The Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs, on Wednesday, August 30, lifted the contempt order against the three Navotas City police officers involved in the killing of 17-year-old Jerhode “Jemboy” Baltazar. These are Police Capt. Juanito Arabejo, Staff...
Staff Sgt. Gerry Maliban, one of the six suspects involved in the killing of 17-year-old Jerhode “Jemboy” Baltazar told a Senate panel on Tuesday, Aug. 29, that while he was the first to fire, he said that he "heard a gunshot" first. During a hearing of the Senate Committee on Public Order and...
Amid the ongoing investigation on the killing of 17-year-old Jerhode “Jemboy” Baltazar, a Senate panel on Tuesday, August 29 cited in contempt the former head of Navotas City Police's Station Investigation and Detective Management Section (SIDMS), after lengthy questioning about skipping the...
BACOLOD CITY – Commanders of the 10 police stations here have increased police visibility in their jurisdictions as the filing of Certificates of Candidacy (COC) for this year’s Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) started on Monday, August 28. Police Lt. Col. Ronnie Brillo,...
CAMP GEN. VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Security forces for this year’s barangay elections in Region 4-A or the Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon area were deployed on Monday, August 28. A send-off ceremony was held in this camp led by Police Regional Office 4-A Director Police Brig. Gen....
ILOILO CITY – With the start of the filing of Certificates of Candidacy (COCs) for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections next week, security preparations are underway across Western Visayas region. Atty. Dennis Ausan, regional director of the Commission on Elections (Comelec)-6,...
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...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – The Police Regional Office-13 on Monday, August 21, will start deploying 960 police personnel in different schools to ensure orderly and peaceful opening of classes under "Ligtas Balik-Eskwela" in the Caraga region on Tuesday, August 29. The PRO-13 will...
Any elected or appointed public official should be made to face stiffer penalties if they refuse to comply when they are served with an executory legal suspension or removal order. Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero said the additional penalty should include temporary or permanent...
CEBU CITY – The death of the No. 1 most wanted person in Central Visayas dealt a big blow to private armed groups operating in Negros Oriental, police said. POLICE Col. Ronan Claravall, chief of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office, says the crime rate in Negros Oriental has gone...
In efforts to effectively address national security challenges, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has approved the adoption of the National Security Policy (NSP) 2023-2028 that is consistent with his vision of a free, united, secure, peaceful, resilient and prosperous Philippines. File...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has constituted the Inter-Agency Council for the Pasig River Urban Development as part of the administration's response to the urgent need to rehabilitate and enhance the quality of life along the banks of Pasig River. *Pasig River (Argyll Geducos)* Marcos...