The Philippine National Police said it will give Manila Police district officers involved in the arrest of Manila Vice Mayor “Isko Moreno” Domagoso and his companions the “presumption of regularity,” unless it is proven that the police operation conducted over the weekend is indeed politically motivated as alleged by the official.
The Manila Prosecutor’s Office has ordered the release for further investigation of Manila Vice Mayor Isko Moreno and four councilors (not five as earlier reported) who were arrested by the police on Saturday for sponsoring a bingo game in Sta. Cruz, Manila.
Is playing bingo a crime? Even the spokesperson of the Philippine National Police (PNP) admitted that the law prohibiting illegal gambling did not specify if bingo and other similar games of chance might be considered unlawful.
A prosecutor has ordered the release for further investigation of Manila Vice Mayor Isko Moreno and five councilors who were arrested by Quiapo police on Saturday for sponsoring a bingo game in Sta. Cruz, Manila.
A day after candidates in the Manila local elections signed a “peace covenant,” the heat of political intrigue went a notch higher with the arrest of reelectionist Vice Mayor Francisco Domagoso and five councilors on Saturday.
A LIVE-IN partner of a barangay councilman was arrested for her alleged involvement in illegal numbers game in barangay Labangon, Cebu City.
Philippine National Police Director General Alan Purisima believes most politicians in the country rely on jueteng, the illegal numbers game, to keep themselves afloat during elections.
Vic Siman is dead. Long live gambling. The killing of allegedly one of the country’s biggest gambling lords has not put a stop to the illegal numbers racket in Laguna. Bettors interviewed by the Philippine Daily Inquirer saw no changes in the operations of “jueteng” and Small Town Lottery (STL) bookies. A 46-year-old woman [...]
The family of Victor “Vic” Siman, who appeared to be the primary target of a police operation in Atimonan, Quezon, welcomed on Friday the initial findings of a government investigation showing that the incident was not a shootout.
“Coplan Armado,” the police operation to get a notorious illegal gambling operator in Southern Tagalog that led to the killing of 13 people in an alleged shootout in Atimonan, Quezon province, on Sunday would have pushed through with or without the approval of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC).
The police operation against a suspected jueteng operator in Quezon that led to the deaths of 13 people last week was a “confidential” proposal that was not approved, Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. said Friday.
What kind of policemen do we have who would not hesitate to kill fellow cops over turf, like what happened in Atimonan, Quezon province?
Sen. Panfilo Lacson said on Tuesday there has been information that the 13 men who were killed in a shootout with lawmen in Quezon last Sunday belonged to a group that was allegedly involved not only in the illegal numbers game jueteng but also in assassinations commissioned by prominent and small-time politicians.
