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Hope for jailed drug couriers
Dumaguete
The Philippine Institute of
Volcanology and Seismology
Baguio cabbie’s statement maybe useful to lawyers defending syndicate ‘victims’
has warned the public against
causing panic by sending false
text messages about potential
Jose Marcelo in Hong Kong Their final destination was Guang-
disasters.
The warning came after
zhou, the two women told authori-
Two Filipino women who claimed
residents began expressing
ties.
to have been deceived into acting as
fears over text messages about
When welfare officers visited the
couriers for a China-based drug syn-
a magnitude 6.8 earthquake
two on May 3, their accounts were
dicate have ended up in Hong Kong
that was supposed to hit the
consistent with a sworn statement
jails.
country. The information was
given to the NBI by Benny Annaway, attributed to the US Geological
The two were arrested at Chek Lap
a taxi driver in Baguio City who had Survey and the Hawaii State
Kok airport last month after suitcases
recruited the two women for the job. Emergency Preparedness
the syndicate had asked them to use in
Annaway claimed a Liberian ac-
Office. Both denied it.
free trips to Hong Kong and the main-
quaintance of his wife, who is based
Officials warned that the
land yielded a huge stash of heroin.
in Guangzhou, had asked him to re-
spurious text messages could
Airport police said 5.5 kilograms
cruit women for free trips to Hong
create panic in the wake of the
of heroin was found in a secret com-
Kong and the mainland plus US$400
7.9 magnitude earthquake that
partment in the bags of a Pangasinan
each in pocket money.
devastated China last week.
native on March 26. Another 3.14kg
stash was found in the suitcase of a
He said he had no idea the suitcases
27-year-old from Baguio City during
given to him by Filipinas in Manila
Albay
an inspection four days later.
for use of the women contained illegal
The two are on remand at the Tai
drugs. The money used for the plane Board member Herbert Borja
Lam correctional facility for women.
fares and pocket money was wired to is urging local government
Their names are being withheld at
him from Hong Kong, he added.
units and non-government
“The two Filipinas said they were
organizations to come up with a
their request.
clueless as to the contents of the suit-
week-long activity to mark World
“We’re asking our kababayans to be
cases. In fact, they said they cooper-
AIDS Week from May 18 to 24.
careful in accepting such offers,” said
ated with the officers when their bags
Borja, who chairs the
Val Roque, head of the consulate’s
were searched,” Roque said.
provincial committee on health,
Assistance to Nationals section.
said all stakeholders should
The Philippine embassy in Beijing
As of the end of 2007, Roque said
work hand in hand to fight the
raised an alarm last year after nine
there were 10 Filipinos jailed in
Filipino women were arrested for
Hong Kong for drug-related offenses,
drug trafficking during a two-week
including one serving a 24-year sen-
span in December and January.
tence.
But these are the first two reported
Last July, a Filipina was arrested in
cases where the syndicates tried using
Admiralty with shabu in her posses-
the Hong Kong route in smuggling il- sion. She claimed it was for the use of
legal drugs to the mainland. her African boyfriend in China.
The two were among seven women Roque said the sworn statement of
who a non-government organization Annaway may be useful to lawyers
from the Cordilleras claimed were defending the two women. “So we’ve
spread of all infectious diseases,
tricked into acting as “drug mules” already suggested that the statement
particularly HIV, the virus that
by the syndicate. Officials believe the be notarized and authenticated with
causes AIDS.
other five have ended up in mainland
“We all know that in our
the Chinese Embassy in Manila in
region, we have more than 30
jails.
case they need it,” he said.
The suspects were arrested at Chek Lap Kok airport after their suitcases
yielded a large stash of heroin. They have been remanded into custody.
cases of HIV/AIDS and sexually
transmitted infections are also
increasing,” Borja said.
PINOYPATROl
pinoypatrol@filglobe.com Ilocos Sur
Antonio Cuevas in Hong Kong ang kumakatok ay saka lamang tagumpay na ang ito, maaari kayong makipag-chat sa
Police have destroyed P229.9
pagbuksan ang bisita. Nagpayo rin dating artistang iyong mga anak o magulang at iba
BABALA UKOL SA
million worth of marijuana
ang mga pulis na isara ang lahat ng pinilit na matapos pang mga OFW.
plants during a five-month
MGA MAGNANAKAW
bintana sa gabi at sa tuwing aalis. ang kanyang pag- Mayroon din itong mga audio
operation in Ilocos Sur, La
Isang babala ang ibinigay
Siguraduhing nakakandado aaral at ngayon mail at video mail na maaari niyong
Union and Benguet.
kamakailan ng Kapulisan hinggil
ang mga lock at ipagbilin sa ay may sarili gamitin. Pwede ka ring mag-upload
Senior superintendent
sa dumaraming nakawan lalo na sa
kapitbahay ang kabahayan kung nang negosyo. ng mga retrato, music at video Virgilio Fabros, Ilocos Sur
mga villages na may mga bungalow
hindi maiiwasang umalis at walang Dahil na rin gayundin ang makinig ng iyong police director, said 76.4
at three-storey townhouses.
maiiwan. Ipagbigay-alam agad sa sa kagustuhan mga paboritong istasyon ng radyo million fully grown marijuana
Pinag-iingat ng mga pulis ang
pulisya kung mayroon mga taong niyang matulungan ang kanyang sa Pinas at makisali sa mga forum
plants, including 63,000
lahat lalung-lalo na ang mga maids
kahina-hinala ang kilos sa inyong mga kababayang nagtratrabaho sa at diskusyon ng mga Pinoy na nasa
seedlings were uprooted
na kadalasan ay naiiwan sa bahay
lugar. Tumawag sa 2722-6885.
ibang bansa, nagtayo ng sariling website.
or burned. Their cultivators
habang ang kanilang amo ay
website si Klaudia upang maging Isang magandang pampalipas oras
are the object of a separate
nagtratrabaho. Sinabi ng mga pulis
PATOK ANG WEBSITE
daan para makipag-ugnayan ang ito na siguradong makakabawas
operation to track them down.
“The success of our
na huwag basta-basta magbubukas
NI KLAUDIA KORONEL mga OFW sa kanilang mga kamag- ng iyong pagka-homesick.
operations is in large part due
ng pinto kapag may kumakatok o
Natatandaan pa ba ninyo si Klaudia anak at kababayan. Ang website na Matutunghayan mo rin ang
to the cooperation of local
nagdo-doorbell. Tingnan muna sa
Koronel, ang dating boldstar
mabuhaycity.com ay patok na patok kwento ni Klaudia na mula sa
residents who informed us
silipan kung sino ang kumakatok
na bihira na nating mabalitaan ngayon sa mga migrant workers na pagiging mahirap ay nagsikap para
about the presence of the
at i-chain ang pinto bago buksan.
ngayon? Wala man siya sa pelikula Pinoy. maabot niya ang kanyang mga
marijuana plantations,” Fabros
Kapag nakilala niyo na kung sino
ngayon, maituturing na isang Sa pamamagitan ng website na pinapangarap.
said.
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