Police forces in areas devastated by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake were ordered to assist in establishing secure tent cities for residents displaced by the recent earthquake in Mindanao who remain fearful of returning home or staying inside evacuation centers due to continuing aftershocks. Gen. Jose...
A police corporal assigned to the Police Regional Office–Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) is under administrative and criminal investigation after a police applicant accused her of collecting P50,000 in exchange for a promised slot in the Philippine National Police (PNP). Police General Jose...
A Tagaytay City Regional Trial Court sent a Canadian national to life imprisonment after he was found guilty of illegal drug charges in connection with the P9.5-billion shabu haul in Batangas two years ago, the Philippine National Police (PNP) disclosed on Wednesday, June 10. PNP chief Gen. Jose...
Getting a haircut is difficult for fugitive men but it did not deter operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) from confirming the identity of dismissed police official Rafael Dumlao—a wanted man tagged in the brutal kidnap-slay of South Korean businessman Jee Ick Joo....
Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), reminded all police personnel to stay apolitical and focus on their mandate of maintaining peace and order and ensuring public safety amid rising political tensions in the country. Nartatez issued the statement...
Police presence will be limited to the outer perimeter of the Senate complex amid peace, order and security concerns due to the political tensions between two groups of senators, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Thursday, June 4. Additional police forces were earlier deployed at the...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has committed to do more in sustaining gains in peace and order after it reported a 25.77-percent decline in focus crimes in May this year. From 2,895 incidents in May last year, PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr. said it went down to 2,149 incidents...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has expressed support to any move to strengthen laws that will effectively address troll farms and artificial intelligence (AI)-generated deepfakes. PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr. said there is a need for laws that keep pace with emerging online...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) said it is fully aligned with what it described as law enforcement partners in enforcing the possible additional arrest warrants from the International Criminal Court (ICC). The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) earlier said it received reports of more...
An extensive manhunt such as that for Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa requires participation of a large number of law enforcers—and when you mobilize such a huge number of government people, you know where the fund would come, right? And of all people, it is Dela Rosa who knows it fully well...
At the course of its investigation, the Philippine National Police (PNP) had been trying to fully comprehend why, of all people, a retired police general would lead armed Senate security men and fire warning shots to a legitimate law enforcer. In fact, Criminal Investigation and Detection Group...
They came. They promised. They delivered. And Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), expressed optimism that the fast conduct of police investigation—which was done within a week despite numerous challenges—will serve as the first stage in giving the...
