To help augment the pandemic response for its personnel who contracted the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) formally turned over P2.5 million grant to the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday, April 26. PAGCOR Chairman and CEO Andrea...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has honored the national hero in its seal and badge through a life-sized metal sculpture of Lapu-Lapu to mark the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Mactan. What is distinctive of the metal statue made by visual artist Ram Mallari was that it was made from...
A tip from a Chinese led the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) to bust a gun-running syndicate composed of two South Koreans and their two alleged Filipino cohorts during a buy-bust in Las Piñas City. CIDG director Maj. Gen. Albert Ignatius Ferro said the operation also resulted in...
Two more personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP) died of health complications after being infected by the coronavirus. Lt. Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, PNP deputy chief for Administration and commander of the PNP Administrative Support for COVID-19 Task Force (ASCOTF), said the two new...
The proposal of Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Debold Sinas to require police clearances for transactions with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) would infringe the right of workers, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) said on Friday, April 23. TUCP Party-list...
A police captain stationed in Bulacan has become the 52nd death among Philippine National Police (PNP) members as far as the dreaded coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is concerned. Police Gen. Debold Sinas, PNP chief, said the latest fatality among their ranks was a 50-year-old male officer assigned...
Zoren Legaspi Would you still beat the red light if Zoren Legaspi watches over you? That is now possible as the actor shared his latest achievement yet: to be a part of Philippine National Police's Highway Patrol Group (HPG). Zoren detailed this on a recent episode of "Sarap, 'Di Ba? Bahay Edition,...
Law enforcement or investigative agencies of the government have no blanket authority to access or use the information of private individuals under custody of another agency, the National Privacy Commission (NPC) said. The privacy watchdog issued this statement following the controversy on...
Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief General Debold Sinas should be investigated for allegedly violating COVID-19 protocols again, this time when he visited Oriental Mindoro last week. Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson, a former PNP chief, said it is only proper to investigate Sinas’ supposed...
The Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs has decided to postpone anew its investigation into the fatal misencounter between operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine National Police (PNP). (Senate of the Philippines / FILE PHOTO) Senator Ronald...
The Philippine National Police will be rolling out another round of vaccination expectedly on Monday, March 15, after securing 700 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine. (Ali Vicoy / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) But Lt. Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, Officer-In-Charge of the PNP, said only 350 of their...
A middle-ranking official of the Philippine National Police (PNP) died of health complications after being infected by the coronavirus. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Based on the PNP data, the new fatality was 54 years old and assigned to the National Capital Region Police Office. He was the 33rd...
