By Ade S. Fajardo Rodrigo Duterte and his followers constantly pose this challenge: Why rely on the International Criminal Court (ICC) when the local justice system is truly working? Why not file complaints in Philippine courts if there is indeed evidence of crimes against humanity in the drug war waged by the previous administration? …
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Did the Senate try to steal the thunder from Quad Com?
By Ade S. Fajardo Why was Police Colonel Hector Grijaldo invited to the Senate blue ribbon committee hearing last week? Grijaldo does not figure in the roster of personalities that the International Criminal Court is investigating with an eye towards arrest and prosecution. That elite list so far includes only Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, former …
Did judges turn a blind eye to murderous intent?
By Ade S. Fajardo Now retired Police Colonel Jovie Espenido testified in Congress that when Albuera Mayor Rolando Espinosa was in his custody, he executed an affidavit that contained controversial allegations. It identifies police officials who received money from Espinosa’s drug operations. Jovie Espenido says the logbook containing payout entries is still with the Philippine …
Where is Sonny Buenaventura and is Duterte showing up?
come to thinkBy Ade S. Fajardo Sonny Buenaventura can most likely corroborate the narration submitted by Retired PO3 Arturo B. Lascañas to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Lascañas said in his ICC affidavit that Buenaventura was one of the “evil lieutenants” in the Davao Death Squad (DDS), Rodrigo Duterte’s “personal killing machine” whose targets …
Is Leonardo next to sing?
By Ade S. Fajardo Is the mighty QuadComm out to get the Dutertes? First to drop a bombshell was Jimmy Guban, a former intelligence officer at the Bureau of Customs, who identified Michael Yang, Polong Duterte and Mans Carpio as facilitators of illegal drugs right at the country’s principal gateway. Next was Jimmy Fortaleza, a convicted cop, who …
BBM won and things went bad for Duterte’s cohorts
By Ade S. Fajardo Michael Yang and Allan Lim are close associates of former President Rodrigo Duterte. In 2017, when Duterte was at the apex of his political career, Police Colonel Eduardo Acierto thought he was doing him a big favor by writing a report detailing his friends’ connections to illegal drugs. Duterte could have been …
The PNP as laundromat?
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 …
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 …