Ricardo David should be sacked as BI chief
If President Noy sacked Magtanggol Gatdula as director of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) for the kidnapping of a Japanese national, he should also kick out Commissioner Ricardo David of the Bureau of Immigration for the escape of Kim Tae Dong, a Korean held by immigration for various crimes.
The principle of command responsibility should be invoked in both cases: Gatdula’s and David’s.
In the kidnapping of Noriyo Ohara, a P15-million ransom was reportedly involved.
But the amount is peanuts compared to the escape of Kim: $2 million down payment and P50 million final payment.
The staggering amount was allegedly given to some immigration officials and employees.
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima might want to form another probe panel to look into Kim’s escape like she did in the case of Ohara’s kidnapping.
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An office clerk at the Bureau of Customs, who was driving a Porsche, a luxury sports car, shot up a Toyota car driven by a student last month over a minor traffic incident.
The hotheaded and show-off customs clerk is Paulino Elevado.
How he can afford to drive a P9-million Porsche on his P10,000 customs salary is a mystery.
But such is not a mystery at all at the Bureau of Customs where even a mere janitor/messenger, who goes around armed with a .45 caliber pistol, owns several houses and four cars.
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I have received several complaints from passengers of Cebu Pacific Airways who lost valuable items in their luggage or the entire luggage when they landed or checked in at Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 (Naia).
Something must be done about the rampant thievery at Naia 3.
Cebu Pacific will lose many passengers due to the careless handling of their checked-in luggage.
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The attack on a student on the University of the Philippines campus in Diliman, Quezon City, is frightening to parents whose children are studying at the premier institution.
Connie Hina, 20-year-old senior political science student, has been fighting for her life since Wednesday after she was attacked by a man who barged into the University Student Council Office.
How did the attack take place in a campus which is supposedly well protected?
Aside from “blue” guards, the UP has its own police force.
