More than 64,000 policemen have been deployed in various transportation hubs and places of convergence across the country as part of the security measures for the Christmas and New Year celebrations, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said. PNP chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda, Jr. said the policemen...
Police Gen. Benjamin Acorda, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), warned all uniformed personnel on breaking his trust that they would not fire their firearms indiscriminately especially during the New Year revelry. Acorda issued the statement as he insisted that there is no need to...
Former senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson expressed support for the Philippine National Police's (PNP) lack of recommendation for a ceasefire agreement with the Communist Party of the Philippines (AFP) and its armed wing, the New People’s Army (NPA). "I support the PNP on this. The CPP/NPA is...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has not monitored any serious or credible threat to security ahead of the Christmas Day celebration next week. PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said all security measures were already laid out to ensure a peaceful and joyous Christmas celebration for the...
A man will be spending Christmas in jail after he was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Taguig on Dec. 21. The Taguig police’s Drug Enforcement Unit conducted the buy-bust operation at about 9:10 p.m. on MLQ Street, Barangay New Lower Bicutan, Taguig. The suspect (top) and the...
Operatives of the Northern Police District (NPD) seized a total of P333,520 worth of alleged shabu and marijuana and arrested four suspects in separate buy-bust operations in the cities of Malabon and Caloocan on Thursday, Dec. 21. Malabon City Police Station (MCPS) confiscated P260,760 worth of...
You think crime volume is going up during "ber" months? Well, not anymore according to the Philippine National Police (PNP). Citing its data, the PNP has recorded an 18.2 percent decrease in focus crimes across the country from Sept. 1 to Dec. 19 this year, a reverse of the usual perception...
Photo from the Manila Police District (MPD)/ MANILA BULLETIN Police confiscated around 300 kilograms of "double dead" meat from a 45-year-old vendor at Blumentritt market in Manila on Sunday, Dec. 17. The Manila Police District identified the suspect as Edler Zape, resident of Barangay Balong Bato,...
The Philippine National Police Public (PNP) has prepared contingency measures to ensure peace order amid the extension of the transport strike to two more weeks in protest of the mandatory consolidation of jeepney drivers and operators into either a cooperative or a corporation. The Dec. 31...
The Navotas City Police Station (NCPS) participated in a mural painting activity of the Department of Environmental and Natural Resources (DENR) at the Metropolitan Environmental Office (MEO) North building in Navotas City, on Monday, Dec. 18. Photo courtesy to Noel Pabalate/MANILA BULLETIN The...
The Manila Police District (MPD) has assured the safety of Manileños during the observance of the 10-day "Simbang Gabi." "Handa na ang pambansang pulisya partikular na ang MPD para sa pagpapanatili ng seguridad pangayong panahon ng Kapaskuhan lalo na sa pagsisimula ng Simbang Gabi mamayang...
PNP Chief, Police General Benjamin Acorda Jr. (File photo) Active duty personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP) will receive an additional P5,000 following the approval of the disbursement of their Productivity Enhancement Incentives (PEI). The distribution of the PEI follows the...
