President Marcos has extended the tour of duty of Police General Benjamin Acorda, Jr. as chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP). Sources said Acorda himself announced the extension during the command conference with top PNP officials at Camp Crame in Quezon City on Monday morning, Dec. 4....
MARAWI CITY – The Philippine National Police has created a Special Investigation Task Group to investigate the explosion in a Mindanao State University gymnasium that killed four persons on Sunday, December 3. PNP chief Police Brig. Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr. said the SITG is led by Lanao del Sur...
Two men were arrested by the Taguig police in a buy-bust operation on Sunday, Dec. 3. Personnel from the Taguig police’s Drug Enforcement Unit arrested the suspects, identified only as alias Roman, 35, and alias Mark, 42, on MLQ Street, Purok 4 in Barangay Lower Bicutan. The suspected shabu...
Police forces in the entire Mindanao were placed on Sunday, Dec. 3, under highest security alert status following the bombing inside the Marawi City campus of the Mindanao State University that left at least four people dead. On the other hand, all police units under the National Capital...
A suspected drug pusher and his companion were arrested by the police in a buy-bust operation in Pateros on Dec. 2. The Southern Police District (SPD) only identified the suspects as alias Nunoy, 41, who was the target of the operation, an alleged drug pusher, and his companion, alias Edwin,...
Cases of election-related violence and other incidents in this year’s barangay elections went up by around 162 percent compared to the barangay poll-related incidents in 2018, data from the Philippine National Police (PNP) disclosed on Thursday, Nov. 30. From 40 validated election-related...
As both the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) prepare for the resumption of peace talks, the Philippine Army said on Thursday, Nov. 30, that it will continue dismantling the weakened guerrilla fronts and neutralizing the remaining armed groups of the communist...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has vowed anew to advance the cause of human rights especially in the conduct of its operations, with its top official saying that the commitment to human rights is not merely a legal obligation but a moral imperative. PNP chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda, Jr....
The anti-criminality operations of Rizal province's police forces resulted in the arrest of eight individuals on Nov. 26 alone, the Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO) said. Rizal PPO Director PCol. Felipe Maragun said the arrested suspects are: a 42-year old resident of Binangonan tagged as...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has expressed support to the decision of President Marcos to grant amnesty to former rebels and insurgents, including the former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) and Muslim secessionist groups. In a statement, PNP chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda, Jr. said the...
Former PNP chief Gen. Camilo Pancratius Cascolan (File photo) Former Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Camilo Pancratius Cascolan died on Friday, Nov. 24, his family announced. He was 59. Cascolan, also known as "Pikoy" to family and close friends, died in peace at 5:28 p.m. while being...
Personnel from the Taguig police’s Drug Enforcement Unit arrested a man and a woman in a buy-bust operation conducted on Nov. 23. The two suspects, only identified by the Southern Police District (SPD) by their aliases Fatty and Benny, were nabbed in the operation on Ruby Street in Deva...
