The Philippine National Police (PNP) has intensified ground presence and security operations in Eastern Samar following the magnitude six earthquake that shook the province on Monday, May 4. PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr. said policemen in Eastern Visayas were immediately deployed to...
Additional police forces were mobilized to secure all the entry points in the danger zones of Mayon in Albay as authorities are eyeing the expansion of off-limit areas to six kilometers around the volcano. This developed as the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported...
Police would prefer intervention plans than law enforcement actions on the minors involved in the viral video of alleged harassment of passengers of a jeepney in the middle of the road in Las Piñas City. For one, there was no crime committed and the incident stemmed from a disagreement between the...
Police forces in Albay and nearby areas were instructed to focus on road-clearing operations to ensure emergency vehicles and relief convoys maintain access to communities affected by Mayon Volcano’s ashfall. As of now, Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police...
Combined maritime forces from the Philippine Navy (PN) and Philippine National Police (PNP) intercepted a motor banca carrying P52 million worth of undocumented cigarettes during a patrol operation off the coast of Governor Generoso, Davao Oriental, the PN reported on Sunday, May 3. The joint...
Hitting a police officer while in the performance is like hitting the entire police force. And the chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr., is one of them and that’s why he will never let this pass. On Sunday, May 3, Nartatez has committed to run after...
Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Sunday, May 3, the mobilization of their personnel and resources to assist Albay residents who were affected by the heavy ashfall from the Mayon Volcano. Nartatez said the focus is on evacuation and...
A joint police operation led by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) in Batangas resulted in the arrest of a male suspect involved in the illegal trading and distribution of petroleum products, locally known as “paihi,” on Friday night. Agents of the CIDG Batangas Provincial...
The protests conducted by various groups nationwide in observance of Labor Day on Friday, May 1, were generally peaceful, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said, despite several incidents of confrontation between authorities and rallyists, including a protester punching a police officer and...
The Philippine National Police has appointed Police Brig. Gen. Mariano Rodriguez as the new head of the Police Regional Office-2 (Cagayan Valley). Rodriguez assumed the post on Thursday, April 30, during a turnover of command ceremony in Camp Crame, Quezon City. Marallag, of Tuguegarao City,...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) relieved 11 police officers from the Police Regional Office-1 (Ilocos) for alleged underperformance in illegal gambling operations. Those relieved in Special Order No. 2026-3918 dated April 27 included the PRO-1 intelligence chief, the head of the Pangasinan...
Eleven police commanders in Ilocos Region were booted out of their posts after they were found lacking in good performance in their respective areas of responsibility. Those relieved were two intelligence officers with a rank of Police Lieutenant Colonels; another middle ranking officer assigned in...
