Despite public backlash over what critics described as a harsh and illogical decision to run after topless men on the streets, a total of 526 residents of Metro Manila were apprehended on Saturday, April 11, in the continuing enforcement of local ordinances in the National Capital Region (NCR). The...
Nearly P2 billion worth of smuggled and counterfeit products were seized over the weekend in what the Philippine National Police (PNP) described as proof of the power of unified law enforcement among government agencies. PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr. said the back-to-back raids in...
The sweet and fragrant smell coming out of an establishment in Valenzuela City may have betrayed the P700 million worth of imported perfumes believed to have been smuggled into the country during police surveillance operation. As a result, around P700 million worth of imported perfumes were...
It is supposed to be a hazing-free academic institution already after embarrassing incidents in the past that include oral sex as punishment for cadets, and underclassmen beating up their upperclassmen to avenge maltreatment. And for an institution in charge of producing people in charge of peace...
The supposed perfect hiding place for illegal manufacturing of cigarettes did not escape the police’s keen sense of smell after around P1.1 billion worth of fake tobacco products and manufacturing equipment in a raid in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu on Friday, April 10. Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez,...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) sought to enhance its partnership with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to address concerns about the potential overcrowding in youth shelters amid the strict enforcement of curfew hours for minors under the Safer Cities Initiative. PNP...
The number of apprehended violators of local ordinances in Metro Manila rose to 48,257 as more policemen were deployed on the streets Manila as part of the intensified implementation of the Safer Cities Initiative. And the Philippine National Police (PNP) said it will continue the aggressive...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is now looking into the possibility of a crime syndicate operating to take advantage of the soaring oil prices through illegal trade via fuel pilferage, or locally referred to as “paihi.” This, after police busted another group allegedly selling fuel during...
Police investigators are digging deeper to identify all the financiers in the illegal trade of P9.75 million worth of diesel in Navotas City where nine people were arrested on Tuesday, April 7. Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said he already...
When police announced that they will strictly enforce local ordinances in Metro Manila, they failed to mention that those who would take a leak on sidewalks would be included. And two days after the Safer Cities initiative was launched in Metro Manila, the National Capital Region Police Office...
It all started with a raw information from a tipster and ended with the police confiscating 65,000 liters of diesel allegedly being sold illegally—and take note, with free delivery package deal. The confiscation of the petroleum product worth around P9.7 million, along with a tanker and a cargo...
Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), warned all policemen not to turn into the very people that they will run after in the enforcement of ordinances intended to strengthen peace and order in Metro Manila. The intensified law enforcement under the Safer...
