Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jonvic Remulla on Tuesday, April 28, said crime in the country has dropped by 50 percent under the government’s Safer Cities Initiative, launched earlier this month. Speaking during the inauguration of fire facilities and meetings...
Police monitored a noticeable compliance with local ordinances in Metro Manila and other key urban areas across the country less than a month after the implementation of the Safer Cities initiative. Aside from the decline in crime volume, the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported a declining...
CEBU CITY – More than 6,000 individuals were cited for violating various ordinances since the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) implemented the Safer Cities Initiative here. Police Col. George Ylanan, chief of CCPO, said 6,656 individuals were caught violating local laws and 1,657 of them were fined...
Downplaying or more appropriately ignoring the “Safe Cities Initiatives’’ may not be a good idea after all as fines ranging from P500 to as high as P5,000 and prison terms of up to six months may be imposed against hard-headed or unruly peace violators, the Department of the Interior and...
Police regained their right to brag after crime data revealed a reduction in crime volume in Metro Manila and other urban areas since the implementation of the Safer Cities Initiative. And it was indeed a sigh of relief especially that the local ordinance implementation took severe beatings on...
In just one week of intensified enforcement of the “Safer Cities” campaign, the Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO) has recorded more than P3 million in fines from individuals cited for violating local ordinances in the province. The data, recorded from April 8 to the morning of April...
All’s well that ends well. The controversy brought by the apprehension of a man for being shirtless while mixing cement in Mandaluyong City can now be put to rest after the Lanquino couple accepted the apology of Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Juanito Victor...
DUMAGUETE CITY – Police in Negros Oriental province reported Monday that 678 violators of local ordinances have been fined or issued warnings under the Department of the Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) “Safer Cities” program. Police Capt. Stephen Polinar, spokesperson of the Negros...
The shirtless man who was issued with a violation ticket while mixing cement in Mandaluyong City is now the poster of the reform in the implementation of local ordinances in Metro Manila under the Safer Cities Initiative. And he better prepare this early for an unexpected visitor in his house in...
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...
The Northern Police District (NPD) recorded 3,643 ordinance violators across Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, and Valenzuela during a four-day intensified implementation of the Safer Cities Program from April 7 to 11. NPD conducted operations to enforce local ordinances under the Safer Cities Program....
CEBU CITY – Close to 1,000 individuals were apprehended in the second day of the implementation of the Safer Cities Initiative here. Police Col. George Ylanan, chief of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO), said that under the initiative, local ordinances have been strictly enforced for the past...
