ILOILO CITY – Authorities are finalizing election security measures for Western Visayas region as the local campaign started on Friday, March 28. COMELEC-6 Regional Director Dennis Ausan, Western Visayas police chief Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky, and Brig. Gen. Nhel Richard Partricio of the 301...
ILOILO CITY – Authorities have identified 11 election hotspots or areas with security concerns in Panay Island three days before the start of the local campaign period on March 28. PRO-6 chief Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky, Comelec-6 Regional Director Dennis Ausan, and Police Col....
Malacañang believes that the Philippines' increasing tourism revenues are proof of the improved peace and order situation in the country, contrary to claims of the administration's critics. Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro (RTVM) Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary...
CEBU CITY – Crime volume in Central Visayas dropped by 33 percent, the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) reported. The PRO-7 said that from January to February, 418 focus crimes were recorded in Central Visayas, 208 fewer compared to the same period last year. The decrease was a...
Police have arrested 34 individuals for violating the election gun ban in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Police Regional Office–Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (PRO-BAR) chief Police Brig. Gen. Romeo Macapaz said that 36 assorted firearms were seized from the...
DAVAO CITY – The local government unit of Matalam in Cotabato province has stepped in to resolve the land conflict in the remote Barangay Ilian after tensions sparked on Tuesday, Feb. 25. VICE Mayor Ralph Ryan Rafael facilitates a dialogue in Barangay Ilian, Matalam, Cotabato....
BUTUAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-13 has reported a 37.88 percent decrease in index crimes in the Caraga region. PRO 13-Regional Public Information Office chief Police Major Jennifer S. Ometer said 123 cases were recorded from Jan. 1 to Feb. 20 compared 198 in the same period last year....
ILOILO CITY – Police said no kidnapping of children were recorded in this province and city. POLICE Colonels Bayani Razalan (left) and Kim Legada, chiefs of the Iloilo Provincial Police Office (IPPO) and Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO), during a meeting. (Tara Yap) “Allegations of...
CEBU CITY – More police outposts, fewer chances of crimes from happening. POLICE man an outpost in a busy area in Cebu City. (Contributed photo) Police Col. Enrico Figueroa, chief of the Cebu City Police Office, said this as more police outposts have been established primarily in crime-prone...
TACLOBAN CITY – The 8th Infantry “Stormtroopers” Division officially activated the Task Force Hope-Eastern Visayas on Tuesday, Feb. 11, to ensure an honest, orderly, and secure local elections in the region in May. Col. Arlino Sendaydiego, commander of Task Force Hope-EV, said they...
CAMP COL. RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – The Police Regional Office-13 said the Caraga region has 29 elections areas of concern in the May elections. ABRAHANO (left). (PRO-13 FB) Nineteen areas – 10 in Agusan del Sur and nine in Surigao del Sur – are under the orange category that...
CAMP COL. RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – The first day of the campaign period for senatorial and party-list candidates on Feb. 11 in the Caraga region was generally peaceful, the Police Regional Office-13 said. “No untoward incidents or unlawful campaign violations were reported in the five...
