Over 1,000 personnel of the Manila Police District (MPD) were deployed to secure the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in the city on Oct. 30. In a send-off ceremony held at the MPD Headquarters on Saturday morning, Aug. 26, the policemen were informed of the areas and voting...
BACOLOD CITY – Two-hundred persons benefitted from the eye and ear screening and consultation organized by the Silay City Police Station in Negros Occidental at Kansilayan Gymnasium in Silay City on Thursday, August 25. Police Lt. Col. Mark Anthony Darroca, Silay police chief, said...
The police arrested a man for possession of suspected shabu during an operation in Taguig on Aug. 24. Personnel from the Taguig police’s Ususan Police Substation 4 conducted an anti-criminality operation through “Oplan Galugad” on Liwayway Street in Barangay Sta. Ana,...
A 30-year-old Irish national was arrested by operatives of the Makati City Police on Wednesday, Aug. 23, for hurting a bouncer at a local bar and not paying his bill of more than P20,000. The Southern Police District (SPD) identified the suspect as Fitzgibbon Adam. According to the police, the...
The Eastern Police District (EPD) is committed to ensuring public order and security during the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) World Cup 2023, hosted by the National Capital Region (NCR), from Aug. 25 to Sept. 10. "The EPD will be fully committed in providing security measures to...
Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Director Brig. Gen. Nicolas Torre III said on Thursday, Aug. 24, that the city police filed charges against 14 officials of various progressive groups who allegedly staged a rally without the necessary permits during President Marcos' second State of the...
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) confirmed on Tuesday, Aug. 22, that comedian and actor Vice Ganda figured in a road accident involving four vehicles along Katipunan Avenue in Barangay Loyola Heights, Quezon City on Sunday, Aug. 20. Initial investigation disclosed that the incident occurred...
The Commission on Elections is eyeing the implementation of what it refers to as “money ban” in a bid to fight vote buying for the barangay and Sagguniang Kabataan (BSKE) in October this year. Comelec Commissioner George Erwin Garcia said this year’s election money ban is different from what...
A Senate panel on Tuesday, August 22, has cited in contempt two policemen involved in the killing of 17-year old Jerhode “Jemboy” Baltazar and ordered their detention at the Senate. The Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs, chaired by Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela...
A total of 1,245 people were arrested in the intensified crackdown against the illegal operation on online sabong since July last year, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Tuesday, Aug. 22. PNP chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda, Jr. said 322 of those arrested were already convicted as part of the...
ILOILO CITY – A barangay “tanod” or watchman yielded suspected shabu and an unlicensed firearm and grenade in a buy-bust operation in San Enrique town, Iloilo province on Sunday, August 20. Police identified the suspect as John Paul Eulatriz Baclagon of Barangay Bagacay, San Enrique. The...
CAMP NAKAR, Lucena City, Quezon – The Quezon Police Provincial Office (QPPO) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) declared five barangays in this province as drug-free on Monday, August 21. Quezon police chief Police Col. Ledon Monte said that the declaration underwent a thorough...
