By Ade S. Fajardo The police organization may have been used to smuggle dollars from the Philippines to Royina Garma’s former husband in the United States of America, undetected by the prying eyes of the local public. Police Captain Delfin Anuba told the House QuadCom that he was an errand boy for his former …
Come To Think Of It
The brothers Yang
By Ade S. Fajardo Michael Yang’s older brother Yang Jian Xin became a false Filipino long before the late registration of births became a template for like-minded individuals like Alice Guo. Yang Jian Xin’s Filipino name is Antonio Maestrado Lim. His local birth certificate indicates that he was born in Balingasag, Misamis Oriental in …
Pith of the drug war?
By Ade S. Fajardo Royina Garma is in the ropes, getting pummeled by congressmen as her storied past surfaces before the House Quad Comm. She was ordered detained in the premises of the House of Representatives for “repeatedly lying” to the members of the four committees. What came out of the hearing last week confirms …
Immigration head rolls
By Ade S. Fajardo The Philippine Senate issued a warrant of arrest against Guo Hua Ping, aka Alice Guo, last July 10 because of her obstinate refusal to attend its hearings on offshore gaming activities in Tarlac. The Senate hearings led by Senator Risa Hontiveros focused on the criminal POGO activities happening right behind the Municipal Hall …
Unmasking the drug war
By Ade S. Fajardo The Philippine National Police has announced its investigation into allegations that a quota and reward system was implemented during the Duterte administration’s war on illegal drugs. PNP chief Rommel Marbil has announced the formation of a review panel to “thoroughly assess and evaluate Oplan Double Barrel, including Lt. Colonel Espenido’s disclosures.” Lt. …
How was the drug war financed?
By Ade S. Fajardo Why is a lottery office a coveted government appointment? Shouldn’t the office overseeing legal games of chance to raise funds for the sick and the needy be headed by philanthropists or civic-minded persons? Shortly after Rodrigo Duterte was proclaimed President in mid-2016, he said he wanted “killers” to head the Philippine …
A councilor named Small
By Ade S. Fajardo Congress has assembled four committees to find answers — did the Duterte administration purposely employ terror in its war on drugs to intimidate the dissenters and quietly rake in money through massive illegal drug importations and uncontrolled online gaming operations? The first hearing held by the Quadcomm in Pampanga …
Republic of Quiboloy
By Ade Fajardo Televangelist Apollo C. Quiboloy stands accused of many crimes: Child abuse, sexual abuse and qualified human trafficking. Bail is discretionary, meaning that judges may order him detained while trial is ongoing. Quiboloy has yet to face his accusers four months after warrants of arrest were issued against him by Pasig and Davao …
Housing a fugitive
By Ade S. Fajardo A 2022 listing shows that the average price of lots for sale at Pinewoods Golf and Country Estate in Baguio is P34,000 per square meter. Lots paired with golf shares are cuts of at least 600 square meters. The total price for such a package would be approaching P23 million. …
Suspects in the ICC investigation
By Ade S. Fajardo Last week, former Senator Antonio Trillanes presented a document purportedly issued by the office of the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court that names five people as “suspects” in its ongoing investigation of the war on drugs implemented by the Duterte administration. First in the list is Senator Bato dela Rosa, who bucked …