The Philippine National Police (PNP) is now coordinating with its foreign counterparts to run after the sender of a bogus bomb threat sent to some government agencies in the country. PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said the bomb threat supposedly came from a Japanese lawyer who claimed to have...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) released on Wednesday, Dec. 6, the photos of the two persons of interest in the Marawi City bombing that left at least four people dead and several others injured. Police said the photo above is Kadapi Mimbesa, one of the two persons of interest in the bombing...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva said on Monday, Dec. 4, that the kind of thinking of those behind the bombing inside the Mindanao State University (MSU) that killed four people has no place in an orderly society. "Kaya (That's why) we strongly condemn in the highest form of...
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...
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...
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 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...
Police Corporal Victor Tatad is no stranger to calls for emergency transportation assistance using the police ambulance of the Occidental Mindoro Police Provincial Office. As the designated operator of the police ambulance with his buddy Police Staff Sgt. Darrel Troy Romero, they have already...
