Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered all police units nationwide to strictly implement a three-minute response to all requests for police assistance, especially those channeled via the 911 emergency calls, or E911. The policy is part of the PNP’s...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is developing stronger whistleblower protection policies to combat corruption and promote investor protection within the corporate sector. In a statment, the commission said its Anti-Money Laundering Division, in partnership with the United Nations...
CEBU CITY – The anti-crime campaign in Region 7 has been unrelenting, and, as a result, more than 62,000 crime suspects were arrested in the past two years, the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) reported. The PRO-7 said that from June 30, 2022 to July 31, 2024, 62,347 individuals...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has expressed deep concern over the alleged misreporting made in police blotters in Davao City as an "attempt" to cover up the city's real crime statistics. In a statement, the CHR cited reports of "discrepancies" in two police log books which showed different...
CEBU CITY – A 25-year-old man has admitted killing a 27-year-old saleslady after the victim refused to have sex with him. Darren Cui admitted that he assaulted Charina Relativo inside the victim’s boarding house in Barangay Bulacao here on Friday morning, August 2. ACTING Cebu City Mayor...
DAVAO CITY – Police Regional Office (PRO)-Davao region Director Police Brig. Gen. Nicolas Torre III said police stations here are allegedly manipulating the crime statistics to create a misleading impression of low crime rates. Torre said in an interview that when he assumed as director of the...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (Nocppo) said the number of crimes in the province went down by 11 percent in the first half of the year. THE NOCCPO grandstand in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental. (Glazyl Masculino) A total of 2,104 incidents were reported from...
ILOILO CITY – The crime rate in Western Visayas dropped by 11.68 percent in the first half of this year. The Police Regional Office-6 recorded 5,529 crime incidents from January 1 to June 30, 731 fewer than the same period last year with 6,260. CAMP Delgado, the Police Regional Office-6...
ILOILO CITY — Crimes in the Western Visayas region decreased by 7.2 percent in the first five months of this year. CAMP Delgado, headquarters of the Police Regional Office-6 based in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) The Police Regional Office-6 logged 4,820 crime incidents from January to May,...
The government is investigating the possible connection between the nine foreigners found dead in Pampanga and the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) operating illegally in the country. Pixabay According to the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC), a subject of interest in...
The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) is considering proposing the gradual phaseout of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) in the country following intensified calls to ban them due to illegal activities linked to the industry. Pixabay PAOCC spokesperson Dr. Winston...
CEBU CITY – More than 500 individuals were arrested for various offenses in a three-day, region-wide anti-criminality operation in Central Visayas. ABERIN (PRO-7 FB) The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) reported that the series of police operations from June 25 to 27 led to the...
