{"id":177234,"date":"2018-08-17T03:16:16","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T07:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=177234"},"modified":"2018-08-17T03:21:08","modified_gmt":"2018-08-17T07:21:08","slug":"pdea-exec-goes-leave-family-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/08\/17\/pdea-exec-goes-leave-family-vacation\/","title":{"rendered":"PDEA exec goes on leave for family vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_177246\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-177246\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/31381267_2039197139678107_3718277450141007872_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-177246\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/31381267_2039197139678107_3718277450141007872_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/31381267_2039197139678107_3718277450141007872_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/31381267_2039197139678107_3718277450141007872_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/31381267_2039197139678107_3718277450141007872_n-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-177246\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cMy decision to take a leave was decided six months ago. I\u2019m in the USA now with family for a vacation and class reunion (and will) be back on August 29,\u201d Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Aaron Aquino said. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DirectorGeneralAaronAquino\/photos\/p.2039197136344774\/2039197136344774\/?type=1&amp;theater\">(File photo: Director General Aaron N Aquino\/ Facebook)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Aaron Aquino on Friday clarified he has gone on leave for a family vacation and not because of the controversy on the alleged smuggling of PHP6.8-billion worth of \u201cshabu\u201d (crystal meth) into the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy decision to take a leave was decided six months ago. I\u2019m in the USA now with family for a vacation and class reunion (and will) be back on August 29,\u201d Aquino said in text message sent to the Philippine News Agency (PNA).<\/p>\n<p>He added that his leave of absence began on Aug. 15 and had nothing to do with recent events.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose (circulating) are fake news about my forced leave,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>Aquino has tasked PDEA Deputy Director General for Administration Ismael Fajardo Jr. to be the agency\u2019s officer-in-charge.<\/p>\n<p>The issue came after the recent discovery of four magnetic lifters that were allegedly used to smuggle shabu into the country.<\/p>\n<p>Aquino earlier said PDEA had estimated that these four magnetic lifters contained approximately 1,000 kg. or a ton of shabu.<\/p>\n<p>He said the seized equipment were similar to the confiscated magnetic lifters that contained about 500 kg. of illegal drugs at the Manila International Container Port in Manila last August 7.<\/p>\n<p>Bureau of Customs Commissioner Isidro Lape\u00f1a, however, said the four magnetic lifters have tested negative for any presence of dangerous drugs, based on laboratory test results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Aaron Aquino on Friday clarified he has gone on leave for a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":177246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-177234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-christopher-lloyd-caliwan","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}