ILOILO CITY — The Philippine National Police (PNP) has officially designated Police Brig. Gen. Randulf T. Tuaño as full-fledged Police Regional Office-6 (Western Visayas) chief. PNP chief Police Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez Jr. signed the general order designating Tuano last Aug. 4....
ILOILO CITY – Almost 4,000 police officers were deployed in Western Visayas to secure the 2026 State-of- the-Nation Address (SONA) of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday, July 27. The Police Regional Office-6 has intensified security measures for Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras, and...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 and Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) are investigating a police officer assigned to the Molo Police Station for allegedly extorting money from the family of a drug suspect. An audio recording went viral on social media where the lawman asked the family...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 found no lawmen linked to illegal quarry operations in Iloilo province in an investigation. PRO-6 Director Police Brig. Gen. Randulf Tuaño said the comprehensive investigation conducted by PRO-6 with the assistance of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau-6...
ILOILO CITY – Police seized illegal fishing equipment valued at P10 million in 10 days in Western Visayas. The Police Regional Office-6 said P10.16 million in fishing boats and gears and fish worth P111,360 were confiscated in 58 anti-illegal fishing operations. “Hindi lamang tungkol sa...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 (Western Visayas), in coordination with the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), confiscated more than P25-million worth of cigarettes in the municipality of Estancia in Iloilo province on Thursday afternoon. In a report late Friday, the PRO-6 said Jelyn,...
ILOILO CITY – A police officer assigned to a unit of the Police Regional Office-6 was arrested for allegedly attempting to rape a pension house employee here. Police Brig. Gen. Randulf Tuaño, PRO-6 director, said that the 29-year-old suspect from the Regional Mobile Force Battalion-6 was nabbed...
ILOILO CITY – Crime in Western Visayas dropped by 67 percent during the first two weeks of Police Brig. Gen. Randulf Tuaño as Police Regional Office-6 chief. Tuaño said PRO-6 units recorded 11 cases of eight focus crimes from June 1 to June 7, compared to 33 from May 25 to 31. The eight focus...
ILOILO CITY—The Police Regional Office-6 (Western Visayas) is ready to be deployed to assist in relief efforts in the magnitude-7.8 earthquake in Mindanao Monday. “Handa ang mga yunit nito sa posibleng evacuation assistance, humanitarian assistance, at iba pang support operations sakaling...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 is investigating police officers allegedly involved in illegal quarrying operations in Iloilo province. “(I have) directed the concerned units to conduct a comprehensive and fact-based investigation and coordinate with the proper government agencies to...
ILOILO CITY – Police Brig. Gen. Randulf Tuaño, Police Regional Office-6 chief, won’t reshuffle police officers but will strictly monitor their performance. “Like I said when I arrived here, it’s back to zero,” said Tuaño. “Kailangan na patunayan nila na sila ay karapat-dapat sa...
ILOILO CITY – Police Brig. Gen. Randulf Tuaño is prioritizing the release of information, particularly to the media, as new Police Regional Office-6 (Western Visayas) chief. “Under my leadership as acting regional director, PRO-6 remains committed to strengthening transparency, accountability,...
