CEBU CITY – A criminal complaint for theft has been filed against a policeman accused of stealing cable wires owned by a telecommunications company. Police Staff Sgt. Joel Superales Soliva will also face administrative charges that the Philippine National Police (PNP) will file against him, said...
Another alleged member of a criminal group was arrested by the police in Taguig on June 2. The suspect was identified as Giovanni Perillo, 28, who was tagged by the police as a member of the Utto criminal group responsible for robbery-holdups and proliferation of illegal drugs in Taguig. The...
Six members of the Caloocan City Police’s anti-illegal drugs unit were recommended to be dismissed from service by the Philippine National Police – Internal Affairs Service (PNP-IAS) for allegedly assaulting a sidewalk vendor and robbing his “ayuda” worth P14,000 in March. In a CCTV...
The security preparation of the Philippine National Police (PNP) is "in full swing" for the inauguration of President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. in Manila on June 30. Police Col. Jean Fajardo, spokesperson of the Philippine National Police. (Photo courtesy of PNP) Coordination was...
BIÑAN CITY, Laguna – Two men were arrested in a hot pursuit operation following a robbery hold-up incident in Barangay Canlalay here on Thursday, June 2. Biñan City Police Station identified the suspects as Kenkhannamel Bati, a resident of Sta. Rosa, Laguna, and Eljohn Espeleta, a...
CEBU CITY – Fewer cases of violence against women and children have been noted in Central Visayas from January to June this year. The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO 7) reported that in the first half of this year, cases of violence against women and children in the region dropped by...
TACLOBAN CITY – Following last Monday’s twin blast incidents in Isabela City, Basilan that injured two persons and damaged four vehicles, Police Regional Office (PRO) 8 (Eastern Visayas) director Police Brig. Gen. Bernard Banac has directed all unit commanders and chiefs of police in the region...
DAGUPAN CITY – Police are conducting an in-depth investigation in a university here following threats sent through email to the school’s information technology head and 15 other employees on May 31. The police refused to divulge the content of the email messages which they said are very...
President Duterte said he is eyeing to return to teaching after his six-year term as president ends on June 30, 2022. President Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte said this a month before he turned over the presidency to President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. In his speech during his meeting with...
CEBU CITY -- This city was rocked by bomb threats on a day a passenger bus in Koronadal City and a bus terminal in Tacurong were bombed on Thursday. The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) on Thursday afternoon received four bomb threats which were later found out to be a hoax. Lt. Col. Maria Theresa...
ILOILO CITY—Two separate anti-drug operations in Iloilo led to the arrest of five suspected drug dealers and the confiscation of shabu with an estimated value of P816,000 drug dealers on Wednesday, May 25. Brigadier General Flynn Dongbo, Western Visayas director of Police Regional Office (PRO-6),...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet -- Sixty-eight individuals wanted by the law were arrested in an intensified week-long series of manhunt operations conducted by the Police Regional Office in the Cordillera Region. Based on the records from the Regional Investigation and Detective Management Division (RIDMD),...