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NOW: The Senate resumes its joint committee probe into the GCTA law, which has morphed into a hearing on "ninja cops" persisting in the Philippines. | via @ramboreports

@ramboreports PNP chief Gen Oscar Albayalde already here.

He was grilled in the last explosive hearing after PDEA chief DGen Aaron Aquino revealed that he intervened in the impending dismissal of Pampanga "ninja cops" back when they were police regional directors.

@ramboreports Baguio City mayor and former PNP CIDG chief Benjamin Magalong also already here.

Magalong says PDEA's Aquino told him that Albayalde had asked for Aquino "not to implement" the dismissal order. | via @ramboreports

@ramboreports Worth noting that back when Albayalde asked Aquino to review the case of the 13 set-to-be-dismissed cops that they had a pending motion for reconsideration already up for resolution years before.

Unclear why Aquino did not decide on the case during his term. | via @ramboreports

@ramboreports Rappler plots the timeline of this unfolding controversy here, ending with #PresidentDuterte's cliffhanger that he would decide on PNP chief Albayalde's fate after a probe by Interior Secretary Eduardo Año: rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/2…

@ramboreports Other top police officials we're seeing:
- DIDM chief MGen Elmo Sarona
- HPG chief MGen Roberto Fajardo
- Central Luzon chief BGen Joel Coronel
- Personnel chief BGen Lyndon Cubos
- PDEG chief BGen Albert Ferro

@ramboreports Sen Richard Gordon pounds the gavel. The hearing resumes.

"We'll try to finish this," Gordon says. | via @ramboreports

@ramboreports Sen Gordon recounts what the Senate joint panel has established: There's a coverup of the operation, the punishment of dismissal was downgraded. | via @ramboreports

@ramboreports Gordon says Albayalde now has a "badge of suspicion" after he intervened in the dismissal case of Pampanga "ninja cops." | via @ramboreports

@ramboreports Gordon: The people deserve to know the truth...Ang pulis, dapat pinagkakatiwalaan ng tao. | via @ramboreports

@ramboreports Gordon stresses that the Congress supported the increase for police salaries to prevent corruption. | via @ramboreports

@ramboreports Gordon: Who is going to protect us when those who are supposed to protect us have gone awry? | via @ramboreports

@ramboreports Gordon says he'd like to direct the hearing now on the Bureau of Corrections in relation to the GCTA law controversy.

BACKGROUND: rappler.com/newsbreak/vide…

@ramboreports Gordon: We will now focus on sa kalokohan dito sa BuCor. May mga kalokohan. | via @ramboreports

@ramboreports Gordon puts back the focus on the issue of "GCTA for sale" and other schemes of how prisoners pay huge amounts of money for luxuries in the New Bilibid Prison.

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@ramboreports Gordon calls on COA representative over catering contracts for the New Bilibid Prison.

She says contracts are not compliant with many rules and regulations. | via @ramboreports

@ramboreports Suspended BuCor legal chief Frederic Santos admits to charging P50,000 for notarizing documents for catering contracts for the New Bilibid Prison. | via @ramboreports

@ramboreports Senator Panfilo Lacson raised the amount charged by the food contractor of the BuCor which is at P39/day per prisoner. He asked why bid at P39/day when the budget allows for P60/day | via @reyaika

@ramboreports @reyaika Angelina Bautista, the caterer, says that their 6-month contract with the government was priced at P21 million. It was extended after failed bidding. | via @reyaika

@ramboreports @reyaika Bautista said that approval of catering services was difficult after Dela Rosa's term as BuCor chief.

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@ramboreports @reyaika Senator Hontiveros asks: Ilan ang namamatay sa loob dahil sa mga totoong sakit?

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@ramboreports @reyaika BuCor says 20% of Maximum Security Compound prisoners die EVERY YEAR due to diseases and overcrowding. | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika Sen Hontiveros: So around 5,200 ang namamatay every year, Mr Chair?

BuCor: Because of the overcrowding.

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@ramboreports @reyaika Sen Hontiveros: Ganito ang kalagayan natin, tapos may maririnig tayo na mga presong pinepeke ang sakit, at nagpapakasarap sa ospital. | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika Because of the rate of deaths inside Bilibid, Senate President Tito Sotto says "hindi na pala kailangan ng death penalty." | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika Sen Hontiveros: Inaagawan pa ng mga drug lords ang mga mas karapatdapat na pasyente. | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika PDEA chief Aaron Aquino: It was never my intention to malign the PNP. | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika Aquino says even the PDEA has agents engaged in the recycling of illegal drugs. He says 5 PDEA personnel have been dismissed over the scheme. | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika PDEA chief Aaron Aquino recalls what Albayalde told him before: "Sir baka pwedeng wag mo munang iimplement ang order." | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika Last hearing, Aquino only said Albayalde was asking for a check of the status, now he is saying Albayalde wanted to prevent the dismissal of the cops. | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika Aquino: It should have been acted upon by the previous regional director I only assumed June 2016. It was not acted upon by previous regional director before me. | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika Aquino: Wala pong sinasabing ganoon (MR), ang tanda ko po ay yung order. Wala pa pong resolution at that time. | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika Albayalde's defense: His call did not change the outcome of the already-delayed dismissal order.

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@ramboreports @reyaika Lacson corrects Albayalde: The MR has not been granted when Aquino sat down as Central Luzon police chief.

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@ramboreports @reyaika Important detail: Major General Amador Corpus, who downgraded the dismissal to demotion for "ninja cops", is a classmate of PNP chief General Oscar Albayalde.

Both are from PMA Sinagtala Class of 1986.

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@ramboreports @reyaika Retired General Rudy Lacadin, predecessor of Aaron Aquino as Central Luzon chief, says the dismissal order vs "ninja cops" needed to be approved by Camp Crame (national headquarters) officials. | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika Albayalde on delay of dismissal: We have no hand on that. | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika Albayalde points finger to Magalong, says when the dismissal order was ready, Magalong failed to prod officials for its implementation. | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika Albayalde: 'Yun din po ang tinatanong namin, bakit di naimplement from 2014 to 2016.

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@ramboreports @reyaika Drilon asks: Why was the order frozen in Crame?

Albayalde: I do not know what happened in the national headquarters. | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika Magalong asked by Gordon why order took so long to be implemented.

Magalong: Ang pag-implementation ng dismissal order ay napupunta na sa DPRM (personnel and records office). | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika Magalong: I was not aware na si General Purisima ay may instruction na lahat pala ng administrative case ay i-aakyat. | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika Sen Marcos: Orders should not be disputed, they should simply be followed. | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika Albayalde: I was never charged. That was the reason naghanap lang ako ng bagong assignment. | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika Sen Gordon threatens Maj Rodney Baloyo with contempt as he is "evasive" with answering questions.

"You are an officer, magco-colonel ka na, and you did not follow the rules." | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika Gordon flags the 13 "ninja cops" for not preparing a pre-operation report with then-Pampanga police chief Oscar Albayalde. | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika Magalong: Usually ang high-profile drug traffickers, they only deal with people they know. | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika Albayalde begs to differ: Depende po yun sa operation. | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika PDEG chief Albert Ferro: If you will apply for a raid, you should apply for a warrant. It depends on the quality of your confidential informant. | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika Gordon: 'Di ako makapaniwala na pinapasok kayo sa bahay noong taong iyon sa isang subdivision. 'Di kapani-paniwala na biglang papasok kayo doon. | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika Albayalde: Even if I called, I was not able to influence his decision. | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika Albayalde: There is always presumption of regularity. | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika Lacson asks Baloyo: What is the basis of this operation?

Baloyo: Based on our asset, may nagtitindang Chinese. | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika Lacson on Baloyo: Wala pong totoong sinasabi ito. | via @ramboreports

@ramboreports @reyaika Sen Lacson: The conclusion is there is no such in as a walk-in asset. Talagang ito, pinroject 'nyo ito. | via @ramboreports

@ramboreports @reyaika JUST IN: The Senate joint panel cites in contempt Major Rodney Baloyo, leader of Pampanga "ninja cops" in 2013 anomalous buy-bust. | via @ramboreports

@ramboreports @reyaika Baloyo will be brought to the Pasay City jail | via @reyaika

@ramboreports @reyaika Sen Drilon says Baloyo is cited in contempt for "consistently giving answers that are very evasive." | via @ramboreports

@ramboreports @reyaika Gordon calls on retired BGen Manuel Gaerlan to testify on the case of PNP chief Oscar Albayalde.

Gaerlan investigated the case of "ninja cops" when he was deputy chief for operations of Central Luzon. | via @ramboreports

@ramboreports @reyaika Gaerlan replaced Albayalde as Pampanga police chief when the latter was sacked for command responsibility over the "ninja cops" operation. | via @ramboreports

@ramboreports @reyaika Gaerlan: Puro po kasinungalingan yung kanilang spot report. That was the attempt to coverup noon gumaga. Totoong sinasabi na umaga. Umaga po nangyari ito. Matagal na po kaming binobola ng mga ito. | via @ramboreports

@ramboreports @reyaika Gaerlan: Na-confirm namin hindi lang 36 kilos. Tama po yung estimate ng CIDG. I was working with the group of Magalong that time. | via @ramboreports

@ramboreports @reyaika Gaerlan is echoing the narrative presented by Magalong on the Pampanga "ninja cops" buy-bust in 2013. | via @ramboreports

@ramboreports @reyaika Gaerlan recommended that Albayalde be relieved for "command responsibility." | via @ramboreports

@ramboreports @reyaika Gaerlan: Yung amin pong investigation, in fairness to General Albayalde, wala naman po kaming nakitang evidence or testimony implicating him. | via @ramboreports

@ramboreports @reyaika Magalong testifies again: There are still questions. | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika Magalong: Bakit walang logical action ang provincial director when in fact there are glaring violations by operatives. | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika Magalong scolds Albayalde: You should have done something that is right, or you did not do anything at all, or probably other more choices. | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika Magalong to Albayalde: Bakit tayo andito ngayon? Obviously, you made a choice. | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika Albayalde speaking now: In any police operation, there is presumption of regularity. Doon po sa operation na yun nakita, noong pinresent, doon lang po nakita. | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika Albayalde: It's as if noong panahon na iyon meron kaming nalalaman. Wala po kaming nalalaman. Noon po nag-umpisa when I was relieved. | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika Albayalde: Wala pong pumutok doon. It was presumed to be a good accomplishment until pumutok yan.

Pointer: The buy-bust was in November 2013, the explosive probe was in February 2014. | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika Albayalde: There are times that we cannot avoid violating some regulations. Naging operative din po ako noon. | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika does not tolerate "bad eggs."

Albayalde: Ito pong nangyaring ito seemingly naapektuhan ng PNP. We would like to assure this committee that we are doing our best. | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika Albayalde: Ginagawa po namin ang lahat to rid of the scalawags within our ranks. | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika Albayalde: Kung ito po, it will be investigated kung sa tingin ni Gen Magalong. I am willing to be subject to investigation. As commander, iba-iba po ang ano namin as commander. | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika Albayalde: Although we have a manual, we have different styles of leadership. | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika Gordon to Albayalde: I respected you all the way up until today...You had held your people up to today but do you realize in your report, ikaw at si Baloyo ang nagsasabi na hapon yung raid. | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika Gordon to Albayalde: I can accept mistakes, pero sunod-sunod. I was ready to lean over backwards with this guy, until he made a script of lies, and to me when you lie to the Senate I take it very seriously. | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika Gordon: For God's sake you are the Chief, PNP, wag niyong hahayaan na ginaganyan tayo ng tao natin. | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika Gordon: Umabot pa na si General Aquino mawawalan ng security. | via @ramboreports

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@ramboreports @reyaika Gordon: When the Senate is insulted we turn really, really nasty. I will call the spade the spade. You dropped the ball big time. | via @ramboreports

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