Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido “Benny” Abante Jr (PPAB) House Committee on Human Rights chairperson and Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido “Benny” Abante Jr. renewed his call to strengthen the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) by...
Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Wednesday June 26, a crackdown on loose firearms and private armed groups (PAGs) as part of the preparations for the midterm elections next year. Marbil described the presence of loose firearms and PAGs as...
Philippine National Police (File photo) The Philippine National Police (PNP) seized P13.65 billion worth of illegal drugs during anti-illegal drug operations that were conducted nationwide from January to June this year. The PNP has conducted a total of 23,515 anti-illegal drug operations that...
A police officer conducts an inventory of pieces of evidence seized during a buy-bust operation in Camarines Sur on June 24, 2024. (Courtesy of PNP Drug Enforcement Group) The Philippine National Police (PNP) arrested a drug suspect and confiscated P1.36 million worth of suspected “shabu” in a...
PNP chief Police General Rmmel Francisco Marbil (File photo) The Philippine National Police (PNP) is investigating the regional director of Central Luzon Police Regional Office (PRO-3) due to alleged unreported killings that occurred in illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (Pogo) hubs in his...
Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil warned all policemen to stay away from Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) as he reminded all uniformed personnel to uphold the law and maintain the highest standards of integrity. Marbil issued the statement amid allegations that some policemen either turned a...
(Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN) Ranking congressmen led by House Speaker Martin Romualdez have jointly filed a resolution seeking an inquiry into the stoppage of the payment of hundreds of retired Philippine National Police (PNP) personnel's...
Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered all police commanders to launch a crackdown against counterfeit and smuggling of cigarettes in a bid to plug the annual P25.5 billion losses of the government from the illicit trade. In a statement, Marbil said the...
Simultaneous joint operations by the Rizal government’s anti-illegal drugs operatives resulted in the seizure of illegal drugs worth more than P3,500,000 from June 13 to 15. The biggest haul happened on June 13 in Taytay, Rizal where P3,450,000 worth of shabu were seized by operatives of the...
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Police General Rommel Francisco Marbil (File photo) Police General Rommel Francisco Marbil, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), on Friday, June 14, came to the defense of the cops involved in a recent raid at the private properties of controversial...
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. graces the 61st founding anniversary of the Special Forces Regiment (Airborne) of the Philippine Army at Fort Magsaysay in Palayan City, Nueva Ecija on June 25, 2023. (Photo by Noel B. Pabalate / MANILA BULLETIN) There is no serious security threat in the country...
More than 500 Metro Manila policemen were dismissed from the service while at least 800 more were punished since July last year as the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) stepped up its internal cleansing against erring cops. NCRPO director Maj. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez, Jr. said the...
