After almost a year, President Benigno Aquino III has decided that he can work with Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo, whom he is…
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After almost a year, President Benigno Aquino III has decided that he can work with Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo, whom he is…
Sa imbestigayon na ginagawa ngayon ng Incident Investigation and Review Committee ng nangyari noong Agosto 23, mayroong mga nakakatawa na nangyari. Katulad nitong kwento ni Chief Inspector Romeo Salvador, ang deputy negotiator.
Sabi niya nahilo raw siya ng mga pasado na alas-dos kaya pumunta siya sa isang ambulansya na nakaparada malapit sa Command Post sa Rizal Park. Wala raw ammonia ang ambulansya. Ang binigay sa kanya ay ang Katinko. Yung ointment na Chinese medicine. Natawa ang mga miembro ng committee.
Aba, magaling ang katinko ha. Gamit ko rin yun kapag sumasakit ang aking ulo. Kung walang katinko, white flower. Palagi ako meron nyan sa bag ko.
I got this paper titled, “Unmasking the Hawaii Five-O” from a source in the Philippine National Police. I am sure PNP Chief Jesus Versoza who is assured of staying on under the Aquino administration knows about the existence of this group in the police organization.
I was given names composing the group. The one that got my attention was that of Chief Superintendent Leocadio Santiago, Jr. commander of the Special Action Force. I remember him because he was the one who ordered that media be handcuffed during the Nov. 29, 2007 Manila Peninsula incident.
The cry for genuine reforms of the people behind this paper is clear enough:
I pray that nobody, especially lesser mortals like me, will go through the multiple tragedy that happened to Ted Failon, one of the country’s top broadcasters.
It was tragic enough that a suicide has happened to the Failon family. It was double tragedy that a number of them became suspects and worse, they became victims of police arrogance and cruelty.
Many who witnessed the policemen’s rough treatment of Max Arteche and Pamela Arteche-Trincheta, siblings of Trina, Ted’s wife, who passed away Thursday, as well as that of their driver and household help lament that if that can happen in a case involving a broadcast celebrity under the glaring lights of live TV, how much more to ordinary citizens.
Habang sinusulat ko itong kolum, nanood ako ng hearing ng mga “Euro generals”, ang tawag sa mga opisyal ng Philippine National Police na pumunta sa Moscow noong isang buwan at ang isa ay nahulihan na may perang dala sobra sa legal na limit sa pagdala ng pera sa Europe.
Lalong nagkandabuhol-buhol ang kuwento kung saan galing ang 105,000 euros (P6.9 milyon) na nahuli ng Russian customs kay Maria Fe de la Paz, asawa ni Police Director Eliseo de la Paz, nang paalis na sila sa Moscow papuntang Poland pagkatapos nila dumalo sa isang InterPol conference.
Lumabas na 150,000 euros pala ang dala ni de la Paz dahil may isang negosyante na nagpadala ng 45,000 euros sa kanya pambili ng relo. Grabe namang mahal na relo yun.
Sa hearing tungkol sa Euro generals na isinagawa ng Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs na pinangungunahan ni Sen. Miriam Santiago, maraming binanggit na batas at order ni Gloria Arroyo na nilabag raw ng Philippine National Police sa kanilang delegasyon sa Interpol conference sa Russia.
Isa na doon ang order ni Arroyo na tigilan na ang pagaaral, training of pagdalo sa mga conference sa ibang bansa maliban lamang kung ito ay hindi gastos ng pamahalaan.
Sa 77th Interpol conference sa Russia 17 ang dumalo galing sa Pilipinas. Tatlo galing sa Bureu of Immigration, lima galing sa National Bureau of Investigation, at siyam ang galing sa PNP. Gastos lahat ng sambayanang Pilipino.
by Raymond Africa
Malaya
Former comptroller Director Eliseo dela Paz arrived yesterday from Moscow, saying he will take full responsibility for failing to declare 107,000 euros (around P6.9 million) to Russian customs authorities.
Dela Paz offered no excuses.
“I regret having been remiss in my obligations as a departing visitor in Russia in inadvertently failing to report to airport authorities the amount of cash in my possession at that time,” he said.
Dela Paz clarified the money “was the cash advance for the use of the PNP delegation to the 77th Interpol General Assembly in Saint Petersburg.”
While the world is in financial crisis and Filipinos are tightening their belts some more, the top brasses of the Philippine National Police are living it high.
News report say two police generals, Police General Eliseo de la Paz, director for comptrollership until Oct. 9 and PNP Region 9 chief Director Jaime Caringal, together with their wives are being held in Moscow pending completion of the probe on the 120,000 euros (roughly P6.9 million), found with Mr. Maria Fe de la Paz while they were exiting the Russian capital last Saturday.
The amount of 120 euros exceeds the allowable amount of $10,000 (roughly 7,365 euros) for each airline passenger.
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.