The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Tuesday said the relief of Col. Engelbert Soriano as director of the Cebu Police Provincial Office (CPPO) is part of the police force’s career advancement policy.“His relief is pursuant to the provisions of PNP M…
Read MoreAlmost 73 percent or 327 index crime incidents recorded in the province in the first five months of the year have been solved, the La Union Police Provincial Office (LPPO) reported.The LPPO recorded 449 index crime incidents in the province from Januar…
Read MoreNeophyte Senator-elect Robin Padilla still remembers a conversation he had with President Rodrigo Duterte several months back.Duterte told him that he always has a lot on his mind and likes talking but has no concrete plans.”Ngayon, eto na ako. Ito na …
Read MorePolice in Negros Oriental arrested over the weekend a total of 87 persons for various offenses during massive anti-crime operations dubbed “One Time, Big Time”.Col. Germano Mallari, provincial police director, said on Monday the Synchronized Enhanced M…
Read MoreSome PHP16.2 million worth of properties went up in smoke when a fire caused by faulty electrical wiring gutted down the public market of Ipil, the capital town of Zamboanga Sibugay, before midnight Friday.Insp. Percival Alar, Ipil fire marshal, said i…
Read MoreThree separate operations this month have resulted in the seizure of PHP1,651,000 worth of illegal drugs in the Caraga Region.In its report on Saturday, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Caraga (PDEA-13) said two were arrested in a buy-bust conduc…
Read MoreThe Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Saturday reiterated the importance of accountability in addressing human rights issues in the country.In a statement on Saturday, lawyer Jacqueline Ann de Guia, CHR executive director, welcomed the recent pronoun…
Read MoreThe Department of Justice (DOJ on Friday ordered the dismissal of 18 officers and employees of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) after they were found administratively liable in relation to the so called “pastillas” bribery scheme.DOJ Assistant Secretary …
Read MorePresident-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Friday guaranteed that human rights will be protected during his watch.Marcos made the vow during his meeting with United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator to the Philippines Gustavo Gonzales at his he…
Read MoreThe Philippine National Police (PNP) on Friday ordered all unit commanders to sustain the campaign against loose firearms even as the election gun ban ended on June 8.Based on PNP data, a total of 3,651 individuals were arrested with a total of 2,812 f…
Read MoreAn anti-drug operation here turned bloody when one of two suspects died following a shootout with the law enforcers, police said Thursday.Major Carl Jayson Baynosa, the town police chief, identified the fatality as Bhan Ali, 40, a native of Pagalungan,…
Read MoreThe Philippine National Police (PNP) on Thursday reminded all police chiefs particularly in Luzon to be aggressive in the crackdown against “Peryahan ng Bayan” operations and other illegal gambling activities.PNP director for operations, Maj. Gen. Vale…
Read MoreAnti-narcotics operatives arrested two drug suspects and seized around PHP47.6 million worth of shabu in a buy-bust in Cavite on Wednesday.Based on the report from Cavite Provincial Police Office (PPO), the two suspects, Said Ungpe, 39 and Ali Masinger…
Read MoreThe Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) director on Thursday said they are intensifying their operations through the Synchronized Managing of Enhanced Police Operations (SEMPO) against various forms of crimes.Col. Germano Mallari said SEMP…
Read MorePolice Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) Director Roque Eduardo Vega on Thursday cited the arrest of the region’s high-value drug personality in Lapu-Lapu City as a message the police are relentless in their campaign.”I commend my men on the grou…
Read MoreThe Philippine National Police (PNP) on Tuesday said it had placed the entire municipality of Tubaran in Lanao Del Sur under full alert status as part of its security measures for the conduct of special elections in 12 of its barangays.Maj. Gen. Valeri…
Read MoreThe Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Tuesday said the Freedom of Information (FOI) has contributed to the “promotion of an open and participatory government.”CHR executive director, lawyer Jacqueline Ann de Guia, welcomed the recommendation of the P…
Read MoreAs his six-year term ends on June 30, President Rodrigo R. Duterte warned drug smugglers that he would always consider them his enemies.This, after Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año reported to him that “shabu…
Read MoreA total of 767 cops who helped in the liberation of Marawi City during the siege in 2017 were conferred Order of Lapu-Lapu Rank of Kamagi on Monday.Philippine National Police (PNP) officer-in-charge Lt. Gen. Vicente Danao Jr. presented the award to the…
Read MoreThe Golden State Warriors are getting closer to reserving their place in the 2022 NBA finals as they need only a win to eliminate the Dallas Mavericks in the Western Conference finals.The Warriors beat the Mavericks 109-100 in Game 3 at Dallas’ America…
Read MoreFor a 38-year-old mother of nine, life five years after the siege here is way better than before they were displaced because of the five-month battle between the government and ISIS-linked extremists.Anisah Bariga, her husband, and their children aged …
Read MoreThe city government here will conduct a public hearing on May 25 to get input on the proposed increase in the entrance fee at the Botanical Garden, one of its most popular attractions.Public Information Office chief Aileen Refuerzo on Friday afternoon …
Read MoreThe Supreme Court (SC) affirmed the sentence of reclusion perpetua (life imprisonment) on six men, including two policemen, convicted of kidnapping in 2005.Police Officers 1 Antonio Castillo and Jose Lonmar Zapatos, at the time assigned to the Philippi…
Read MorePhilippine National Police (PNP) director for operations Maj. Gen. Valeriano de Leon on Friday said they are now readying security forces for the proclamation of presumptive President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and presumptive Vice President Sara …
Read MoreA manhunt is underway for the killers of two siblings, one of them a minor, in the Maguindanao town of Datu Odin Sinsuat Thursday morning, police said.Lt. Colonel Asser Balindong, Datu Odin Sinsuat town police chief, identified one of the fatalities as…
Read MoreAnti-drug operatives of the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) seized PHP1.183 million worth of suspected shabu from a couple during a buy-bust at their residence in Purok Kapawa, Barangay Punta Taytay on Friday. Police identified the suspects as Pearl Je-Ann Elera, 26, a high-value individual, and her common-law husband Reigel Troy Quimba, 20. At about 1 a.m., the couple sold a sachet of the prohibited substance worth PHP1,500 to an undercover policeman. Operatives also found in their possession 33 sachets of suspected shabu, weighing about 174 grams, pegged at a…
Read MorePhilippine National Police (PNP) officer-in-charge, Lt. Gen. Vicente Danao Jr., has assured the police force upholds accountability through quick response to reports of abuse of its personnel as the PNP leadership pursues reforms to make the police organization a more transparent, accountable, and credible organization. Citing PNP Directorate for Personnel and Records Management (DPRM) records, Danao said some 5,652 PNP personnel were dismissed from the service, 1,150 were demoted in rank, 10,650 were suspended, 853 were sanctioned with salary forfeiture, 2,491 were reprimanded, 222 were restricted to quarters, and 288…
Read MoreAuthorities have seized more than PHP1 million worth of shabu for the past two weeks during separate operations in this city and Agusan del Norte province. The latest anti-drug operation Thursday evening in the Agusan del Norte town of Carmen resulted in the arrest of three suspects, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Caraga Region (PDEA-13) reported Friday. Backed by local police personnel, PDEA-13 said they arrested Ryan Plaza, Aaron John Bautista, and Jayzer Paul Sapero who yielded 150 grams of shabu worth PHP600,000. “The 50 grams of shabu were…
Read MoreThe Central Luzon police are on alert for possible rallies in protest of election results. Brig. Gen. Matthew P. Baccay, regional director of the Police Regional Office-Central Luzon (PRO-3), said on Friday he has ordered his men to observe maximum tolerance in case there are groups that would push through with their mass action. Baccay said while police personnel are directed to observe maximum tolerance towards protesters, the groups conducting mass protests should also respect the mandate of the government forces to serve and protect. “The Philippine National Police (PNP)…
Read MoreThe Philippine National Police (PNP) on Friday denied allegations that its operatives are profiling personalities who are attending various protest actions at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) main office in Intramuros, Manila. “The PNP has not given any directive to profile any personalities,” PNP spokesperson Brig. Gen. Roderick Augustus Alba said. He said the duty of PNP personnel deployed to protest rallies is to ensure that the activity is peaceful and protesters would not resort to violence or any untoward incident. “Part of the regular activity of the PNP during…
Read MoreOne of the long-standing complaints of public school teachers is work overload. That is having to perform other chores that are completely unrelated to their jobs resulting in fatigue and burn-out on their part, that somehow also affect the quality of their teaching. Fully aware of their predicament, presidential frontrunner Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. plans to expand the number of non-teaching personnel in public schools to address the situation. He said one way to maintain high quality education in public schools is to reduce the non-teaching loads of teachers. Based…
Read MoreThe Philippine National Police (PNP) said Monday security measures are all set as more than 40,000 police personnel will be deployed for the May 9 national and local elections PNP chief Gen. Dionardo Carlos said this figure is still expected to go up next week to boost the security operations for the upcoming polls. Carlos said more than 16,000 police officers with their mandatory career courses and field training exercises for election duties have been recalled and would serve on election day. “We will have more police on the ground…
Read MoreA total of 2,738 people have been arrested so far for violating the election gun ban, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Friday. In a statement, the PNP said 2,661 of those apprehended were civilians, 44 security guards, 16 police officers, and 17 military personnel. It added that a total of 2,612 police operations yielded 2,065 firearms, 11,128 pieces of ammunition, and 1,103 deadly weapons. Citing its latest data, the PNP said the top five regions in terms of the number of arrested violators are the National Capital Region…
Read MorePolice in the Bicol region seized some PHP22.3 million worth of illegal drugs from 241 police operations from January to March this year. A report from the Police Regional Office in Bicol (PRO-5) on Friday showed that two high-value target individuals died in a buy-bust, 272 suspects arrested, and confiscated some 365.80 grams of marijuana and 3285.32 grams of shabu. In its campaign against loose firearms, police seized 108 firearms without a license; 14 were surrendered and 22 recovered. On illegal gambling, 191 operations resulted in the arrest of 569…
Read MoreThe Sandiganbayan anti-graft court has acquitted a former Camarines Sur mayor and two other town officials of falsification of municipal resolutions in 2014. The anti-graft court cleared former Caramoan mayor Constantino Cordial Jr., former vice mayor Irene Breis, and former Sangguniang Bayan secretary Danilo Belleza in the charges filed by the Office of the Deputy Ombudsman-Luzon for two counts of falsification of official documents. The charges stemmed from two resolutions dated March 24, 2014 where Cordial allegedly made it appear that then councilors Eduardo Bonita, Lydia Obias, and Francis Benemerito…
Read MoreThe Philippine National Police (PNP) has sent its third batch search, rescue and retrieval (SRR) to villages in Baybay City and Abuyog, Leyte. The PNP regional office conducted a send-off ceremony for the team at the regional headquarters in Palo, Leyte on Thursday. They will be replacing the other 100 previously augmented personnel after a week of post-disaster duties. At least 70 of them are assigned in Baybay City and 30 are on duty in Abuyog town. “This shifting of schedule of our men and women deployed in said areas…
Read MoreThe Philippine National Police (PNP) on Thursday said it recorded 28 election-related incidents from January 9 up to April 17. PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said of the 28 election-related incidents (ERI), 21 have validated nothing really to do with the election while five were connected to an election that happened in Regions 1 (Ilocos Region), 3 (Central Luzon), 9 (Zamboanga Peninsula), 10 (Northern Mindanao) and Cordillera region, and two incidents still being investigated if they are election-related. Fajardo said the PNP and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)…
Read MoreThe Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs is seeking an explanation from the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) why online cockfighting (e-sabong) continued to operate during the Holy Week. Senator Francis Tolentino said there should be at least a semblance of respect for the Christian tradition. “It’s been part of the Filipino culture to recognize our faith-based practices, noticeably on Good Friday. But I noticed that even on Good Friday, contrary to what PAGCOR has been saying that they have been regulating e-sabong, on the very day…
Read MoreThe Court of Appeals (CA) absolved a motorist who figured in an accident in 2014 with a motorcycle with three persons on board, one of whom was killed. In a decision dated April 5 and uploaded online recently, the CA Seventh Division denied the appeal filed by the parents of the deceased motorcycle rider, Kim Raymundo, and affirmed the decision of the Valenzuela Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 284. The incident occurred on Nov. 23, 2014 at around 4 a.m. when the borrowed motorcycle ridden by Raymundo who was with…
Read MoreSenators must not only introduce brilliant ideas to craft a law but must also have good relationships with other legislators, UniTeam senatorial candidate Harry Roque said. Roque, a former congressman, said having brilliant ideas alone would not be enough in the Senate for a bill to be enacted into law. “Kahit gaano ka brilliant ang ideas mo, hindi uusad ang iyong mga panukalang batas kung hindi mabuti ang relasyon mo sa iyong mga kasamahan (No matter how brilliant your ideas are, your bills will not progress if you do not…
Read MorePolice and Bureau of Customs (BOC) operatives arrested two persons and seized some PHP5.2 million worth of smuggled cigarettes in Zamboanga Sibugay province, a top police official said Monday. Col. Richard Verceles, operations chief of the Area Police Command-Western Mindanao (APC-WM), said suspects Hamid Pallong and Radzmir Ainami were arrested around 5:20 p.m. Saturday in Barangay Caparan, Ipil town. Pallong and Ainami were caught separately driving a van and a sports utility vehicle loaded with 402 master cases of assorted smuggled cigarettes. Verceles said the operation was launched after receiving…
Read MoreAt least 1,700 personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP) will secure various strategic areas in Western Visayas during the observance of the Holy Week. Cops will be deployed to man random checkpoints, establish police assistance desks, conduct mobile and detective patrols, and other crime prevention efforts to ensure a peaceful and orderly celebration, the Police Regional Office-Western Visayas (PRO-6) said in a statement. Lt. Col. Arnel Solis, the PRO-6 spokesperson, said in an interview on Monday the personnel will be fielded from the existing number of the lower police…
Read MoreThe Police Regional Office-10 (PRO-10) said Monday it will deploy 1,223 uniformed personnel to monitor the peace and order during the Holy Week observance throughout Northern Mindanao. Lt. Col. Michelle Olaivar, spokesperson of PRO-10, said the personnel will be safeguarding activities in 181 churches and 58 religious and pilgrimage sites region-wide. Most of the deployment will be in this city with 491 personnel, followed by the province of Misamis Oriental with 171, Olaivar said in an interview. With the recent easing of restrictions in most local government units in the…
Read MoreThe Supreme Court (SC) cleared former First Gentleman Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo of criminal charges arising from the purchase by the Philippine National Police (PNP) of three helicopters in 2009 for PHP105 million. In its resolution uploaded online on Sunday, the SC granted the motion for reconsideration filed by Arroyo and ordered the Sandiganbayan to drop the husband of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo from the information filed in the criminal case “at any stage of the proceedings,”. The Dec. 1, 2021 resolution reconsidered a January 2020 decision which dismissed Arroyo’s…
Read MoreThe Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) said it will continue to conduct unannounced checking of vehicles for illegal drugs and random drug testing of public utility vehicle drivers in the region to assure the safety of the commuting public, especially during the Holy Week break. PDEA-CAR Regional Director Gil Ceasario Castro said in a private message over social media on Monday that “we will do it anytime… sa mga (for the) driver when we see the need.” Castro said the “Oplan Harabas” done last…
Read MoreMalacañang on Wednesday brushed aside Senator Richard Gordon’s fresh tirade against President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s anti-narcotics drive. In a virtual presser, Communications Secretary Martin Andanar, also acting presidential spokesperson, dismissed as a mere “political noise” the claim of Gordon that Duterte seemed to have failed to end the drug problem in the country. “As we all know, we are in the middle of the campaign season and this is part of the political noise,” Andanar said, when sought to react to the statement of Gordon, who is seeking reelection in…
Read MorePolice arrested last month 41 individuals wanted for violating laws on women and children’s rights, the Police Regional Office – Caraga (PRO-13) reported Wednesday. In a statement, Brig. Gen. Romeo Caramat Jr., the PRO-13 director, said the arrests were made during the series of Simultaneous Anti-Criminality Law Enforcement Operations (SACLEO) conducted last month. Of the arrested persons, 18 were charged for violating the provisions of RA 8353, or the Anti-Rape Law of 1997, while 11 were charged under RA 7610, or the Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation, and…
Read MoreThe Supreme Court (SC) has affirmed the Court of Appeals (CA) in ruling as void ad initio (from the start) the marriage between two persons due to the lack of a marriage license when they were wed. In a resolution uploaded last April 4, the SC Second Division turned down the petition filed by state lawyers contesting the 2018 decision of the CA which in turn affirmed the 2013 decision of the Caloocan regional trial court (RTC Branch 130) on the case for nullity of marriage filed by Reynold Q.…
Read MoreThe National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) confiscated about PHP432 million worth of suspected illegal drugs and arrested about 2,010 persons in more than 1,077 operations in March. NCRPO chief Maj. Gen. Felipe Natividad said Wednesday the police also cleared 719 barangays of illegal drugs, equivalent to 42.19 percent out of more than 1,709 barangays. “The intensification of our anti-illegal drug campaign to attain our vision of a drug-free community for all is one of the key(s) towards the realization of our goal of keeping Metro Manila safe, peaceful, and…
Read MoreThe Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) has assured the public that Himamaylan City remains peaceful and orderly despite the series of clashes between government troops and communist rebels in its hinterland villages in the past several weeks. Lt. Abegael Donasco, the spokesperson of NOCPPO, said on Tuesday the encounters are just isolated cases and there is no need yet to deploy more police personnel to the area. “These do not mean that Himamaylan City is in danger or not safe. Rest assured, there is no peace and order threat…
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