Expect more thieves in Gloria’s government bringing out money as her end is coming.
Konting anecdote, pamatid inis. Hango sa alaala ng pinsang kong ex-seaman. This is the Pinoy version of The Purloined Letter ni Edgar Allan Poe (hide your stuff in plain sight).
In the communist days, ang mga seaman ay nakakapalit lang ng dollars sa official exchange, kung saan, mas maliit ang palit kaysa black market. Bago bumaba sa barko, kinakapkapan ang lahat ng seaman, para siguradong walang dalang dollars to trade in the street.
Taka ang mga other nationals, paano nakakalusot ang mga Pinoy na may dalang dollars, at nagbebenta sa black market.
How?
Bawat Pinoy, bago bumaba, may dalang sulat addressed to the Philippines, sa mga mahal sa buhay, at ilalaglag daw sa post office. Hawak-hawak nila ang mga sulat, habang kiakapkapan ng mga Ruso. Walang makita. Ang mga sulat ay hindi ginagalaw, dahil private.
BUT, ang mga sulat ay may laman na mga Benjamin ($100). So, pagdating sa kalye, buksan ang sulat, benta ang mga Pinoy, pambili ng Russian goods at babae.
Comptroller? natalo ang AIG..not in the amount of euros but in how it was “smuggled?” in. 120,000 euros? ang baon ko pala na euros ay barya lang talaga. I think the rate yesterday was US1.35 to a euro..
atty: tanga sila? oo nga..pero when I come to think of it being the Comptroller, seguro in their ledger books instead of addition ang na ka program ay multiplication…kaya ang 10 plus 10 ay naging 10 times 10..WOWOWEE!
..mabuti nga nahuli sila..kahihiya man para sa Pilipinas salamat at nahuli…sana makulong sila..at madiaryo sa lahat ng mundo.. let’s spread the good news..
..now I understand why a friend went to Moscow courtesy of a sister from the Phil..nakikita ko ang connection but I hope I am wrong…
Atty,
Hindi kasi nag-seaman muna ang mga Pulis ni Pidal e, heheh! Gustong maging rich kaagad. Thanks for the anecdote (lang kaya?).
chi:
Totoo yan. Pinsan ko ang isa sa mga salarin. Kung may mga Rusnoy sa Moscow, pinsan ko ang tatay. How I wish nag-seaman muna ako bago law.
Hindi kaya Russian version ito ng hulidap? 120,000 lang ba ang nakuha, o under-declared ang nahuli?
I’m sure huli na ako sa balita, dahil lumabas na ito sa abs-cbn last year. But here is Chinese American Stephen Shey and his Japanese-American pianist doing their version of sarung banggi. Hindi ito alay sa uragon na si Joker Arroyo (Joker, Joc-Joc, what the heck names are those?).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMDqN57J0JY
Russia is not the preference of most travelers. Those who travel there might have other reasons other than touring.
Bravo! Ang galing, ang galing ng mestiso Tsino Amerikano. Tnx, Atty.
Sana ay umaatend ng ganyang mga konsierto o nakikinig man lang ng musikang Kundiman sina Verzosa, Caringal, dela paz at lahat ng Pulis ni Pidal (PNP) at nang madama naman nila ang pagmamahal sa Pinas.
tt,
Is it true that the Interpol 77th General Assembly had “money laundering” as one of their topics? Maybe the incident was intended as a “case study” on what not to do?
Seriously, if these guys really intended to smuggle money out of the country this could be a good way to do it.
I remember there’s a place in Finland called Imatra (my second home) thats just 30mins away form the Russian border, from here you can take FinAir an hour or so to Germany, and then Switzerland after that. Nice plan, no bank trails…
@atty36252 : “General Emmanuel Carta, Ismael Rafanan, Romeo Ricardo, German Doria, Silverio Alarcio, and Elmer Pelobello. That’s six. Plus wives, twelve.
Tanga. Kung hinati-hati, that’s 10,000 each, within the limit.
When you cannot be good, be careful.”
Atty,
Palagay ko di sila tanga, kaya di nila hinati sa 12 ang 120,000 euro eh dahil meron din dalang malaking salapi bawat isa sa kanila. Bubukol. Ang tanga lang talaga diyan ay si Dela Paz dahil siya lang ang nahuli.
Ano ang papel ang mga asawa ng mga PNP opisyales sa Interpol conference? Baka second honeymoon sa Russia? Gastos pa ng gobierno. Talagang waldas.
Tama ‘BUBUKOL’ Talaga! Ilan ba lahat yung delegation (o courier?)na nangwawaldas ng pera ng bayan? Yung 120,000 Euros eh sobra para sa 12 tao (kung $10,000 ang limit). Considering also na pauwi na sila kung yung bitbit nila eh suppose to be ‘tira’ sa budget. At pihadong yung mga sabit na misis eh kasama sa budget at hindi personal expense. Sobra na ang KAKAPALAN ng mga mukha! Dapat nga kasuhan ng Russia ng Money Laundering ang mga iyan!
Wow! a police officer traveled with full of cash coming from a third world country.I could imagine how much they make from a merger salary.No wonder our country has descended from Democracy through Plutocracy into Kleptocracy rule by thieves and robbers.
Sino ba ang source na nagsabi na 120,000 euros lang ang dala ni De La Paz?
Siguradong pinalalabas lang ni PNP Chief Director Jaime Caringal na 120,000 euros lang yon. Most likely, na sa million euros yon.
First time I heard about contingency funds. They don’t need to bring so much money because everything has been paid for in advance by the government like travel and hotel expenses. Besides, money can always be wire transferred or send to their own card accounts. Wasn’t Jun Lozada sent P500,000 to Hongkong when he allegedly asked for it? Remember Mike Defensor’s defense saying he got the P50,000 cash from her wife’s bag trying to help Jun? That’s all BS! The government has too much lies that people no longer believe even it it’s true.
Harassment on opposition leaders have long began; but this time, Malacanang is exerting more effort until the 2010 election. Recently, JDV and his son were charged by DOJ. Now, it’s Erap.
Former President Joseph Estrada and his wife, former Senator Luisa “Loi” Ejercito, were ordered by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to settle more than P2.9 billion in unpaid taxes in 1999.
Correction: Begun not began.
Between now and 2010, opposition and those journalists perceived to be sympathetic to the opposition must watch out.
Ito ang hirap sa mga Pinoy, huli na sa akto gusto pang magpalusot. Sigurado akong sisisihin ni Dela Paz si Pedro Penduko at Bertang Bote para lang lumabas siya na inocente. Kung dito iyan nangyari sa America, kalabos na iyang mag-asawa at sigurado akong mag ple-plead iyan ng guilty parang less ang punishment. Pero tingnan natin kung papaano kikilos sina Razon, Versoza, Puno at Ermita kasama pa diyan si Siraulo para mapagtakpan itong krimen ni Dela Paz. Biruin mo retired na sa PNP nanloloko pa sa Moscow na active duty siya? Doble ang kaso mo, at talagang nakakahiya ang ginawa mo, Eliseo dela Paz. Shame on you!!!Ito ang mga generals ni Gloria at ni Pidal. Mga professional … sa corruption!!!
Baka naman kaya hindi hinati yung dala ni Dela Paz na 120,000 Euros , eh lahat nang kasama duon sa trip ay tig 120,000..at si dela paz lang ang nahuli….Hay naku..garapal !…
ATTN: Bartolome , Puno ..atbp….LOKOHIN NIYO MGA LELONG NIYONG PANOT ! (iyan sana ang maging headline ng MALAYA Newspaper)
There is something wrong with the story or the alibi. If they were in Moscow on official mission they should have been carrying red passports and therefore have diplomatic immunity. There is more to the story I think. News people should dig deeper.
Jake…,
You have a point there. Some are not smart including us. They had no money when they left. They were coming back with money distributed to them from abroad. Sorry na lang at soba kuripot ang retired PNP officer. Di siya naglagay sa Russians. They were only carriers from the stashed riches abroad. Reason why there are just too many in government entourages nowadays.
Jake,
Oo nga ano?! Dapat ay diplomatic passport ang hawak ng mga Pulis ni Pidal (PNP) kung nandun sila on official capacity. Walang tanong-tanong at kapaan kahit saan. Yup, dapat ay tanungin ito ng media. Malamang ay gagawan ng ante-dated red passports ng DFA ang mga hinayupaks!
The reason why they were not carrying diplomatic passports could be because these PNP Officials were doing errands for the higher ups or the trip was done in secret. For one thing, why did De La Paz go when he was about to retire in a few days? Something’s fishy…
Sa wakas nakita ko na uli yung suki kong tinapa vendor! Tinanong ko kung may alam siya tungkol sa mga pulis na nahulidap sa Russia, nagkwento yung mama.
Si De La Paz ay binigyan ng despedida ng isang supplier ng PNP kaya inisponsor yung biyahe nila. Sigurado nga namang kukwestiyunin ng COA yung gastos ni De La Paz dahil aabutan na siya ng retirement sa kalagitnaan ng Interpol Conference. Kaya naman nagpa-approve ng P2.4M na cash advance para sa gastusin nila. Huling junket na niya iyon.
E bakit sinama yung mga asawa?
Ganun naman talaga pag nanunuhol ka ng mga opisyal, e. Hangga’t maaari marami kang isasabit para hawak mo sila sa leeg. Kaya kasama silang inisponsoran.
Bakit kasama yung asawa ni Versoza?
Kasi nga imbitado yung mga asawa nung iba, alangan namang sila lang ang makikinabang sa shopping money. Isa pa, buking na ng mga asawa ng mga parak na napakamura ng mga babae sa Russia na mas magaganda pa sa mga artista sa Hollwood o mga supermodels, sa US$400 mo, makakadale ka na ng mala-Angelina Jolie o Giselle Bundchen. Kaya Jaworski-style ang man-to-man ng mga esmi. Isa pa, kung maraming perang dala, pwedeng hatiin sa dalawa at hindi magmumukhang malaki, diba?
Saan naman nanggaling yung 7.5M Euros?
Napakadali namang mag-wire transfer mula sa Europa hanggang Russia, e. Di natunugan agad ng Russian Anti-Money Laundering dahil si Versoza siguro mismo ang kumuha ng pera sa bangko. Kalokohan lang yung sinasabing hindi naideklara kaya nahuli, finance ang expertise niya, alam na niyang kailangang ideklara iyon at di lang naman ito ang unang biyahe niya, ‘no. Papano naman niya ili-liquidate yung P7.5M samantalang P2.4M lang ang cash advance? Hello? Kaya lumakas ang loob niyang ilabas iyon ng Russia dahil nakalusot na iyong ibang Heneral na may dala rin na nagpunta sa Europe at US, hindi nakwestiyon sa airport dahil hindi naman sila nakatimbre na may dala, maliban lang kay De La Paz dahil siya nga ang kumuha sa bangko.
Ibig mong sabihin, yung 120,000 euros kay De La Paz lang lahat iyon dahil nakuha na nung iba yung kanila?
Hindi, kasama yung kay Caringal doon pero maliit lang yon. Kaya nga hindi maiwan ni Caringal kahit pa inabot ng expiration yung passport niya. Pero yung ibang nasa Europe at nagpunta sa America pwede ring nasa tig-$10,000 lang, $20,000 kung kasama ang asawa ang equivalent nun kaya lusot sa anti-money laundering limit. Bakit naman kasi sa Hong Kong pa gustong mag-shopping ni misis, e napahiwalay tuloy sila a grupo.
Bakit naman pinag-iinitan yung mga pulis natin, ang dami namang pulis na um-attend sa conference?
Iyan ang tanong, bakit yung mga pulis ng ibang bansa, yung mayayamang bansa pa ha, maliliit lang ang baong pera, samantalang yung pulubing bansang Pilipinas, sandamukal ang kwarta. Ang nakakahiya niyan, puro matataas na opisyal ng mga kapulisan ng mga bansa ang nasa conference, pati na ang top brass ng Interpol at sa ngayon, pinagtatawanan na nila ang mga pulis patola natin.
Di kaya isinumbong ng kapwa nila pulis na nakatunog na may masamang balak ang grupong ito?
Pwede rin. Alam mo naman si Sen. Ping, maraming kaibigan sa Interpol. Pwede ring yung mga heneral na hindi nakasama, nainggit at itinimbre sa kapwa nila pulis sa Russia. Alam mo bang meron pang ibang grupo ng mga parak ay paalis pa lang o naroon na sa Germany, mga labing-isa sila, na karamihan e mga Metro Manila commanders, kasama pa yata si Gerry Barias na bagong promote at yung chief security officer ng Batasan? Marami ng opisyal ang halos sabay-sabay na nag-alisan papuntang ibang bansa sa kung anu-anong lakad, may kinalaman siguro sa bagong impeachment sa isang binabalak ng gobyerno. Diba yung Sec. Gen. ng Batasan nasa Switzerland, magwi-withdraw rin kaya, pati yata si Villar at Pia Cayetano nandun din. Partida, bro, may krisis pa sa pananalapi, laking ginagastos ng gobyerno sa mga biyahe at parang hindi na uso ang pera kung gastusin.
Saan mo nalaman iyang mga iyan?
Kakadeliver ko pa lang ng daing at tuyo sa Crame kaya sariwa ang nasagap ko. Papunta akong Malakanyang para magdeliver nitong danggit at pusit.
Salamat, mamang tinapa.
Mga PMA’yers din ba ang mga General na kasama sa Rusia … na gaya ni Ramos, Ermita, Reyes, Ebdane, Mendoza, Garcia at iba pa. Ilan pa kaya ang gaya nila? Wala na bang matinong opisyal sa ating sandatahan na PMA’yer na tumayo laban sa mga taong to? Si Trillanes lang ba?Si Lacson kaya?
Most PNP Generals are graduates of PMA…Pidal Macapagal Arroyo.
Nasa Inquirer na pala yung balita nung tinapa vendor. Nandito: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20081016-166656/Another-group-of-top-cops-on-Europe-trip
Grabe naman yan, ang biyahe ng mga hinayupaks na Pulis Ni Pidal (PNP) ay “observation trip” lang pero 250,000 euros ang baon (ang iba ay naitago na kaagad).
Buti na lang at yung magtitinapa ay matinik magbalita.
Tongue, paki tingnan mo nga bukas yung pagbabalutan ng tinapa na bibilhin mo at baka meron pang nakakahindik na follow ups.
Sobra na talaga to, palagi na siguro nilang ginagawa kaya namihasa, ayan naging careless tuloy.
As usual, “you just explain” and spokesperson…but is anybody buying it?
The worst! Eventually tatamarin na silang mag explain, nakakalusot naman eh, baka “so what?” na ang kasunod?
Baka pag tinanong na sila bakit nila ginagawa to “because we can!” na lang ang sagot at “do you want to fight…city hall?” na lang.
Nakikinig ako ng radyo kanina, ang daming mga pulis na nagrereklamo, yung mga walang baril, mga walang mobile, walang computer, ang daming pangangailangan pero biyahe pala ang mas pinagkakagastusan. Pwe!
Matindi ang galit kay Versoza ng nagpaputok nito. Mukhang may na-bypass sa promotion at mainit ang punong tenga.
Ano na ang nagyari sa ginawang audit nung P10 Bilyong ginastos ni CPNP Art Lomibao para sa APEC? Bakit marami pa ring walang baril? Walang SOCO? Walang mobile? Baka kung sa NPA napunta iyon, tapos na ang gobyerno sa laki ng pondo.
Comptroller pa lang yan, ha. Magkano kaya ang “contingency fund” ni Razon nung nag-retire?
Sana nga totoo yung sinasabi nila na sa sariling bulsa galing ang gastusin ng kani-kanilang mga commander. Pero ang hirap paniwalaan. Kagabi may sinabi si Puno na dalawang milyon daw ang allowance ng mga general. Paanong nangyaring may natira pang humigit kumulang na 7.5 milyon? Kanya-kanyang takipan na naman ito na kung iyong pagtatagni-tagniin ay hindi tumutugma sa iisang dahilan. Mga general, huwag nionyong gawing general lagi ang mga lakad ninyo kundi mahuhulog kayo sa general sin.
Vic is right. He wrote “Anyone can bring in as much money to another country for shopping purposes, for investment or even for gambling as long as proper declaration and documentation that the money is Clean”.
Common sense, these guys went to Russia not only for business but for pleasure too. They will try their very best to make most of this trip, like touring, clubbing, entertainment hopping, gambling and the most common, shopping. If they have the ways and means, then why not?
I bet, if you were given the a similar opportunity, you too would do the same and bring with you the money you can afford or borrow. I believe most of us Filipinos will be bringing cash instead of ATM cards since this is what we’re uaed to.
The money they brought in to Russia may be more or less than 120K Euros. I just hope that this money is CLEAN.
According to Inquirer, Inspector Dorothy Du, QCPD information officer, said the travel was an observation trip.- Wow, what an expensive observation trip. Ganoon ka-galante ang gobyerno natin?
Not only that we allow them, there are even a number among us who consider these sons of bitches to have done them a favor. Oh, how happy they were with that P500 dole-out!
Of course, it’s not their fault however. They just don’t have the capacity and time to understand what’s it all about. They think, and worst, have already accepted that all are just normal facts of life, and there could be nothing better.
Unfortunately, behavioral reorientation can not happen overnight. 487 years of brainwashing can’t be undone with a hastily delivered speech in a hastily organized hotel takeover. (Of course, it’s something that must be done to benefit us this hindsight – that the people are not ready for a real revolution.)
So what shall we do?
Will we take it upon ourselves to do what is necessary to remove physically that which causes all the deluge befalling upon us, even without the active participation of whom will greatly benefit from such action?
And if my premise is wrong, and that these people are only waiting for 2010 to make that final decision, is it wise for us then to just do the same, and let the same sons of bitches do their thing for the time being?
Are these same sons of bitches not smart enough to haven’t prepared for themselves, strategies and scenarios that would put them in an advantage prior to, during, and beyond 2010?
Are these expensive “wild trips” abroad by Glueria’s Private Security Officers not part of that contingencies?
If elections do happen in 2010, and these sons of bitches trample upon the will of the people again, will we be willing to do what’s necessary to take it to the next level, whether it be peaceful or not?
Is 2010 all are waiting for?
(You know what? If I were on the other side, I’ll make a scenario prior to that time, to disrupt that line of thinking [‘waiting for 2010’], and take everybody “off-guard”.)
BE VIGILANT. BE VERY VIGILANT.
That’s the least we can do.
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Thanks M’Ellen for being there. More than our eyes and ears, You are One Brave Soul!
Re: daming mga pulis na nagrereklamo, yung mga walang baril
BERETTA M9 PISTOL 9MM 4.9″ BL W/2-15RD MAGS
It cost about $570.00 or $570x P45/dollar= 26,650 pesos each. No tongpats. General De La Paz got 7.5 Million pesos contingency fund. It can buy about 281 pcs. M9 pistols for the PNP.
What benefits can we, taxpayers, get from spending on a retiring general?
Assuming the estimate of P2.4M as requested by cash advance is enough to cover the trip, and that most of that advance was already consumed since they were already homebound, and taking the statement of De La Paz that they also carried their own money, it is easy to conclude that de La Paz carried AT LEAST P10 MILLION when he left the country (P2.4M + P7.5M + personal funds). How did he do that? He and his wife violated our Customs, Central Bank or Immigrations laws the moment they boarded that plane.
Arrest the criminals!
The PNP has no budget for contingency during travel, only GMA has that authority, according to COA. As PNP Comptroller, of all people, he must know that by heart! Puno is digging a deeper hole for De La Paz by talking nonsense.
Any schmoe in any organization knows that contingency funds are but a fraction of expected expenses. Does that mean the money they originally carried was 4 or 5 times that amount found on him?
Bakit panay ang PR sa police? May patrabaho ba? Martial law?
Umpisa pa lang yan ni Verzosa at ang kanyang mga alalay. Alam niya kung anong dala ng mga Generals at ang kanyang asawa sa Rusia. Kung bakit ang asawa kasama …. palaisipan di ba?
Kanya’t hindi kataka-taka kung bakit nakakapit pa ang mga ex-General kay Glorya …… palabigasan sa kanila ang ating Gobyerno. Hindi para paglingkuran ang taongbayan kundi pagnakawan. Yan ang pamana sa kanila ang kanilang Ninong na si Ramos.
Anong nangyari na ba sa kaso ni Garcia … napawalang sala na? Yong kaso ni Perez … kalimutan na lang ba?
Sana may gumawa ng website na nakalagay doon ang mga kawalanghiyaan ng pekeng Gobyernong ito at kung ano na ang status. Meron ba?
Kay Chiz, Jinggoy, Ronnie Zamora at iba pang oposisyon kuno na naghihintay ng 2010 na hindi darating; Malaking patrabaho ni Gloria ito pero nagbabakasakali pa rin kayo.
Ayan ang impeachment, ayaw naman ninyong suportahan. Nasa league kayo ni siRaulo!
Normally in the military there is a valedictory compensation over and beyond whats due on a retirement. That is sourced from conversions. Apparently this time, it must have come from without.
Nakakahiya talaga ang mga law enforcers sa Pilipinas na siyang promotor ng mga krimen na dapat na sila ang sumusupil. Golly, sa ibang bansa pa nagkakalat!
Naalala ko tuloy iyong pulis na ipinadala sa Japan noong araw for special training para sa mga pulis ng ASEAN. Abaw, may dalang baril na bawal na bawal sa Japan kahit siya pulis dahil wala naman siyang lisensiyang magdala ng baril dito. Laking eskandalo tuloy ang nangyari.
Ang tanong naman ngayon ay bakit may ganoong kalaking halagang Euro meron ang ungas na dating pulis chief daw? Kanino iyon at saang bangko sa Europe ilalagak iyon? Sa bank account ni Pidal sa Germany ba?
Dapat iniimbestigahan din iyan ng Central Bank ng Pilipinas dahil mismong sa Pilipinas may restriction sa paglalabas ng foreign currency kahit sa paglalakbay sa ibang bansa. Hindi dapat pinapalagpas ang ganyang paglabag sa batas lalo ng batas ng Pilipinas at lalo na ng ibang bansa na magiging kahihiyan para sa bayan.
Dapat sa mga iyan ipinapakulong. Marami ng kasalanan ang mga ungas. Ipakulong na, puede ba?
Tama, bakit nga ba pati iyong mga asawa kasama sa junket na gastos ng mga nagbabayad ng buwis? Abuso talaga!
Senator Ping Lacson just said that there’s no such thing as “contingency fund” as reasoned by PNP. Even the Commission on Audit rules don’t have such fund. Lacson was a former PNP Chief so he knows what he’s talking about. Another scam discovered. Not a day passed without any anomaly in this evil government…
BE, kita mo ginagago tayo yang Puno na yan. Sa kanya galing na yong dala daw nong gagong General ay contingency fund daw nila. Siguro kay Puno yan pambayad ng mga Property taxes ng kanyang mga ari-arian dito sa u s of a.
The Russian Mafia is very strong around the world. They might be the affiliates of these crook Generals.
BE:
Malapit lang ang Germany sa Russia. Pihado my mga kausap nang mga courier ang mga may account sa Germany para paglagyan ng ninakaw sa kaban. Dapat iniimbestigahan iyan mismo ng Central Bank of the Philippines dahil mismo sa Pilipinas bawal maglabas ng ganoong kalaking pera lalo na’t wala namang gaanong foreign reserves ang Pilipinas. Tindi talaga ng apog ng mga animal!
The closest logical reason why the General brought with him so much cash is to leverage it through Foreign Exchange. It was a good time to buy Euro during the last 2 months because it was down. Just recently, its value went up again. Furthermore, the intl. Euro/USD ratio is 1.126 and 1.35 in our country. He is a comptroller and he might be good in Forex transactions.
Leverage? That money is not his money nor the PNP’s. Look, the policemen are all travelling to Europe, Hong Kong, and California. Where most of Pidal’s assets and accounts are reportedly stashed!
That police contingent in California, at 45 officers, is the biggest one.
Are they carrying home another part of the “pabaon” for recent retirees De La Paz and Razon, or maybe, pasalubong money for Versoza?
Or are they bringing home Pidal’s money from Morgan Stanley, Hypovereins and Credit Suisse?
TT – you may be right. It’s not his money.
The general might be leveraging, e.g., investing using borrowed money and to this case from the PNP. I suspect that the cash he brought to Russia is in USD. He used this to buy Euro in Russia. He will then sell this Euro when he comes back. Euro at his time is gaining. Forex is the most liquid business.
The catch – it is against the law to use public funds for personal gains or for engaging in transactions that is not allocated for it.
TT – you may be right. It’s not his money.
The general might be leveraging, e.g., investing using borrowed money and to this case from the PNP. I suspect that the cash he brought to Russia is in USD. He used this to buy Euro in Russia. He will then sell this Euro when he comes back to our country. Euro at this time is gaining. Forex is the most liquid business.
The catch – it is against the law to use public funds for personal gains or for engaging in transactions that is not allocated for it.
To the question of SumpPit, “Is 2010 all we are waiting for?”
My answer, it is a trap lured to us by the GMA puppet government of the Americans so that they can get away with their having looted us Filipinos thru hello garci, jocjoc fertilizer scam, swine scam, ZTE broadband scam, spratly selling to the Chinese scam, Diwalwal minesite selling to the Chinese scam, aid of US rapist bolting of Manila City Jail scam, and many other scam. By 2010, we Filipinos would have our senses already numb by all these scam and would already accept them as part of our nature as Filipinos. It is part of the development program of the Americans to control the Philippines thru colaborators like GMA, so that they can have all of our resources for their raw material requirements, and our area probably General Santos City where they can already establish their military base.
Yes, it seems the attention of most Filipinos is on 2010. It is a way of legitimizing the criminal acts of GMA and the perpetual colonizing program of the americans.
Yes, I remember the 30 mins drive across the Russian border, on one side (Finland) meant being alone in the hotel watching TV (in Finnish, and all I know was kitos) the whole time and drinking beer, eating reindeer stew with berries, and the other side meant wilder pubs, Russian girls (all of them looking like Donita Rose with Brazilian bodies)…but then again I decided to go back to the hotel as my wife might call and I’ll be in “hell on earth” if I don’t respond to the bed check…
Malamang na pa-Bonus o Pa-SUHOL iyang all-expeses paid trip na yan sa mga ‘Euro Generals’. Para kung may ipapa-trabaho sa kanila ang ‘GloriaPidal-Ermita Syndicate’ eh madali ang usapan. Eh di ba nga marami pa rin ang pa-abroad na mga Kapulisan. Sinasamantala na ng mga Pulis Patola!
jug,
Member yata ng PNP Spouses yang sa ‘yo. Mala-Jaworski. Pero kung ako naging babae, talagang hindi ko papayagan ang asawa kong mag-goodtime sa Moscow. Kagaganda ng mga teenager, mura (fresh, not necessarily cheap) pa. Middle class prosti na akala mo artista sa Hollywood. Kung gusto mo ng dirt cheap (by European standards), sa Romania. Baka doon ang side trip nila Barias and the 45 pigs, hehehe.