Vice President and opposition leader Leni Robredo is against the proposal of President Duterte to arm anti-crime volunteers to help the police enforce the law, saying that it opens opportunities for abuse. Speaking on her Sunday radio show, Robredo stressed that there are better solutions to the...
He may have publicly rebuked the Catholic Church in the past but President Duterte is not about to pick a fight with priests. President Duterte gives a peace sign to a priest attending an assembly of anti-crime volunteers at the police headquarters in Quezon City on June 25, 2021. (Screenshot/RTVM...
President Duterte is amenable to the arming of a new coalition of volunteers to augment government forces in keeping peace and order in the country. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a speech during the ceremonial signing of several laws in Malacañang on June 24, 2021. (Malacañang) According...
Police arrested 39 individuals and rescued one minor who were allegedly involved in a phishing scam operating in Quezon City Monday night. Members of the Quezon City Police District nabbed the suspects, including the alleged company manager Rose Castolo, Jesto Aludino, and Mitch John Esteban, at...
A Chinese POGO (Philippine offshore gaming operator) worker who was allegedly abducted by six suspects was rescued by the police in Parañaque City on Thursday afternoon, June 17. Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar said five Chinese suspects and a Filipino cohort were...
Police have arrested a 33-year-old man for allegedly stabbing to death, cementing, and burying his supposed girlfriend in the basement of her house in Quezon City. Brig. Gen. Antonio Yarra on Wednesday night identified the suspect as Emmanuel De Guia, who was tagged in the killing of 50-year-old...
The Biñan City Police in Laguna has tagged the father as a suspect in the brutal death of his two children and live-in partner whose bodies were discovered inside their home in the city on Tuesday (June 15). In an interview with DZBB, Laguna Provincial Police Office Spokesperson Col. Chit...
A family of four was found dead inside their house in Biñan, Laguna on Tuesday in what police investigators believe could be a case of parricide and suicide. Johnny Martinez, 46, was found dead and hanging inside the house that he shared with his live-in partner Jolly Espinas, 41 and their two...
Police have arrested the incumbent vice mayor of Batuan town in Masbate City over the killing of his predecessor in 2019. Mugshot of Batuan, Masbate City Vice Mayor Nelson Cambaya. (Photo courtesy of Bicol Police Regional Office) A police report from the Bicol Police Regional Office (PRO-5) said...
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) has identified the two individuals who were ambushed inside their car on a rainy Wednesday night in New Manila. Police said the victims, 29-year-old Mark Anthony Ballesteros and 27-year-old Darrel Anne Bonifacio, “have standing warrants of arrest issued by...
President Duterte has assured the family of slain football player Keith Absalon and his cousin that those responsible for the death of the victims will be brought to justice. Keith Absalon (Photo from Malaya FC) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement after the Communist Party of the...
A man and his female companion were shot dead by motorcycle-riding gunmen in Quezon City Wednesday night. Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Director Brig. Gen. Antonio Yarra ordered his men to conduct a probe into the ambush of the victims who were aboard a car when the incident happened in...