CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija – The Nueva Ecija Police Provincial Office has reported a significant reduction in focus crimes from January to May this year compared to the same period in 2024. Police Col. Ferdinand Germino, provincial police chief, attributed this to their intensified presence,...
ILIGAN CITY – A couple was found dead inside their restaurant in Marawi City on Friday morning, May 16.Police identified the victims as Bairah Sangcaan Monte and Usodan Hadjicaya Monte, owners of B&E Inasal sa Sarimanok.Concerned individuals found their bodies and reported their grim discovery to...
Senator Joseph Victor "JV" Ejercito on Thursday, May 15 welcomed the signing into law of the bill that removes the controversial front metal plate requirement for motorcycles.Ejercito is referring to Republic Act No. 12209, an amended version of the Motorcycle Crime Prevention Act (RA 11235),...
President Marcos has signed a law that amends the safety measures and penalties under the Motorcycle Crime Prevention Act.(MANILA BULLETIN/ Arnold Quizol)Marcos signed Republic Act (RA) No. 12209 which amended several sections of RA No. 11235 or the Motorcycle Crime Prevention Act. The law was...
Crime incidents in Metro Manila dropped by 60 percent during the Holy Week compared to the same period last year, the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) said on Monday, April 21. While the significant decrease is mainly attributed to the exodus of Metro Manila residents and workers...
PNP (Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN) One incident can't magically undo the Philippine National Police's (PNP) gains against criminality. Thus, said House Assistant Majority Leader Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong as he defended the PNP...
CAMP MARCELO A. ADDURU, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – Police said the crime rate in the Cagayan Valley region dropped in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the same period last year.Police Brig. Gen. Antonio P. Marallag Jr., Police Regional Office-2 chief, said 1,790 crimes were recorded from...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker's office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has slammed the spread of what he described as "staged crime content on social media" even as the Philippine National Police (PNP) has been reporting a significant...
(Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN) Senatorial candidate Panfilo "Ping" Lacson has told the Philippines National Police (PNP)--which he led from 1999 to 2001-- to keep up its efficiency that led to the lowering of the crime rate this year."What I can say...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Raul Angelo "Jil" Bongalon (Dexter Barro II/MANILA BULLETIN) House Assistant Majority Leader Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Jil Bongalon is calling for stronger media literacy among Filipinos, especially among the youth, in order to...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) recorded a 27.76 percent decrease in crime rate nationwide since January 1 this year but its chief, Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil, is not happy. Well, not exactly because he wants a higher crime reduction rate but because the efforts of his men on the ground...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY â€" A policewoman shot and wounded his live-in partner, also a police officer, during a heated argument inside their house in Barangay Sinawal, this city, on Monday morning, March 24.THE suspect (left) as her mugshot is being taken. Her live-in partner (right) is being...
