Duterte’s Sona: finally beyond promises

Peter Wallace 07/28/2016

In a well-crafted State of the Nation Address (Sona), President Duterte laid out his action agenda — not grandiose plans that never get done and not promises that are not kept, but a list of things to…

Airport personnel cleared of ‘tanim-bala’

06/24/2016

The bullet found in the luggage of American missionary Lane Michael White was planted by someone other than the airport personnel, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said. In its 11-page resolution, the DOJ said there was not…

Elderly woman sues 3 airport workers for ‘tanim-bala’

05/04/2016

A CRIMINAL complaint has been filed before the Pasay Prosecutors Office against a wheelchair attendant and two members of the Office of the Transportation Security (OTS) at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport 1 for allegedly planting a…

‘Tanim-bala’ victim files complaint

Norman V. Mendoza 03/15/2016

Mactan Cebu International Airport general manager Nigel Paul Villarete yesterday confirmed that he received a formal complaint from the passenger who accused a police officer of extortion after a bullet was found in his backpack. The letter…

Mactan Airport investigates alleged ‘tanim-bala’ incident

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Norman V. Mendoza 03/10/2016

MACTAN Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA) general manager Nigel Paul C. Villarete has ordered an investigation into an alleged “tanim-bala” incident at the airport. Senior Supt. Raul Bargamento, new head of the Philippine National  Police (PNP) Aviation…

NBI confirms existence of tanim-bala scheme

12/11/2015

Bureau files criminal charges against  airport personnel The National Bureau of Investigation has confirmed the existence of “tanim-bala” (bullet-planting) incidents at Ninoy Aquino International Airport, but these were perpetrated by groups of corrupt airport personnel and not…

Senate probe: ‘Tanim-bala’ victims detail extortion try

Inquirer.net 11/13/2015

VICTIMS of the alleged “tanim-bala” scam at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) recounted during a Senate investigation yesterday how airport security personnel tried to extort money from them and made them admit to owning the bullets…

Sober screening in Mactan

Editorial 11/10/2015

Just as the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) assured the public that there is no tanim-bala (bullet-planting) racket operating within its premises, lo and behold, a Taiwanese man was arrested for illegal possession of firearms last Thursday…

PH image tarred by ‘tanim-bala’

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 11/08/2015

Passing through the Mactan Cebu International Airport last Thursday en route to Cagayan de Oro City, I could sense that travelers were trying to assess things at the MCIA amid reports that corrupt members of the Aviation…

Bala, Buslot, Basiyo

Gerard Pareja 11/07/2015

Gi istoryahan ko sa akong amigo nga si Ramon kabahin sa iyang higala nga hilig kaayo mamuso. Kausa sa nagpuyo kuno kini sa usa ka boarding house dinhi sa dakbayan. Dihang nahibaw-an sa iyang amigo nga babae…

Damage control won’t solve ‘laglag-bala’

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 11/05/2015

The Aldub phenomenon could still be lording it in global Twitterland as garnering the most  tweets, more than 40 million at its peak. But with the laglag-bala (bullet-planting) controversies hogging almost daily national and local headlines including…

NO ‘TANIM BALA’ IN MACTAN

Norman V. Mendoza 11/05/2015

Cebu airport officials assure there’s no syndicate  but 100 bullets a month are seized from passengers as amulets, souvenirs There’s no need to fear finding bullets planted in your luggage in the Mactan  Cebu International Airport, the…

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