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                    [Title] => Desierto suspends ‘shabu mayor’
                    [Summary] => Ombudsman Aniano Desierto placed Panukulan, Quezon Ma—yor Ronnie Mitra under six-month preventive suspension yesterday after finding him administratively liable for transporting P1 billion worth of shabu.
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                    [Title] => Mayor Mitra sinuspinde ng Ombudsman
                    [Summary] => Ipinag-utos kahapon ni Ombudsman Aniano Desierto ang pagsailalim sa preventive suspension ni Panukulan, Quezon Mayor Ronnie Mitra kasama ang driver nito na si Javier Morilla at security aide na si Ruel Dequilla kaugnay sa nasamsam sa kanilang humigit-kumulang sa 503.68 kilos ng shabu.


Ang suspension ay isinagawa base na rin sa administrative complaint na iniharap noong nakalipas na linggo ni DILG Secretary Jose Lina sa tanggapan ng Ombudsman laban sa mga nabanggit na kinasuhan ng grave misconduct at abuse of authority.


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Director Thompson Lantion, police-community relations chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said Javier Morilla and Roel Dequilla, who were arrested along with Mitra and Chinese national William Yao, may qualify under the program if it is proven that they  merely followed the mayor’s orders.


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                    [Title] => Quezon mayor bribed officers — police chief
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Those were the first words uttered by Mayor Ronnie Tena Mitra of Panukulan, Quezon to policemen who arrested him and his three companions on Saturday for drug trafficking, claimed Quezon provincial police director Superintendent Roberto Rosales.


Meanwhile, two more town mayors from Mindanao are under surveillance for drug trafficking, a highly-placed source at the  National Drug Law Enforcement and Prevention Coordinating Center told The STAR yesterday.


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                    [Title] => Mayor caught with shabu haul
                    [Summary] => This drug ring uses a government-issued ambulance to avoid detection.


A town mayor in Quezon province and three of his henchmen, one of  them a Chinese national, were arrested yesterday by joint elements of the police Narcotics Group and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) while allegedly transporting to Manila 498 kilos of high-grade shabu with a street value of nearly P1 billion.


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Ang suspension ay isinagawa base na rin sa administrative complaint na iniharap noong nakalipas na linggo ni DILG Secretary Jose Lina sa tanggapan ng Ombudsman laban sa mga nabanggit na kinasuhan ng grave misconduct at abuse of authority.


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EDITORIAL - Are we turning into a narcostate?

October 25, 2001 - 12:00am

How can the government’s campaign against drug trafficking get anywhere when public officials themselves are enriching themselves with drug money?

Opinion

Desierto suspends ‘shabu mayor’

By Delon Porcalla | October 23, 2001 - 12:00am

Ombudsman Aniano Desierto placed Panukulan, Quezon Ma—yor Ronnie Mitra under six-month preventive suspension yesterday after finding him administratively liable for transporting P1 billion worth of shabu.

Nation

Mayor Mitra sinuspinde ng Ombudsman

October 23, 2001 - 12:00am

Ipinag-utos kahapon ni Ombudsman Aniano Desierto ang pagsailalim sa preventive suspension ni Panukulan, Quezon Mayor Ronnie Mitra kasama ang driver nito na si Javier Morilla at security aide na si Ruel Dequilla kaugnay...

PSN Metro

Two aides of Quezon mayor as witnesses?

By Charlie Lagasca | October 20, 2001 - 12:00am

BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya — The aides of Panukulan, Quezon Mayor Ronnie Mitra, arrested for a shipment of 503 kilos of high-grade shabu, may qualify as state witnesses under the government’s witness protection...

Nation

Cousin of Quezon mayor to testify on shabu bust

By Non Alquitran | October 18, 2001 - 12:00am

The cousin of Panukulan, Quezon Mayor Ronnie Mitra surfaced yesterday to bolster the government’s case against the mayor, his two security aides and a Chinese national in connection with 503.68 kilos of high-grade...

Nation

Quezon mayor bribed officers — police chief

By Non Alquitran and Nestor Etolle | October 17, 2001 - 12:00am

"Name your price." Those were the first words uttered by Mayor Ronnie Tena Mitra of Panukulan, Quezon to policemen who arrested him and his three companions on Saturday for drug trafficking, claimed Quezon...

Headlines

Mayor caught with shabu haul

By Christina Mendez | October 15, 2001 - 12:00am

This drug ring uses a government-issued ambulance to avoid detection. A town mayor in Quezon province and three of his henchmen, one of them a Chinese national, were arrested yesterday by joint elements of the...

Headlines