BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong here once again called on residents not to be complacent and keep using face masks due to the resurgence of Covid-19 in this city. Magalong said strict enforcement of face mask wearing and other provisions under Covid-19 Alert Level 1 will be continued in the...
ILOILO CITY -- Almost 16,500 law enforcers composed of units coming from the Philippine National Police, Army and Philippine Coast Guard have been deployed across Western Visayas region to secure the national and local elections on Monday (May 9). The deployment of security forces for the May 9...
CEBU CITY -- At least 2,000 personnel from the Philippine National Police (PNP), Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Bureau of Fire Protection-Central Visayas (BFP-7) and Philippine Coast Guard-7 (PCG-7) will be deployed to secure the conduct of elections in Region 7 on May 9. The various law...
Members of the Las Pinas and Paranaque police Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) conducted separate buy-bust operations that led to the arrest of eight drug suspects and the confiscation of P110,160 worth of shabu on Wednesday, March 30. Col. Jaime Santos, Las Pinas police chief, identified the...
Anti-narcotics operatives arrested on Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 1 a seaman who yielded some P374,000 worth of shabu in a buy-bust operation in Koronadal City, South Cotabato. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) identified the suspect as 54-year old Ryan Ramos, considered a high-value target...
Senator Richard Gordon is now pushing for the bill that seeks to create a special court that would handle cases that have been filed against policemen. In filing Senate Bill No. 2331, Gordon underscored the importance of holding erring members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) accountable for...
Malacañang has concurred with the Commission on Elections's (Comelec) deputation of law enforcement agencies in connection with the conduct of the upcoming May 9 polls. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Signed by President Duterte last Dec. 31, 2021 was Memorandum Order No. 59,...
The government of United States (US) recently donated a drug detection and analysis equipment amounting to P3.5 million to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) for its K9 force. PCG K9 UNIT BOOST--Philippine Coast Guard K9 Force Commander Commodore Nelson B. Torre (third from left), U.S. Embassy in the...
Vice President Leni Robredo clarified on Wednesday, Oct. 27, that she is not condoning the act of vote-buying, but merely stating the realities on the ground. Vice President Leni Robredo (Solid Leni Bicol/Facebook) Robredo, who is in hot water over the issue, pointed out during a briefing held in...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has urged the Senate to pass a magna carta for anti-drug personnel as it investigates the case of one of its agent believed to have been abducted. During the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs hearing into the case of missing PDEA...
The National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) has approved the promotion of six personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP) for their role in the confiscation of P5.6 billion worth of shabu in a raid in Bulacan two months ago. Promoted to the next rank were Police Lt. Hazel S. Mabilin, Police...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa has called on the Senate to conduct a probe into the reported disappearance and abduction of a Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agent who went missing last June 25. In filing Senate Resolution No. 812, Dela Rosa sought a legislative inquiry into the case...