President Marcos has ordered the Philippine National Police (PNP) to strengthen the country's cyber security systems amid rising cybercrimes in the last quarter of 2023. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of PPA/Jonathan Cellona) Marcos said it must be done by further...
The Senate has approved on third and final reading the measure that would introduce “much-needed” reforms in the Philippine National Police (PNP). Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, former PNP chief, welcomed the Senate’s approval of Senate Bill No. 2449. Twenty-three (23)...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has deployed almost 1,500 policemen to assist in the disaster response and other initiatives amid the bad weather disturbance in Davao Region and nearby areas that has so far left at least 16 people dead. PNP chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda, Jr. said the policemen...
The Philippine government is now pursuing a comprehensive peace and development plan that may probably replace the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), a top police official said on Monday, Feb. 5. But PNP chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda, Jr. also rejected the proposal...
All the blood that was shed and all the lives that were lost in the fight for the Philippines to be an independent country over the years will all come to naught if the idea of Mindanao secession is even entertained, a top police official said on Monday, Feb. 5. PNP chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda, Jr....
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, Police General Benjamin Acorda Jr. (right) meets on Feb. 2, 2024 the grieving family of one of the three cops who died in a Jan. 30 operation against alleged members of the Ampoan criminal gang in Santa Rita, Samar. (Photo by PNP) Police General Benjamin...
CALBAYOG CITY – Philippine National Police chief Police Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr. said on Friday, February 2, that he never asked anyone to resign, particularly President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. PHILIPPINE National Police chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr. (right) on Friday, February 2, inspects...
Operatives of the Navotas City Police Station (NCPS) seized a total of P1,469,000 worth of shabu from two drug suspects in a buy-bust operation in Navotas City, on Wednesday, Jan. 31. Confiscated from the suspects were 220 grams of shabu worth P1,469,000, a black digital weighing scale, a brown...
A 69-year-old man died after he was accidentally hit and run over by a motorcycle in Navotas City early Tuesday morning, Jan. 30. A 69-year-old man died after he was accidentally hit and run over by a motorcycle in Navotas City early morning on Tuesday, Jan. 30. (Photo from Navotas City Police...
The Muntinlupa Police raided the house of a tricycle driver who yielded unlicensed firearms and ammunition. The raid was carried out on Jan. 29 on Everlasting Circle in Barangay Putatan by members of the Muntinlupa Police’s Station Intelligence Section, Putatan Substation, Station...
A suspected leader of the Dongalo robbery hold-up and carnapping group was arrested on Jan. 27 in Taguig. Southern Police District Director, Brig. Gen. Mark Pespes, identified the suspect only by his alias, Kelly, 31, who is also listed at top most wanted person of the Taguig Police and No. 2...
Operatives of Quezon City Police District (QCPD) and Northern Police District (NPD) seized P310,000 worth of illegal drugs and arrested four suspects in two buy-bust operations. Confiscated from the suspect were around two kilograms of marijuana worth P240,000, a black cellular phone, a cartoon box...