People now feel safer with the lower crime rate and improved police crime busting efficiency, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año stressed Monday, night Oct. 25. In a briefing with the President, Año said that the crime rate is down by 34 percent...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) will coordinate with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to strengthen the campaign against loose firearms following the arrest of two soldiers and a rookie policeman for selling firearms in Maguindanao. PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar said the...
Police killed on Thursday, Oct. 14, six suspected robbers in a brief gun battle that stemmed when lawmen tried to catch them after being spotted near a gasoline station in Antipolo City in Rizal. Brig. Gen. Alexander Tagum, director of the police's Highway Patrol Group (HPG), said his men and...
DASMARIÑAS, Cavite – Authorities are now looking for a scammer who duped a 15-year-old girl into giving her cash, jewelry, and gadgets in typical "dugo-dugo" modus operandi. On a Facebook post on Sunday (September 26), Dasmariñas lone district Rep. Elpidio Barzaga, Jr. warned his...
Filipinos may no longer receive random text messages from anonymous senders saying that they won thousands or millions of pesos from raffles they didn't join in. (PIXABAY) This is only one of the many fraudulent activities sought to be addressed by a bill proposing to mandate the registration of...
A man was stabbed to death Friday afternoon inside a car wash on Banawe Street in Barangay Lourdes, Quezon City. La Loma Police Station commander Major Tyrone Bermudez identified the victim as Ricky Dean Bermudez, 27, a resident of Barangay Sto. Domingo, Quezon City. He died on the spot. Based on...
The first batch of trains that will be deployed for the Metro Rail Transit Line 7 (MRT-7) project is expected to arrive in the country by the first week of September, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade said. In a Facebook post, Tugade said these trains, consisting of six...
The Philippine government has called for an end to the hate and violence towards Asians in the United States amid concerns that a number of Filipinos are among the victims of these crimes. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a speech during the turnover of more than 3 million Moderna vaccines...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte is calling on the national government and online platforms to investigate the proliferation of fake advisories claiming that walk-ins are now be allowed in vaccination sites. Belmonte, on Monday, issued the appeal after people without vaccination appointments swarmed...
Transportation Secretary Arthur P. Tugade said the construction of the Metro Rail Transit Line 7 (MRT-7), which will connect Quezon City to Bulacan, is in "full swing" despite the persisting coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (Photo from Art Tugade's Facebook Page) According to Tugade, the...
Crime in the Philippines reduced by more than 60 percent in the past five years, with the Philippine National Police (PNP) attributing it to the aggressive campaign against illegal drugs which was started when President Duterte took over the country's leadership in July 2016. In a statement...
A father who reportedly raped his two minor daughters was killed in a shootout with police in Marilao, Bulacan on Tuesday night. In a report sent to Bulacan Provincial Police chief Col. Lawrence Cajipe, the suspect, who was a construction worker, was shot dead when police were about to arrest him...
