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Left-Leaning Cabinet Members Urged to Go After Duterte Dropped Peace Talks by Macon Araneta | Filam Star Correspondent Duterte calls Kim Jong-un PHP driver license Iloilo no longer STEALING FREE Another mayor rub-out? ‘chubby SOB’ valid up to 5 years ‘Most Shabulized’ city NEWSPAPER IS STILL A CRIME ! PH NEWS | A2 PH NEWS | A3 WORLD NEWS | A9 COMMUNITY AWARENESS | B3 AB 2612, PLESCIA CRIME WEEKLY ISSUE 70 CITIES IN 11 STATES ONLINE Vol. IX Issue 434 1028 Mission Street, 2/F, San Francisco, CA 94103 Tel. (415) 593-5955 or (650) 278-0692 [email protected] August 3 - 9, 2017 Left-leaning Cabinet members urged to go after Duterte dropped peace talks By Macon Araneta | FilAm Star Correspondent Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV has called on President agencies. Rodrigo Duterte to kick out leftist members of his Cabinet He enumerated these government offices as: Depart- after he ordered the Armed Forces to go after the commu- ment of Social Welfare and Development (DWSD) headed nist New People’s Army (NPA). by Sec. Judy Taguiwalo, Department of Agrarian Reform But Senior Deputy Executive Sec. Menardo Guevarra (DAR) headed by Sec. Rafael Mariano, Department of said leftist members of Duterte’s Cabinet are bound to Labor and Employment headed by Sec. Silvestre Bello III, stay. National Anti-Poverty Commission headed by Sec. Liza “As far as the Office of the President is concerned, Maza and the Housing Urban Development Coordinating we see no reason why the three so-called leftist members Council headed by retired military official Eduardo del of the Cabinet will have to be removed. The President Rosario. continues to repose trust in them,” he said. Taguiwalo, an activist who helped organized the With the repeal of the Anti-Subversion Law, he said militant women’s organization Malayang Kilusan ng Ka- there was no reason that those espousing ideals of the left babaihan was nominated by National Democratic Front should be outlawed, or kicked out from government. (NDF) to the President to lead the DWSD. “...the very purpose of that repeal of the Anti-Subver- Mariano, former Anak pawis party-list representa- sion Law is to ensure that people who advocate Commu- tive, was also nominated by the NDF to Duterte to be the nism, Socialism, Marxism, Maoism, et cetera, will not go DAR secretary. underground and that they join the legitimate organiza- Also known as “Ka Paeng,” Mariano is the chairman tions, so that they can espouse whatever they want to of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas a militant farm- espouse,” he said. ers’ group that has led many protests against the Aquino Trillanes, a staunch critic of the President, said he administration’s implementation of agrarian reform and has received information from the military that hundreds agriculture programs. (left) President Rodrigo Duterte (top l-r) DSWD Sec. Judy Taguiwalo and DAR Sec. of cadres from the Communist Party of the Philippines- Bello, a former Justice secretary, was involved with Rafael Mariano (bottom) NAPC Sec. Liza Maza NPA are now officially employed in various government (Photo: www.gmanetwork.com) TO PAGE A7 Chief, 1 other Customs official implicated Agency tasked to recover Marcos ill-gotten wealth in largest haul of illegal drugs from China questioned for relevance, deteriorating artwork By Daniel Llanto | FilAm Star Correspondent By William Casis | FilAm Star Correspondent At a closed-door session of the Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Justice under the proposed right-sizing Senate blue ribbon committee, a wit- Pimentel III said he is open to review- bill, one of the legislation President ness claimed that the highest officials ing the reason for the continuous exis- Duterte wanted Congress to prioritize. of the Bureau of Customs --- Customs tence of the Presidential Commission The PCGG decried in a statement Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon and on Good Government (PCGG). the plan to abolish their agency, saying Customs Intelligence Officer Col. Neil “It has been there with a single ob- they had effectively raised non-tax Anthony Estrada --- were responsible jective, which at this time, has already revenues. It claimed to have recovered for 600 kilograms of shabu that came been achieved,” said Pimentel. at least PHP 170 billion in cash over from China. Malacañang announced that it the course of 30 years with an overall The whistle-blower, Mark Ruben would transfer the remaining functions (L-R) Sen. Chiz Escudero and Sen. Koko Pimentel budget of PHP 2.9 billion for the same Taguba II, wrote the names of the of the PCGG to the Department of (Photo: www.politics.com.ph) BOC Commissioner Nic Faeldon TO PAGE A7 (Photo: www.conceptnewscentral.com) TO PAGE A7 Police in U.S. more likely to arrest Duterte hits back at Aquino for criticism on drug war “Gago ka (You’re a fool).” yari? Put— Gago ka,” Duterte said. minorities during traffic stops That was how President Rodrigo (Aquino said nothing happened. Duterte on Wednesday hit back at OK, you try going into drugs, PNoy, Researchers analyzing data from looking at the rate at which officers former president Benigno “Noynoy” and I’ll cut your head off, you fool. millions of traffic stops in the United discover contraband on searched driv- Aquino III for saying his administra- What happened? **** stupid.) States have found that black and ers, they find evidence that minorities tion’s war on drugs hardly achieved The President said under the Hispanic drivers are more likely to be are held to a double standard and anything. Aquino administration the illegal cited, searched, and arrested at stops searched on the basis of less evidence. “Sabi ni PNoy, parang walang drug trade was rampant, citing police than white drivers. These findings are based on a nangyari. Sige, pumasok ka sa droga, generals’ involvement in illegal drug The researchers note that such nationwide database—which the re- (L-R) President Rodrigo Duterte and former President PNoy, ‘pag hindi kita pinutulan ng trade during the latter’s term. disparities alone are not necessarily searchers created—of state patrol Noynoy Aquino ulo, buang ka. Anong walang nang- TO PAGE A7 indicative of racial bias. However, by TO PAGE A7 (Photo: www.getrealphilippines.com) A2 FilAm Star August 3 - 9, 2017 ph news Duterte allies foiled in first Police denies rub-out in drug raid slay of city mayor, bid to impeach Sereno 14 others reminiscent of Leyte town official killing President Rodrigo Du- it, not her alone. What she did terte’s allies on Wednesday filed was she made decisions, created an impeachment complaint offices, refused to fill vacan- By Daniel Llanto | FilAm Star Correspondent against Chief Justice Maria cies, without consulting other Lourdes Sereno, but no member justices,” Jimenez said. Amid cries of alleged over- of the House of Representatives “The scary thing here is we kill and rub-out, the Philippine came forward to endorse the have a dictator, one who does National Police (PNP) main- complaint. not consult her own peers. This tained that joint teams from Volunteers Against Crime is very dangerous in a demo- the Criminal Investigation and and Corruption (VACC) chair cratic country,” he said. Detection Group (CIDG) Region Dante Jimenez and Vanguard of Jimenez and Mallari ac- 10, the Misamis Occidental the Philippine Constitution Inc. cused Sereno of, among other provincial police and Ozamiz (VPCI) president Eligio Mallari things, giving members of her City police were met by gunfire submitted the first complaint staff allowances for foreign when they tried to serve search against Sereno to the House travel charged to Supreme warrants for illegal drugs and secretary general. Court funds without approval of firearms charges, consequently But without an endorse- the full court. leading to the slaying of Ozamiz ment, the complaint was not They said Sereno also be- City Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog considered to have been of- trayed the public trust “through Sr. and 14 others. ficially filed. inexcusable negligence” for sit- Parojinog, his wife Susan, Lawyer Lorenzo Gadon ting on the applications for the brother Octavio and 12 oth- also announced that he was posts of Supreme Court deputy ers were killed in an alleged filing another impeachment clerk of court and chief attor- shoot-out reminiscent of the complaint against Sereno, but ney, which had been vacant for controversial raid in Albuera, he said he had not done so as of three years and eight months, Leyte last year in which Mayor Wednesday afternoon. and the two positions for assis- Rolando Espinosa Sr. was slain. Gadon told reporters that tant court administrator, which Incidentally, the police direc- a number of House members had been vacant for four years tor of Albuera at the time is had expressed willingness to and six months. the current Ozamiz City Police endorse it but said he wanted to They said Sereno culpa- Director Chief Inspector Jovie read the complaint first. bly violated the Constitution (L-R) Chief Inspector Jovie Espenido and Ozamis City Mayor Rey Parojinog Sr. Espenido. (Photo: www.davaotoday.com) “They wanted more [of in issuing an administrative Espenido fended off ac- their colleagues] to sign the order creating the new Judi- cusations that they disabled No, you cannot expect them to series of operations that began kung pinagtatanggal nga ‘yan complaint, not just one or two,” ciary Decentralized Office and the closed-circuit TV (CCTV) praise us for what we are do- at around 2:30 a.m. last July 31. (CCTV cameras), pero hindi he said. reopening the Regional Court cameras at the Parojinog resi- ing,” Dela Rosa said. Police said about PHP 1.4 tama,” Dela Rosa said in a press Under the 1987 Con- Administration Office in West- dential compound last weekend However, Dela Rosa admit- million in cash, half a kilo of briefing at Camp Crame in stitution, an impeachment ern Visayas in the absence of an to hide the alleged execution of ted that it was wrong for CIDG suspected shabu and firearms Quezon City.
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