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The Pres. Duterte effect: Thousands of drug pushers, users surrender Three of 5 PNP “narco generals” now in Napolcom custody and two retired police generals of contributing to the “deterioration of law and order” by aiding Philippine drug cartels. national Capital region Police office (nCrPo) Chief Joel Pagdilao, Western Visayas regional director Chief supt. Bernardo diaz and Quezon City Police district (QCPd) director Chief supt. edgardo tinio have all been relieved of their posts, according to duterte. the new president also lodged accusations against Vicente Loot, former PnP general and current mayor of daanbantayan, Cebu, and former PnP deputy director, Gen. marcelo Garbo Jr. “imbestigahan ninyo ito at ‘wag SECOND MEETING. President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice President Leni Robredo chat when the latter paid the Chief Executive a courtesy call ninyo akong bigyan ng zarzuela in Malacañang on Monday, July 4. The two officials met for the first time during the turnover of police command in Camp Crame last week. (investigate this and don’t give Malacañang photo by King Rodriguez me a farce),” duterte said. Loot, diaz, and tinio have pubPNP Chief Ronald ‘Bato’ dela Rosa meets three of the five generals exposed by President PAGE A2 Rodrigo Duterte as coddlers of drug lords. PNP photo surrender to police, and has led to accusations of corruption at the highest levels of law enforcePresident rodrigo duterte’s ment. promise of a bloody war on drugs during a televised speech on convinced thousands of self-con- tuesday, July 5, duterte accused fessed drug pushers and users to three high-ranking police officials by eric
anthony Licas AJPress
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US report: PH ‘fully compliant’ in human trafficking efforts the Philippines is in full compliance with United states standards according to the annual human trafficking report released by the state department. the assessment, which was released on thursday, June 30, has upgraded the Philippines, where human trafficking has historically been a critical issue, from tier 2 - not full compliance making significant efforts to comply with standards - to tier 1, which is full compliance with the minimum standards of the trafficking PAGE A3
Transgender troops now allowed to openly serve in military trAnsGender troops can now enlist and serve openly in the military, the Pentagon recently announced. the announcement came as a surprise after top officials voiced concerns about medical, housing and uniform issues for transgender individuals. the policy change removes one of the last military restrictions based on sex or gender identity. Carter said that the move was a way to be all inclusive of the U.s. population to recruit as many qualified troops for a stronger military. “We don’t want barriers unrelated to a person’s qualifications to serve preventing us from recruiting or retaining the soldier, PAGE A2
Robredo pays courtesy call US lauds PH for on Duterte, assures support luring more FDI by Jose
KatigbaK Philstar.com
WAshinGton—the Philippines is becoming a more attractive destination for foreign direct investment (fdi) and the country’s growing middle class is quickly spending their disposable income in a stable political environment, helping gross domestic product soar to an average growth of 6.2 percent over the last six years, the Us state department said. PAGE A3
by Joseph
aLmer b. pedraJas AJPress
mAniLA—Vice President Leni robredo paid a courtesy visit and had a closed-door meeting with President rodrigo duterte on monday afternoon, July 4, at the malacañan Palace, expressing her full support to the newly elected leader amidst political differences. four days after their inauguration, the two highest-ranking
Philippine leaders had their first private talk. robredo took the opportunity to set up an appointment with the president on friday, July 1, during the change-of-command ceremony of the Armed forces of the Philippines (AfP) in Camp Aguinaldo. “oK naman, very cordial. sinabi ko sa kanya if pwede ako magpa-set ng courtesy visit as soon as possible. sabi naman nya,
anytime (it was okay, very cordial. i asked him if i could schedule a courtesy visit as soon as possible. He said anytime),” robredo said. Although robredo initiated the visit, she bared that duterte also had plans of meeting her. “he was telling me naunahan mo lang ako (he was telling me that i got to it first). i was really planning to invite you over,” added robredo. PAGE A2
Marcos camp confident of winning cybercrime case First bill in Congress seeks reinstatement of death penalty by Jaime
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and Jomar canLas ManilaTimes.net
the camp of former senator ferdinand “Bongbong” marcos Jr. on monday expressed confidence it would win a cybercrime complaint it brought before the manila Prosecutor’s office against personnel of the Commission on elections (Comelec) and vote-counting machine provider
smartmatic, after the respondents failed to prove that they were not responsible for the “hash code” change at the height of the transmission of votes during the may 9 polls. At the manila Prosecutor’s office, complainant Jonathan de la Cruz, a former representative of Abakada party-list, noted that lawyers of smartmatic and Comelec assailed instead his competence to testify by saying
he had no personal knowledge of the change in script in a computer server that processed election results. “i am a complainant not just because i am an adviser of marcos during the campaign period but also in my by marc Jayson cayabyab capacity as representative of Abakada Inquirer.net party-list,” de la Cruz told reporters deAth penalty was the main push of the first after the hearing. he said the next hearing was set on bill filed in the 17th Congress under the duterte administration. PAGE A2 davao del norte rep. Pantaleon “Bebot” Alvarez, President rodrigo duterte’s pick to be the next speaker, filed a bill seeking to reinstate death penalty on heinous crimes through lethal injection. in house Bill 1 he authored with Capiz rep. fredenil Castro, Alvarez said there is a need to reimpose death penalty because “the national crime rate has grown to such alarming proportions requiring an allout offensive against all forms of felonious acts.” “Philippine society is left with no option but to deal with certain grievous offenders in a manner commensurate to the gravity, perversity, atrociousness and repugnance of their crimes,” according to the bill. the bill added that “the basic tenets of equity and justice demand that our penal system be one not only of reformation but corresponding retribution.” Lethal injection according to the bill should be adopted as the method to carry out the capital punishment. in the explanatory note, the authors said there is a need to reimpose death penalty because of the prevalence of heinous crimes and illegal drugs. “there is no denying the scourge illicit drugs have
VICTORY IS NEAR. Jonathan de la Cruz (left) signs documents during continuation of preliminary investigation of complaint filed by his group against personnel of the Commission on Elections and Smartmatic. ManilaTimes.net photo by Rene Dilan
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