CEBU CITY – Crime volume in Region 7 decreased this year due to more policemen on the streets, the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) said. Police Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare said sending policemen to the streets has been proven effective after a 4.5 percent decrease in crime volume...
Crime volume in the country has decreased by more than eight percent from January to October this year compared to the same period in 2022, with the Philippine National Police (PNP) attributing it to strategic anti-crime measures that include the accounting of wanted persons and the campaign...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – The crime rate in the Caraga region dropped 20 percent from October 16 to 22 compared to October 9 to 15, the Police Regional Officed-13 reported Thursday, October 27. PRO-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Kirby John B. Kraft said 150 crime incidents were...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – Police arrested 56 individuals in the anti-criminality campaign in this province from October 15 to 21. PANGASINAN police contact details. (FB) Ten anti-drug operations were conducted where 12 persons were arrested 34.91 grams of suspected shabu were seized. Five...
Twenty-one drug peddlers, five wanted persons, and an election ban on firearms violator were arrested by the Bulacan Police in different operations conducted on Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 10 and 11. The recovered pieces of evidence (Photo from the official Facebook page of Bulacan...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has teamed up with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Open Ownership (OO) for the potential use of beneficial ownership data in curbing corruption in the government procurement process. The SEC and UNODC recently organized a focus...
Crime rate in the country from Jan. 1 to Sept. 15, this year has declined by 11,975 incidents compared to the same period last year, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said. PNP chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda, Jr. said the figure represents a 7.874 percent drop in the crime rate, which he attributed...
Sen. Grace Poe believes that current problems being encountered in the online SIM registration process can be solved with better implementation than hitting pause on it temporarily. This is in response to the suggestion of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission's (PAOCC) to temporarily...
CEBU CITY – Five alleged members of the Salisi Gang were arrested after they victimized at least three people inside a mall at the South Road Properties here. Police identified the suspects as Jessica Santos Sarco, 35; Mark Anthony Balan, 30; Mark Anthony Aragosa, 26; Jerico Sarco, 24, and...
SANTA CRUZ, Laguna – A Laguna Provincial Jail guard was gunned down by an inmate on Wednesday morning, August 2. Police identified the victim as Jonathan Buenviaje, 50. Investigation said the victim was working at Dormitory 1 when the suspect, Romnick Estadilla, 32, approached him from behind...
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – A woman was stabbed to death by her lover during a heated argument in their house in Barangay Saimsim here on Tuesday afternoon, August 1. Police identified the victim as Andrea Salve Escalante. Escalante died upon reaching the J.P. Rizal Hospital here due to stab wounds in...
TACLOBAN CITY – A businesswoman was gunned down in her house in Barangay District 1, Ormoc City, on Tuesday, August 1. Police identified the victim as Emily Porcadilla, 55, alias “Emyat,” an “ukay-ukay” (used clothes) trader. Initial investigation said the victim was in her room when...
