A total of 474 people, including soldiers and policemen, were arrested in the implementation of the nationwide gun ban for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE). PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said the same gun ban implementation since Aug. 28 also resulted in the confiscation...
LEGAZPI CITY (PNA) – Some 475 police officers with relatives who are candidates in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 30 were reassigned to different provincial police offices (PPOs), the Police Regional Office-5 (Bicol) said on Monday, September 11. In an interview,...
The Sandiganbayan has affirmed the conviction of Police Senior Inspector Mercita P. Eya for two counts of malversation of public funds involving P7.26 million from 1992 to 1993. Affirmed was the ruling handed down by the Quezon City regional trial court (RTC) which found Eya guilty beyond...
Sen. Raffy Tulfo has filed a Senate resolution seeking to investigate the Philippine National Police's (PNP) "persistent failure" to follow police operational procedures. In a statement, he said that this was in relation to the alleged abuse, killings, and human rights violations involving police...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is now coordinating with the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) in connection with the murder charges leveled against former Negros Oriental 3 rd District Rep. Anulfo “Arnie” Teves. This, after a Manila Regional Trial Court issued an...
(Mark Balmores/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan has underscored the supposed lack of training and continuing education among Philippine National Police (PNP) members that have led to botched operations. ...
The gun-toting former policeman who became viral after figuring in a road rage incident has yet to return his separation pay to the Philippine National Police (PNP) despite being ordered to do so. Sen. Francis Tolentino revealed this yesterday saying Wilfredo Gonzales, who became viral...
Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa said on Saturday, Sept. 2 that he is looking to propose a measure that will give the Philippine National Police (PNP) the power to designate city and municipal police chiefs. "Yung pagpili ng chief of police, provincial director dapat ilagay na lang yung power na yan...
Police Brig. Gen. Redrico Maranan (Courtesy of PNP) The Philippine National Police (PNP) has assigned a new commander at the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) after the courtesy resignation of Brig. Gen. Nicolas Torre III. Police Brig. Gen. Redrico Maranan, erstwhile chief of the PNP Public...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Friday, September 1 lauded the Philippine National Police (PNP) for revoking the firearms permit of Wilfredo Gonzales, the dismissed policeman who was shown in a viral video carrying a handgun and threatening a cyclist in Quezon City. Sen. Ronald "Bato"...
PNP members (Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN) There are way fewer police officers involved in shenanigans and abuses this year compared to last year. Thus, said Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief General Benjamin Acorda Jr. during the 2024 budget...
Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito on Monday, August 28 said the former cop who became viral on social media after being caught physically assaulting an unarmed cyclist should be criminally charged for grave threat. Sen. Joseph Victor "JV" Ejercito (Senate PRIB Photo) A cyclist...
