TACLOBAN CITY – A retired police officer was shot dead in Calbayog City on Saturday, Dec. 13. The Police Regional Office-8 strongly condemned the murder. Investigation said the victim was gunned down in a cockpit arena. His last assignment was Lope de Vega town, Northern Samar province where he...
BACOLOD CITY – A 45-year-old policeman killed by the New People’s Army (NPA) in Calatrava town, Negros Occidental province was laid to rest in his hometown of Toboso, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Dec. 13. Personnel of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office rendered a solemn 21-gun...
CAVITE – Authorities arrested two drug suspects and confiscated more than P1.3 million worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation in Dasmariñas City on Wednesday, Dec. 10. Cavite Police Provincial Office (Cavite PPO) identified the suspects as alias Jen and alias Artur, both high-value...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region posthumously awarded the Philippine National Police (PNP) Heroism Medal (Medalya ng Kadakilaan) to Police Senior Master Sgt. Rommel Aguilar, 45, who was killed by New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Calatrava, Negros Occidental on...
Seven police officers from Caloocan City were dismissed from the service on Wednesday, Dec. 10, after the National Police Commission (Napolcom) found them liable for misconduct linked to the death of Dion Angelo Dela Rosa, who contracted leptospirosis while searching for his detained father. In a...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office condemned the violent attacks against a police officer and a civilian by the New People’s Army in Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Dec. 7. “Mariin naming kinokondena ang malulupit at walang-awang pag-atakeng ito, laban man sa isang...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) vowed justice over the death of a policeman who went missing during an encounter with an armed group in Barangay Menchaca, Calatrava town, Negros Occidental province on Sunday, Dec. 7. Police Senior Master Sgt. Rommel...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) said Friday, Dec. 5, that it has enhanced its collaboration with South Korea to strengthen the modernization of the police force for improved public safety Police Lt. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. said he met with Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)...
Six individuals were arrested in an operation conducted by the Manila Police District–Special Mayor’s Reaction Team (MPD-SMaRT) led by Maj. Edward Samonte, after they were caught in the act of gambling in San Andres Bukid, Manila. Confiscated in the operation were three videoke game machines...
A woman was arrested by the Makati City Police after her group led the police on an action movie-like car chase after stealing the cellphone of a sari-sari store owner in Barangay Pio Del Pilar, Makati City, on Sunday, Nov. 30. According to the Southern Police District (SPD), one of the suspects,...
A 22-year-old man, listed as a newly identified high-value individual (HVI), was arrested for possession of P1,020,000 worth of shabu during a buy-bust operation in Pasig City, authorities said on Tuesday, Dec. 2. The Eastern Police District (EPD) identified the suspect as “Lester.” He was...
BACOLOD CITY – A police officer was killed when his motorcycle hit a truck parked in front of a memorial park in Barangay 1, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, Nov. 30. The victim was a 32-year-old patrolman from the Maritime Police and a resident of Barangay Puso, La Castellana,...