ILOILO CITY – Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky revealed his one-month accomplishment as Police Regional Office-6 (Western Visayas) chief on Monday, March 18. POLICE Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky (center) reports his one-month accomplishment as chief of the Police Regional Office-6. Behind him area (from...
GUEST COLUMNIST By Lt. Gen. Jaime S. de los Santos On March 22, 2023, the Philippine Army, the premier service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, celebrates its 127th anniversary. This year, the main event will be held at Camp O'Donell, Capas, Tarlac, breaking tradition from its...
Some senators are alarmed while others expressed caution over the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) decision to allow civilians to own semi-automatic high powered firearms. Sen. Imee Marcos said the PNP is “shooting itself in the foot” as she feared a rise in criminality, terrorism,...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Three police officers have been identified as suspects in the robbery of a house at Grand Centennial Homes, Barangay Magdalo-Potol, Kawit, Cavite, on Tuesday, February 13. LUCAS announces the arrest of three policemen allegedly involved in a home robbery in Kawit,...
BACOLOD CITY – The number of New People’s Army combatants, including the Regional Strike Force in Negros Occidental, has dropped to 33 from 258 in 2019, Brig. Gen. Orlando Edralin, commander of the 303rd Infantry Brigade, said. Edralin said that the Central Negros 1, CN 2, and the Northern...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 seized more than P14-million worth of suspected shabu in Western Visayas in the second week of the leadership of Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky. A LADY drug pusher yields P5.5-million worth of shabu in an anti-drug operation in Estancia town, Iloilo...
GUEST COLUMNIST By Lt. Gen. Aurelio B. Baladad (Ret) The recent Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Alumni Homecoming unfolded with the weight of tradition and the promise of the future, in the heart of Baguio City on Feb. 17, 2024. On this day, cadets, awardees, alumni, and their families...
ILOILO CITY – Despite changes in the leadership of the Antique and Negros Occidental Police Provincial Offices, Police Regional Office-6 chief Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky said there will be no other major reassignments in Western Visayas for now. WANKY (Tara Yap) Wanky said the...
State-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) and the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) have transferred ownership and operation of the Casecnan Hydroelectric Power Plant to Fresh River Lakes Corp. (FRLC). In a statement, First Gen Corp. announced on Monday,...
ILOILO CITY – A week after becoming Western Visayas police chief, Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky claimed there was miscommunication with the media. POLICE Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky answers questions from the media during his first official press conference as head of the Police Regional Office-6 in...
ILOILO CITY – Police Col. Lea Peña is the new Antique Police Provincial Office chief. Peña replaced Police Col. Rogelio Abran Jr. POLICE Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky (left) turns over the ceremonial flag to new Antique police chief Police Col. Lea Peña. (PRO-6/PIO-6) Police Regional...
ILOILO CITY – Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky wants the police in Western Visayas to have stronger partnerships with other law enforcement agencies and the local governments against crime. WANKY (PNP PRO-6) “Working together in a coordinated manner allows PRO-6, other law enforcement...
