Gen. Benjamin Acorda, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), led the surprise drug test of 89 senior officers to set an example amid recent results that at least 25 cops already tested positive since January this year. Acorda said the mandatory drug test was announced on Friday, Sept....
Crime rate in the country from Jan. 1 to Sept. 15, this year has declined by 11,975 incidents compared to the same period last year, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said. PNP chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda, Jr. said the figure represents a 7.874 percent drop in the crime rate, which he attributed...
The investigation into the missing cockfighting players is now back on track with the arrest of six men tagged in the disappearance of the “sabungeros” during two separate police operations in Parañaque City, an official of the Philippine National Police (PNP) said. PNP chief Gen. Benjamin...
Two drug suspects, tagged as street level individuals, were arrested by members of the Pasay Police Station's Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) in a buy-bust operation on Thursday, Sept. 14. The Southern Police District (SPD) said the suspects, identified as Rodel Aquino, 56, and alias Ama,18, were...
Various cellphones and computers are seized in this anti-cybercrime operation. (File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippine National Police (PNP) has recorded 16,297 cybercrime cases from January to August this year amid a continuing battle against the rising occurrence of incidents online that...
Police arrested a 21-year-old man in a shabu buy-bust operation in Taguig on Sept. 14. Suspect Vincent Glenn Santiago was arrested in the operation conducted by the Taguig Police Drug Enforcement Unit on Acacia Street in Barangay North Signal. The police said Santiago yielded five...
The police arrested a minor after he was caught in possession of an improvised firearm or “sumpak” in Muntinlupa on Sept. 12. According to the Muntinlupa police, personnel from the Poblacion Substation arrested the 16-year-old suspect in Phase 2 Francisco Demesa St., Southville 3,...
A total of 935 policemen were dismissed from the service while almost 3,000 others were penalized for various offenses from Jan. 1, 2022 to Aug. 30 this year, the Philippine National Police (PNP) disclosed on Tuesday, Sept. 12. PNP chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda, Jr. said the penalties imposed were...
A total of 474 people, including soldiers and policemen, were arrested in the implementation of the nationwide gun ban for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE). PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said the same gun ban implementation since Aug. 28 also resulted in the confiscation...
LEGAZPI CITY (PNA) – Some 475 police officers with relatives who are candidates in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 30 were reassigned to different provincial police offices (PPOs), the Police Regional Office-5 (Bicol) said on Monday, September 11. In an interview,...
A man was arrested for multiple violations, including attempted homicide and illegal possession of a deadly weapon, in Pateros on Sept. 10. The Pateros police identified the suspect as Mario Baldoza, 46, who was nabbed in Sitio Pagkakaisa, Barangay Sta. Ana, Pateros. The suspect and the...
The Sandiganbayan has affirmed the conviction of Police Senior Inspector Mercita P. Eya for two counts of malversation of public funds involving P7.26 million from 1992 to 1993. Affirmed was the ruling handed down by the Quezon City regional trial court (RTC) which found Eya guilty beyond...
