MANILA – The Philippine National Police (PNP) continues to coordinate with foreign drug enforcement agencies to strengthen border control against illegal drugs particularly shabu or methamphetamine hydrochloride. PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar made the comment on Saturday after the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said shabu remains the main concern of the anti-illegal drug units in the Philippines. “Patuloy ang ating koordinasyon sa mga drug enforcement agencies sa ibang bansa, katuwang ang PDEA [the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency] at Bureau of Customs, para mapalakas pa ang ating border controls kontra sa pagpasok ng illegal drugs sa bansa
A top military official has lauded the Sentrong Alyansa ng Mamamayan Para sa Bayan (SAMBAYANAN) for its support to the government’s peace and development programs. Lt. Col. Reandrew Rubio, commander of the 91st Infantry (Sinagtala) Battalion, said the support of SAMBAYANAN is vital in the government’s efforts to end the insurgency. “Insurgency problem is not only for the military but for everyone. That’s why I am extremely elated by your initiative and responsibility to eradicate this decades-long formidable threat to our country’s security and development,” Rubio said during the formal launching of the SAMBAYANAN-Aurora chapter here on Saturday. SAMBAYANAN is
GENERAL LUNA, Surigao del Norte – Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar assured the public that there will be more interventions coming from the national government for families and businesses affected by the pandemic. “There will be more assistance coming into Siargao and other areas affected by the pandemic, as we have streamlined the request for aid needed by local government units for their constituents,” he said in a news release on Sunday. Weeks after President Rodrigo Duterte signed Executive Order No. 137, national government agencies have started to respond to the mandate of accelerating and harmonizing operations
MANILA – Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar directed the police to work closely with the military in preventing communist terrorists from collecting “permit-to-campaign” fees from politicians with less than a year left before the 2022 national and local elections. This, after the Armed Forces of the Philippines on Saturday said it will coordinate with the PNP and local government units to stop the illegal activities of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing New People’s Army (NPA). “I am directing all police offices and units to be extra vigilant in your respective areas
Investigators are looking into the possible involvement of the New People’s Army or personal conflict into the killing of a municipal councilor in Talakag, Bukidnon. Maj. Dennis Rowell Flores, Talakag police chief, in an interview on Sunday said operations are ongoing against the still unidentified killers of Talakag councilor Susan Gayunan, 64. She died from gunshot wounds to the head after two motorcycle-riding assailants fired at her in Purok 2, San Antonio village on Saturday afternoon. The police are still establishing possible motives but job-related reasons are among them. “According to some it could be related to her job, in
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has urged the Governance Commission for Government-Owned and -Controlled Corporations (GCG) to incorporate the assessments made by regulatory agencies in evaluating the performance of state-run firms to further improve its oversight functions and avoid errors in the policy-making process of the government. Dominguez made the call after he observed several instances of “incongruence” between the evaluation done by the GCG on government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCCs) against those made by agencies regulating these firms. He said “great strides have been achieved” in improving the performance of GOCCs, which now remit an average of PHP57 billion
