While Malacañang acknowledged that China has the right to issue a security alert for Chinese students who are considering studying in the Philippines, the Palace insisted that the country remains safe for foreign students. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said...
Crime incidents in Metro Manila dropped by 60 percent during the Holy Week compared to the same period last year, the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) said on Monday, April 21. While the significant decrease is mainly attributed to the exodus of Metro Manila residents and workers...
PNP (Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN) One incident can't magically undo the Philippine National Police's (PNP) gains against criminality. Thus, said House Assistant Majority Leader Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong as he...
CAMP MARCELO A. ADDURU, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – Police said the crime rate in the Cagayan Valley region dropped in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the same period last year. Police Brig. Gen. Antonio P. Marallag Jr., Police Regional Office-2 chief, said 1,790 crimes were recorded from...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has slammed the spread of what he described as "staged crime content on social media" even as the Philippine National Police (PNP) has been reporting a...
(Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN) Senatorial candidate Panfilo "Ping" Lacson has told the Philippines National Police (PNP)--which he led from 1999 to 2001-- to keep up its efficiency that led to the lowering of the crime rate this year. "What...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Raul Angelo "Jil" Bongalon (Dexter Barro II/MANILA BULLETIN) House Assistant Majority Leader Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Jil Bongalon is calling for stronger media literacy among Filipinos, especially among the youth,...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) recorded a 27.76 percent decrease in crime rate nationwide since January 1 this year but its chief, Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil, is not happy. Well, not exactly because he wants a higher crime reduction rate but because the efforts of his men on the...
The crime rate in Metro Manila in February this year went down by 37 percent compared to the same period last year, the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) said on Sunday, March 2. From 545 criminal incidents categorized under Eight Focus Crimes in February 2024, the cases of murder,...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office said that the crime rate in the province dropped 13.11 percent in 2024. NOCCPO sign (Glazyl Masculino) Police recorded 3,885 incidents from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2024, 586 fewer than the 4,471 in 2023. The number of eight focus...
The crime rate in Bacolod City went up by 5.95 percent last year, police said. The Bacolod City Police Office said the number of crimes increased by 70 from 1,175 in 2023 to 1,245 in 2024. BCPO headquarters (FB) Index crimes, which include offenses against persons or property, remained at 170...
CEBU CITY – With increased police visibility, fewer crimes were recorded in Central Visayas in the past week, the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) reported. Police Brig. Gen. Roy Parena, officer-in-charge of PRO-7, said there were only 51 crime incidents recorded from Nov. 24...
