General Rodolfo Azurin, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), has placed all its elite forces in highest alert status in anticipation of attacks as the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) marks its 54th anniversary this month. Azurin made the announcement during the year-end PNP...
Top officials of the Philippine National Police (PNP) met with their Indonesian counterparts and discussed the conduct of intelligence-sharing and interoperability against transnational crimes. PNP chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr. said the Philippines shares a wide border with Indonesia and...
The police colonel who responded and ended the hostage-taking incident inside Camp Crame involving former senator Leila de Lima was promoted to one-star general in the mass promotion in the Philippine National Police (PNP) involving 53 other senior officials. Brig. Gen. Mark Pespes, head of the PNP...
The proposed Free Legal Assistance for Military and Uniformed Personnel (MUP) Act was approved on third and final reading Monday afternoon, Dec. 12, by the House of Representatives during a busy session. The measure, embodied in House Bill (HB) No.6509, was just one of 16 bills passed on third and...
The Police Regional Office 7 has recorded a decrease in crime incidents in Central Visayas region in just a span of two months and attributed it to strategic anti-crime security adjustments and deployment that also led to more 99 percent crime clearance efficiency. In a data released by the PRO7, a...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) will beef up the interoperability training programs with the military and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in a bid to make the government presence felt in the sea, particularly in the campaign against smuggling. PNP chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr. said they have...
Anti-cybercrime operatives of the Philippine National Police (PNP) arrested a total of 83 people in a raid on the office of an alleged illegal online lending agency in Sampaloc, Manila. Police Brig. Gen. Joel Doria, director of the PNP-Anti-Cybercrime Group (ACG), said those arrested were the ones...
More than 78,000 wanted persons have been accounted since January this year, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said. PNP chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr. said the arrest of 78,293 fugitives is part of the police effort to account for wanted persons that include repeat offenders such as members of...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – Police visibility has been enhanced and the peace and order situation in the Cordillera region is expected to improve with the addition of 46 brand new patrol vehicles to the fleet of the Police Regional Office-Cordillera. Col. Freddie Lazona, chief of the Regional...
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr. and Bulacan Governor Daniel R. Fernando inspected the pyrotechnic stalls at Dinglasan Compound in Barangay Turo, Bocaue, Bulacan on Thursday, Dec. 8. Department of Labor and Employment Regional director Geraldine M. Panlilio, Vice...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) will be conducting a thorough investigation into the involvement of some members of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in the recycling of confiscated illegal drugs following the arrest of the head of its office and two other agents in a raid in...
The arrest of six agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in an operation in Taguig City will not affect the strong partnership between the agency an the Philippine National Police (PNP). In a statement released on Wednesday, Dec. 7, PDEA said the operation that resulted in the...
