Crime in the Philippines reduced by more than 60 percent in the past five years, with the Philippine National Police (PNP) attributing it to the aggressive campaign against illegal drugs which was started when President Duterte took over the country's leadership in July 2016. In a statement...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Saturday, July 17, welcomed the Supreme Court requiring policemen to use body-worn cameras when serving arrest and search warrants. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian during a special session in the Senate. (Henzberg Austria/Senate PRIB file) Gatchalian said the rules...
Once a teacher, always a teacher. So when Patrolman Noel Amor found out that there is a large group of children who could not read and write in a remote area in Talaingod, Davao del Norte, he saw it as an opportunity to go back to his first passion. 19397 A teacher by profession, Amor was among the...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) assured the public on Thursday, July 15, that the unused multi-million anti-insurgency fund that was allocated for the police organization last year is intact and can still be spent until December this year. PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar acknowledged...
Police have arrested 41 people tagged as involved in cybersex operations, considered as a first salvo of a digital platform it launched against cybercriminals operating in the country. Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said the arrest came after a series...
For some policemen especially those who fall under the obese description, weight reduction as a mandatory policy for promotion was ill-timed and discriminatory. The voluminous request letter and even a legal action from the ‘discriminated’ cops forced the Directorate for Personnel Records and...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said on Monday night, July 12, that all uniformed personnel specifically the personnel from the the Philippine National Police (PNP), Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and...
Leyte 4th District Representative Lucy Torres-Gomez on Monday, July 12, expressed hope that the next administration would continue a strong anti-illegal drugs advocacy to sustain the gains achieved by the Duterte administration. Leyte 4th District Representative Lucy Torres-Gomez Torres-Gomez,...
House Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez on Monday commended the Supreme Court (SC) for taking the lead in issuing the rules and regulations on the use of body cameras by law enforcers, saying the the high court's "judicial activism" is “a breath of fresh air.” House deputy speaker and Cagayan de...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), has ordered a massive information drive for operating policemen on the rules issued by the Supreme Court in using the body-worn cameras and in serving search and arrest warrants. Eleazar said he had already tasked the...
As the national government's task force on coronavirus response gas allowed children five years old above to go out, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar urged parents to teach their kids in following the rules on health safety protocols amid the continuous threats...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Saturday, July 10, the creation of a Technical Working Group (TWG) that will study and incorporate the rules on the use of the body-worn cameras issued by the Supreme Court to the existing protocols of the...
