As the national government starts the roll-out of vaccination for essential workers and poor Filipinos, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar advised policemen to take advantage of the free vaccines that would be offered to them by their respective Local Government...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Sunday, June 6, a thorough investigation on the June 4 killing of a media executive in General Santos City. Eleazar specifically tasked the local police forces to intensify the intelligence-gathering and...
The body-worn cameras that were procured to ensure transparency in the conduct of police operations are night-vision capable with an object detection range of up to 10 meters in the dark, a top police official of the Philippine National Police (PNP) disclosed on Saturday, June 5. PNP chief Gen....
Senator Imee Marcos warned on Saturday, June 5, that the recent killing of a 52-year-old woman by a police officer in Quezon City might happen again if the existing law requiring psychiatric, psychological, drug and physical tests on police personnel remains "weak". Senator Imee Marcos (Sen. Imee...
To ensure transparency and legitimacy of its operations, the Philippine National Police (PNP) finally began using body-worn cameras (BWCs) on Friday, June 4, nearly four years after teenager Kian Lloyd delos Santos died of police abuse in Caloocan City in 2017. The killing of the minor shook...
A police corporal and four traffic enforcers were arrested for allegedly extorting over P800,000 from truck drivers who were passing through a checkpoint in Apalit, Pampanga early Friday, June 4, the Philippine National Police (PNP) revealed. The Philippine National Police nab a police corporal and...
President Rodrigo Duterte’s refusal to share pertinent documents related to his administration’s controversial anti-illegal drug operations for public scrutiny is not surprising and only shows that he has much to hide, opposition Senator Leila de Lima said on Friday. “He is afraid of the...
The results of the Philippine National Police (PNP) investigation on the cop who mercilessly shot his female neighbor to death in Quezon City will be released in three to four weeks' time, Gen. Guillermo Eleazar said Friday, June 4. An incensed PNP Chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar confronts PM/Sgt....
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año ordered on Thursday, June 3, the Philippine National Police (PNP) to enhance measures to instil discipline within the organization as controversies were aroused over violent incidents involving police officers. "My...
The recent killings involving policemen show a pattern of "abusive and murderous behavior" of law enforcers in the country, former vice president Jejormar "Jojo" Binay said on Wednesday (June 2). (Photo courtesy of Jojo Binay Facebook page) Binay said that the killings involving policemen are not...
A policeman assigned in Tagum City died of health complications due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) amid the continuous rise of infection in the Philippine National Police (PNP). The death of a cops with a rank of Police Executive Master Sergeant came with a report of additional 167 new...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) advised on Wednesday, June 2, the public to check the existing rules and regulations of areas they would want to go to avoid travel hassles as authorities further eased domestic travel restrictions. PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar said there are some...
