A total of 935 policemen were dismissed from the service while almost 3,000 others were penalized for various offenses from Jan. 1, 2022 to Aug. 30 this year, the Philippine National Police (PNP) disclosed on Tuesday, Sept. 12. PNP chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda, Jr. said the penalties imposed were...
A total of 474 people, including soldiers and policemen, were arrested in the implementation of the nationwide gun ban for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE). PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said the same gun ban implementation since Aug. 28 also resulted in the confiscation...
LEGAZPI CITY (PNA) – Some 475 police officers with relatives who are candidates in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 30 were reassigned to different provincial police offices (PPOs), the Police Regional Office-5 (Bicol) said on Monday, September 11. In an interview,...
A man was arrested for multiple violations, including attempted homicide and illegal possession of a deadly weapon, in Pateros on Sept. 10. The Pateros police identified the suspect as Mario Baldoza, 46, who was nabbed in Sitio Pagkakaisa, Barangay Sta. Ana, Pateros. The suspect and the...
The Sandiganbayan has affirmed the conviction of Police Senior Inspector Mercita P. Eya for two counts of malversation of public funds involving P7.26 million from 1992 to 1993. Affirmed was the ruling handed down by the Quezon City regional trial court (RTC) which found Eya guilty beyond...
Sen. Raffy Tulfo has filed a Senate resolution seeking to investigate the Philippine National Police's (PNP) "persistent failure" to follow police operational procedures. In a statement, he said that this was in relation to the alleged abuse, killings, and human rights violations involving police...
BAYUGAN CITY, Agusan del Sur – Police Regional Office-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Kirby John B. Kraft was named vice chairman of the Caraga Regional Peace and Order Council. Kraft was sworn in during the RPOC third quarter meeting here on Thursday, September 7. Surigao del Sur Gov....
The Taguig police arrested a man for allegedly yielding suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation on Sept. 7. The operation was conducted by the Taguig police’s Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) on C5 Road in Palar, Barangay Pinagsama. The suspect (Photos from Taguig police / SPD) During the...
Two men were arrested by the police for possession of suspected shabu in Taguig on Sept. 7. Personnel from Taguig police’s Substation 3 conducted an anti-criminality operation thru “Oplan Galugad” on Sunflower Street in Panam Village in Barangay Pinagsama. The suspects (Photos...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is now coordinating with the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) in connection with the murder charges leveled against former Negros Oriental 3 rd District Rep. Anulfo “Arnie” Teves. This, after a Manila Regional Trial Court issued an...
Operatives from the Valenzuela City Police Station (VCPS) and Malabon City Police Station (MCPS) confiscated around P558,280 worth of illegal drugs from three suspects in separate buy-bust operations in Valenzuela and Malabon, on Monday, Sept. 4. and Tuesday, Sept. 5. Members of the Valenzuela City...
A man, tagged by the police as the No. 6 most wanted person, was arrested in Muntinlupa on Sept. 5. The Muntinlupa police identified the man as Kenneth Rongavilla, also known as Kenneth Rongavilla Delgado, who was arrested in a joint manhunt operation by the Warrant and Subpoena Unit, and...
