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MANILA, Philippines — A former intelligence officer of the Bureau of Customs yesterday linked Davao City Rep. Paolo “Polong” Duterte to the smuggling of illegal drugs, including P11 billion worth of methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu confiscated in 2018.
MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte expressed readiness to be the first government official to undergo a hair follicle drug test.
MANILA, Philippines (Updated 6:18 p.m.) — Jimmy Guban, a former Customs officer who served as a key witness in a shabu smuggling controversy under former President Rodrigo Duterte, has resurfaced to confess that it was Rep. Paolo Duterte (First District, Davao City), Manases Carpio and Michael Yang who owned the magnetic lifters that were found to have concealed P11-billion worth of illegal drugs in 2018. Guban told the House quad-committee on Friday during its first inquiry that he lied about the persons responsible for the illegal shipment of shabu during his testimony to the Senate in 2018 because of threats to his and his family's life. The embattled former Customers intelligence officer took back his testimony six years ago to implicate three people with ties to the former president: president's eldest son, Vice President Sara Duterte's husband, and the president's former economic adviser. Alongside his bombshell admission, Guban also recanted his statement accusing former police official Eduardo Acierto of owning the P11-billion shabu shipment during his trial for charges related to importing dangerous drugs. For this case, he was sentenced to life imprisonment last year. All this was bared before the House mega-panel, which was created to fuse together the investigations being conducted by four House committees: dangerous drugs, public order & safety, human rights and public acounts.
MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte on Thursday she is ready to be the first public official to submit to a hair follicle drug test, adding that she supports her brother's bill at the House of Representatives to compel all elected officials to undergo "mandatory random" drug testing.
People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.Vice President Sara Duterte could be realizing this by now... or maybe not. Her father has said she is stubborn as a mule. She’s either determined to make her point, or, if her critics in the education department are correct, she’s simply a slow learner.
CIVIL Service Commission chairperson Karlo Nograles has declared the second and last Career Service Examination (CSE) for the year a success following a 91.82 percent turnout in both professional and subprofessional levels nationwide.
A MEASURE seeking to mandate random drug testing for all public officials has been filed in the House of Representatives, but some lawmakers criticized it «for pushing a specific agenda.»
MANILA, Philippines — Rep. Paolo Duterte (Davao City, 1st District) on Monday filed a bill that will require all elected and appointed officials, including the president, to undergo "mandatory random" drug testing every six months.