Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson has filed two bills that will strip government officials and employees of secrecy rights under the laws on bank deposits as well as foreign currency deposits. Lacson, in Senate Bill 38 titled "An Act Further Strengthening the Secrecy of Bank Deposits Law, Amending for...
Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero is pushing for the creation of a P20-billion trust fund under a law that would cover the comprehensive social benefits of all Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine National Police (PNP), and other uniformed personnel. In seeking approval of...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) resumed on Friday morning, July 11, its search and retrieval operations at Taal Lake in Batangas in hopes of finding the remains of the 34 missing cockfighters (sabungeros). Three dive teams composed of 13 members were deployed to separate dive points approximately...
The initial search and retrieval operation for the remains of 34 missing cockfighters (sabungeros) at Taal Lake in Batangas made its first major breakthrough on Thursday, July 10, when authorities discovered a sack filled with blackened remains believed to be bones. Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky,...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) rescued a one-month-old baby that was allegedly sold on Facebook by the infant’s guardian for P90,000, revealing what could be one of the darkest and most disturbing money-making modus operandi on the internet. The PNP Women and Children Protection Center...
A policy by Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief General Nicolas Torre III requiring cops to respond to crimes within five minutes has resulted in the apprehension of 265,115 local ordinance violators in Metro Manila in just a little over one month. A report from the National Capital Region...
(UPDATED) Authorities finally began the search and retrieval operation for the remains of the 34 missing cockfighters (sabungeros) believed to have been killed and dumped at Taal Lake in Batangas on Thursday, July 10. The initial search at 10 a.m. was jointly conducted by the Philippine Coast...
Three Chinese merchants and their three Filipino cohorts were arrested by the Philippine National Police (PNP) for allegedly selling substandard cellphones and gadgets in Binondo, Manila without clearance from the national government. In a statement Wednesday, July 9, the PNP’s Criminal...
A group as big as the missing sabungeros won 't just vanish into thin air unless an influential figure orchestrated it. This was according to Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa, who led an investigation in the Senate regarding the matter in 2022 under the Committee on Public Order and Dangerous...
Several police officers allegedly involved in the disappearance of 34 cockfighters (sabungero) four years ago have now reached out to the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the National Police Commission (Napolcom), indicating a possible intention to cooperate with the ongoing investigation. PNP...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) will deploy a total of 11,949 police personnel to ensure the safety and security of the fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on July 28 at the Batasang Pambansa in Quezon City. PNP Chief, Police General Nicolas Torre III...
Three men tagged as high-value individuals (HVIs) and wanted for illegal drugs were nabbed in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Marikina Heights, Marikina City early Tuesday morning, July 8. According to the Philippine National Police Drug Enforcement Group (PNP-DEG), the three were collared inside...
