It ought to be crystal clear by now, however improbable it might be to change prevailing public sentiment on the matter, that PDEA chief Santiago and PDEA agent Major Marcelino fairly succeeded to have us believe of the myth of a P50 million bribery to DOJ state prosecutors from the camp of the drug suspects.
Sa Pula Sa Puti: DOJ VS PDEA VS ALABANG BOYS
January 13, 2009 By 14 Comments
We are missing the point here… Noong Sunday inutos ni President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ang leave of absence ng mga piskal na may kaugnayan sa issue ng suhulan ng korte kaya nabasura ang kaso ng droga ng tinaguriang Alabang Boys na nahuli ng PDEA noong nakaraang taon. Tulad ng isang sabungan ay nag pula ng [...]
DOJ vs. PDEA
January 13, 2009 By 5 Comments
It seems discomforting to know that prosecutors of DOJ have to go on leave en masse on account of the rather faulty decision of Malacanang to have to place them on a preventive suspension. This unduly creates the public perception that the DOJ prosecutors involved in the now famous case of Alabang boys have in [...]
Alabang boys – case of media over-fixation
January 9, 2009 By 10 Comments
Tri-media may have wittingly or unwittingly over-fixated itself with the case of so-called Alabang boys where sons of apparently wealthy families from Alabang have been arrested by agents of PDEA in an alleged buy-bust operation. The viewing universe is given sufficient enough regular dosage of news as the case develops and there is no controlling [...]
The Alabang Connection Part 2
January 8, 2009 By 17 Comments
The House inquiry on the resolution of dismissal by the DOJ of the trumpeted drug pushing of scions of well –connected families has assumed from the first day of its investigation as a comedy to a total tragedy and the victims are the Alabang Boys. If the resolution of dismissal by Prosecutor John Resado is [...]
Alabang Boys–the day the fruit of the poisoned tree poisoned everyone
January 8, 2009 By 18 Comments
My friend and colleague Ding Gagelonia posted an appeal for and on behalf of families affected by this drug menace. In his comment on my previous entry, he says that it’s entirely uncalled for to write “sweeping statements” on this controversial Alabang druggie case. Families and suspects of drug-related cases should be given their day [...]
The Alabang Connection
January 8, 2009 By 15 Comments
I saw on TFC channel the House inquiry on the Alabang Boys (Alabang drug-peddlers, according to non-lawyer congressman) and I could not help myself being entertained by what could be described more as a “House Comedy” rather than a “House Inquiry”. But I admire the courage of the young prosecutor who dismissed the case and [...]
Due process and the rule of law
January 6, 2009 By 25 Comments
Last September, agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested and charged Richard Santos Brodett, Jorge Jordana Joseph, and Joseph Ramirez Tecson for the use, possession, and sale of illegal drugs. The PDEA saw it as an “open and shut” case. Prosecutors from the Department of Justice (DOJ) agreed. But not in the way [...]
Alabang Boys – A Big Drug Syndicate?
January 6, 2009 By 36 Comments
Are the so-called Alabang Boys – Brodett, Joseph, & Tecson – arrested by PDEA’s field agents on a reported legitimate buy-bust operation undertaken separately in posh Ayala Alabang and in Araneta Center aptly fall under the classification of a big drug syndicate who source their drugs from as far as America via e-commerce or online? [...]
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