IN BRIEF

Agents seize P5.9-m shabu in Pasay City

GOVERNMENT agents assigned at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport have seized two shipments of shabu worth more than P5.9 million at a cargo warehouse in Pasay City.

A composite team from the Bureau of Customs, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and the NAIA InterAgency Drug Interdiction Task Group (NAIA-IADITG) confiscated the contraband at the DHL Express Cargo Warehouse.

Based on import and export documents, the shipment bound to Australia and the other came from the United States were falsely declared as eyelash set, hair dryer, hairbrush, and bread toaster.

But Customs agents, with assistance from the DHL Assessment and Export Division Units, placed the shipments under X-ray screening and physical examination, resulting in the discovery of 878 grams of shabu.

Joel E. Zurbano

2 Suspects In Hazing Death Plead Not Guilty

TWO college students accused in the hazing death of Adamson University student John Matthew Salilig have pleaded not guilty before a Biñan court.

The prosecutors said Armando Hernandez Jr. alias Tyler and Lester Sus alias Biggie pleaded not guilty before the Biñan Regional Trial Court Branch 155 for violation of the Anti-Hazing Law.

The case stemmed from the complaint filed by Earl Justine Abuda and Alexander Marcelo or who claimed they were with Salilig during the initiation rites, as well as the complaint filed by Salilig’s brother, John Michael, and neophyte Roi Dela Cruz. Abuda and Marcelo’s complaint was filed against 17 respondents, while Dela Cruz and John Michael’s complaint cited 11 individuals along with a certain “McGregor.”

QC gov’t. launches StartUp biz concept

THE Quezon City government has launched a new program designed to encourage students to go into business. Dubbed StartUp QC Business Plan Competition, the scheme aims to bolster the youth’s entrepreneurial spirit.

“Through the Startup QC Business Plan Competition, our aim is to foster an innovative culture among our youth, enable them to broaden their perspectives, and open up opportunities for them to reach their full potential. I am confident that our QC students of today will become the future business leaders and technopreneurs of tomorrow,” Mayor Joy Belmonte said. The program is open to all students of legal age residing in the city, who are enrolled at any school, college, or university in the Philippines. Rio N. Araja