PDEA chief Dir. Gen. Aaron Aquino changes his initial statements on the “ninja cops” controversy. Here are the big stories making the headlines on ANC today:Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Dir.
Gen. Aaron Aquino backtracked on his previous statements in the Senate hearing on rogue cops, and in the process, tagged the nation’s top cop PNP chief Gen. Oscar Albayalde. Aquino said that in 2016, Albayalde asked him not to carry out a dismissal order on Pampanga police officers who served under Albayalde and who were accused of recycling illegal drugs. In a previous hearing, Aquino said Albayalde just asked him about the status of the case.
Economists think the number could settle at 1.1 percent from August’s 1.7 percent. The number is around the middle of the Central Bank’s range of 0.6 to 1.4 percent.A foreign reporter covering President Duterte’s visit to Russia noted the “unkempt” appearance of the president. Reports of the meeting between Duterte and Russian Prime Minister Dmitriy Medvedev showed Duterte with an open shirt and a loose tie.
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