Close to 600 “third level” Philippine National Police (PNP) officials out of the total 956 senior officers have tendered their resignation as of Monday, Jan. 9, amid a radical internal cleansing program to purge the organization of high-ranking cops suspected to be involved in various illegal...
A suspected drug pusher was arrested and shabu valued at P1.9 million and a gun were seized on Sunday night, Jan. 8, in Barangay Dalahican, Lucena City. Police identified the suspect as Lemuel Millomida. Millomida yielded 95 grams of suspected shabu with an estimated street value of P1.9 million,...
With a notably fewer crowd and absence of the traditional “Traslacion,” the Philippine National Police (PNP) assessed that this year’s celebration of the Feast of the Black Nazarene on Monday, Jan. 9, went relatively “peaceful” and “smooth,” save for some devotees who had to be...
Police arrested two wanted persons in Camiling, Tarlac and Tarlac City recently. Lt. Col. Fritz Tabula, officer-in-charge, Camiling police, said businesswoman Melda Cruz, 50, was arrested in Barangay Cacamilingan Norte, Camiling on a warrant issued by Judge Elmira S. Cruz-Caisado of the Regional...
LUMBAN, Laguna – Police arrested a barangay kagawad or councilor in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Maractan here on Saturday, Jan. 7. Laguna police director Col. Randy Glenn Silvio identified the suspect as alias “Jun.” The suspect was arrested at around 7 p.m. after he sold suspected shabu...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Police arrested on Friday, Jan. 6, an Indonesian and two Filipinos for transporting unlicensed high-powered firearms in Kiamba, Sarangani. Major Ludovico Rendaje, Kiamba police chief, identified the suspects as Indonesian Anton Gobay, 29, and his Filipino companions...
CAMP BGEN. VICENTE LIM, Laguna -- "Kung hindi ko sisimulan ang paglilinis na ito, sino ang gagawa, matagal kong pinagisipan ang hakbang na ito at naniniwala ako na magbubunga ito ng ikakabuti ng ating organisasyon.(If I don’t start this cleansing, who will do? I have thought of this move long...
CAMP GEN. MIGUEL MALVAR, Batangas City – A total of 44 persons were arrested on the first five days of 2023 during the continued implementation of law enforcement operation, the Police Provincial Office here reported. Batangas provincial director Colonel Pedro Soliba said the arrested individuals...
ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) – Col. Alexander Lorenzo, police chief here, tendered his courtesy resignation on Thursday, Jan. 5, supporting the Department of the Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) effort to weed the Philippine National Police (PNP) of scalawags. LORENZO (seated). (FB) Lorenzo said...
A 19-year-old man and his cousin were arrested by the police in a buy-bust operation in Taguig on Jan. 6. Brig. Gen. Kirby John Kraft, Southern Police District (SPD) director, identified the suspect as Hernan Gonzales, 19, who is tagged by the police as a high value individual (HVI), and his...
A man was arrested by the police after he was found in possession of a hand grenade in Taguig on Jan. 7. Taguig police identified the suspect as Robin Valencia, 42, who was nabbed on Cucumber Road in FTI Compound, Barangay Western Bicutan, Taguig at about 1:45 a.m. The hand grenade seized from the...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – The Police Regional Office-Cordillera arrested 2,065 wanted persons in 2022. According to the Regional Investigation and Detective Management Division (RIDMD), the Baguio City Police Office (BCPO) arrested the most number of fugitives with 848, followed by the Benguet...
