A 30-year-old man was arrested by members of the Southern Police District Drug Enforcement Unit (DDEU) during a buy-bust operation in possession of P340,000 worth of shabu hidden inside DVD cases in Paranaque City on Monday night. SPD Director Brig. Gen, Jimili Macaraeg identified the suspect as...
Four people were arrested by the Taguig police in three separate buy-bust operations in the city Saturday. The entrapment operations yielded a total 38 grams of shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) estimated to be worth P258,400. The confiscated drugs from the four suspects in Taguig (Taguig...
It was supposed to be a regular beat patrol at the Jaro Plaza in Iloilo City on June 27 when three rookie policemen heard a cry for help over a pregnant woman was in labor. The first instinct was to bring 27-year old Cecilia Cesima to the nearest hospital but time was running out as the baby was...
A police lieutenant assigned in Southern Leyte has died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), adding to the growing list of police personnel who succumbed to the respiratory ailment, the Philippine National Police (PNP) disclosed Friday, July 2. Latest figures on the COVID-19 situation in the...
An elderly woman who lost her home to a recent fire received the surprise of her life when members of the Banaue Municipal Police Station (MPS) in Ifugao province gifted her with a new house that the latter built with their own hands. The good deed did not escape Philippine National Police (PNP)...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) announced Friday, July 2, that it had seized a cache of firearms and 11 kilos of suspected marijuana worth P2,240,800 from a suspected crime syndicate leader during a search operation in Malolos, Bulacan. The operation was part of the larger crackdown on private...
ATHENS, Greece -- Two paintings by Pablo Picasso and Piet Mondrian that were stolen from the National Gallery in Athens in 2012 have been recovered by Greek police, officials announced here Tuesday. Picasso's "Head of a Woman" and Mondrian's "Stammer Windmill" were stolen on Jan. 9, 2012 along with...
Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV questioned on Tuesday, June 29, the need to arm civilians to help law enforcers if only President Duterte fulfilled his promise to eradicate criminality within six months after he assumed office in mid-2016. Former senator and 1Sambayan nominee Antonio Trillanes...
The proposed arming of civilian volunteers helping in the government's anti-crime campaign is not yet final, Malacañang clarified Monday. resident Rodrigo Roa Duterte administers the oath-taking ceremony of the Global Coalition of Lingkod Bayan Advocacy Support Groups and Force Multipliers during...
Senator Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III has disagreed with President Duterte's proposal to arm anti-crime volunteers to help in law enforcement. Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar (middle) leads the commemoration of the 123rd proclamation of Independence Day at Camp Crame in...
A businessman who posed as an agent of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) was arrested by patrolling policemen while having a heated argument with a businesswoman and seized from him P224,400 worth of shabu in Pasay City. Pasay City police chief, Col. Cesar Paday-os, identified the suspect...
Two men initially questioned for not wearing face masks were arrested after police found in their possession some P9.18 million worth of shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) in Taguig Sunday. Taguig police said the suspects, Jaime Nepacina and Eskak Kamsa, were nabbed at about 4:30 p.m. on Road 16...
