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Poe nixes Duterte plan to reopen Mamasapano probe
MANILA - Senator Grace Poe on Wednesday opposed the plan of President Rodrigo Duterte to reopen an investigation into the Mamasapano carnage, where 44 elite policemen were killed in an arrest operation against an international terrorist.
[If our President wants to know what happened to the reward money and Marwan's finger, he can do so through his own intelligence units. A report is unnecessary because the President has direct access to the intelligence of the national police and military.]
Poe, who led an inquiry into the Mamasapano bloodbath as former chair of the Senate committee on public order, added that police officials have already revealed that the bounty on Marwan's head went to a police asset.
"Hindi namin hiningi ang pangalan ng taong ito sapagkat pino-protektahan nila ang kanilang sources," she said.
[We did not ask for the identity of this person because they were protecting their sources.]
Marwan was killed in the January 2015 operation, but at the expense of 44 Special Action Force (SAF) troopers who clashed with private armed groups, the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), and even the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), which at the time was at the height of peace negotiations with the government.
A source earlier told ABS-CBN News that DNA sample taken from Marwan matched that of Marwan's brother who is in Guantanamo Bay. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation reportedly conducted the test.
Department of Justice investigators, however, have shot down speculations that the US was involved in the botched anti-terror raid.
Poe's committee, meanwhile, concluded in its draft report that then President Benigno Aquino was ultimately responsible for the Mamasapano bloodbath.
[If our President wants to know what happened to the reward money and Marwan's finger, he can do so through his own intelligence units. A report is unnecessary because the President has direct access to the intelligence of the national police and military.]
Poe, who led an inquiry into the Mamasapano bloodbath as former chair of the Senate committee on public order, added that police officials have already revealed that the bounty on Marwan's head went to a police asset.
"Hindi namin hiningi ang pangalan ng taong ito sapagkat pino-protektahan nila ang kanilang sources," she said. [We did not ask for the identity of this person because they were protecting their sources.]
Marwan was killed in the January 2015 operation, but at the expense of 44 Special Action Force (SAF) troopers who clashed with private armed groups, the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), and even the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), which at the time was at the height of peace negotiations with the government.
A source earlier told ABS-CBN News that DNA sample taken from Marwan matched that of Marwan's brother who is in Guantanamo Bay. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation reportedly conducted the test.
Department of Justice investigators, however, have shot down speculations that the US was involved in the botched anti-terror raid.
Poe's committee, meanwhile, concluded in its draft report that then President Benigno Aquino was ultimately responsible for the Mamasapano bloodbath.
source:abscbn
Duterte wants current generation of OFWs to be the last
Speaking before the Filipino community in Tokyo shortly after his arrival in Japan for a three-day official visit, Duterte reiterated his earlier promise to work hard to improve the country's economy.
"Ang pagtrabaho n'yo sa ibang bansa, hanggang diyan na lang. Next generation, [sa] Pilipinas na [magtrabaho]," he said to laud applause from those present. Later in his speech, Duterte said, "We have to improve the economy na hindi ka na babalik dito, na kung bumalik ka rito, baka-bakasyon na lang." In his pre-departure statement delivered at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Duterte said he and his Cabinet secretaries will "seek the sustainment and further enhancement of our important economic ties" with Japan. "I look forward to meeting business leaders in Japan. I will tell them clearly that the Philippines is open for business," he said. He also said his visit, which came days after his state visit in China and Brunei, will be "an opportunity for me to personally thank Japan for its pre-eminent and peerless role as the Philippines’ development partner." "I shall seek the strengthening of this role through more high-impact projects that will benefit our nation," Duterte said.
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