Senator Richard Gordon on Thursday pushed for the passage of the measure mandating law enforcers to provide accurate reporting of deaths and illnesses of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) and detained children in conflict with the law (CICL). Gordon, who chairs the Senate Committee on Justice and...
“Napatawad na po namin siya (We have forgiven him).” The relatives of Sonia and her son Frank Anthony Gregorio said they have forgiven dismissed Police Staff Sergeant Jonel Nuezca and finally found peace after he was sentenced to a maximum jail term of 80 years on Thursday, Aug. 26. Former...
Senator Imee Marcos warned on Saturday, June 5, that the recent killing of a 52-year-old woman by a police officer in Quezon City might happen again if the existing law requiring psychiatric, psychological, drug and physical tests on police personnel remains "weak". Senator Imee Marcos (Sen. Imee...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año ordered on Thursday, June 3, the Philippine National Police (PNP) to enhance measures to instil discipline within the organization as controversies were aroused over violent incidents involving police officers. "My...
The court hearing of the fatal shooting of a mother and son by a policeman in Paniqui, Tarlac has been progressing fast, the victims’ family said on Wednesday, June 2. The family of Sonia and Frank Gregorio finished presenting their witnesses and evidence, according to the victims’ son and...
The term #PulisAngTerrorista (Police are terrosists) trended on Twitter Tuesday morning following the shooting and killing of another civilian by a police officer in just a month. #PulisAngTerrorista made it to the top list of Twitter trends, with at least 17,100 tweets as of noon, after Master...
