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...
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...
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...
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...
Malacañang believes that the government 's "Safer Cities" initiative is not anti-poor, saying it is meant to protect every Filipino. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro dismissed observations that the policy implemented by the Department of the Interior and...
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...
