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The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) on Friday said it will fully cooperate with the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) over the latter’s filing of kidnapping charges against 11 NCRPO anti-drug operatives and four civilians in connection with the disappearance of four sabungeros (cockfight enthusiasts) in Cavite last year. “We respect the courses of action being undertaken by the NBI on this matter so long as it is within the bounds of existing laws, policies, rules, and regulations. The NCRPO is open and willing to cooperate in any investigation pertaining to this matter,” said NCRPO chief Brig. Gen.
President Ferdinand R. Marcos has expressed optimism that this year’s celebration of the MassKara Festival would help Filipinos move forward with excellence and renewed purpose. “I wish that this year’s festival will bring out the best in each of us, and bind us together for a renewed sense of purpose,” Marcos said in his message made public on Friday. Acknowledging that the annual festival is perceived to ward off negativity, the President expressed hope that Filipinos would rise to the challenge and find joy in life during difficult times. “This world-renowned festival was conceived to counter the
Police here are hunting down motorcycle-riding assailants who shot down a village councilman and wounded two seniors in separate incidents the past two days, an official said Friday. “We are looking at several persons (and are) digging deeper into this case,” said Major Amil Andungan, police station 2 commander, as he bared Thursday’s murder of 43-year-old Alberto Tampos of Barangay Rosary Heights 9. Tampos was driving along Governor Gutierrez Avenue on his motorbike at around 11 a.m. when two motorcycle riding assailants sped from behind and shot him. “He sustained four gunshot wounds in the head,” Andungan
President Ferdinand R. Marcos has appointed retired police general Moro Virgilio Lazo as the new head of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). Lazo’s appointment was confirmed by Office of the Press Secretary officer-in-charge Undersecretary Cheloy Garafil on Thursday night. Lazo will succeed Wilkins Villanueva as director general of the PDEA, which serves as the government’s lead agency in the anti-narcotics campaign. Villanueva, in a Facebook post, shared a copy of Lazo’s appointment paper inked by Marcos on Oct. 19. Lazo is a member of the Philippine Military Academy “Maharlika” Class of 1984. After graduating
About 2,174 personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP) have been deployed to secure the highlights of the 43rd Masskara Festival from October 21 to 23. The final batch of augmentation forces, comprising 863 policemen, arrived at the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) headquarters on Thursday. These included personnel of the Police Regional Office 6 (Western Visayas) in Iloilo City, as well as from the Iloilo, Guimaras, and Negros Occidental police offices. Lt. Ma. Liberty Indiape, deputy public information officer of the BCPO, said Friday all security forces are ready to ensure peace and order in various
With the opening of the Davao City Food Terminal Complex (DFTC), vegetable producers and traders from remote districts of the city said they no longer worry about middlemen who buy their products and pay them at very unreasonable prices. In a statement Friday, Joseph Laborte, president of the Highland Vegetable Growers Association (HVGA) from Tugbok district, said the DFTC would help provide small farmers a direct market area to sell their products at competitive prices. ”In our area, our product is only bought for PHP7 to PHP8 but here in DFTC, it can be sold for as much
