A housing program for soldiers and police officers is now in the works, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said. “We have begun to craft the program for the housing of the uniformed personnel, the policemen and the military,” Marcos said. The President met with Philippine National Police...
The one-strike policy against erring policemen should also apply to their commanders, said House Speaker Martin Romualdez. “What is happening to our policemen? They are supposed to protect our citizens but they are accused of doing ‘hulidap’ and other extortion and illegal activities,”...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Tuesday, March 21, challenged men to join in the fight for gender equality and create safer spaces for girls and women in the communities. Duterte posed the challenge during her speech as the guest of honor and speaker during Quezon City Police District’s (QCPD)...
Two policemen earlier cited in contempt and ordered detained by the Senate Public Order and Dangerous Drugs for ‘’fooling’’ its chairman, Senator Ronald ‘’Bato’’ dela Rosa, during its public hearing this week were turned over to the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Friday, March...
Senator Christopher "Bong" Go on Friday, March 17 backed the move of the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs to cite in contempt two anti-drug operatives for their involvement in the alleged "recycling" of illegal drugs during an operation. During a Senate hearing conducted by the...
Technical and practical reasons prevent law enforcement agencies from immediately destroying the illegal drugs that they seize from anti-narcotics operations. This was learned by congressmen during the recent House Committee on Dangerous Drugs hearing on the alleged "recycling" of confiscated drug...
Four persons tagged by the Philippine National Police (PNP) as members of the communist terrorist group (CTG) surrendered to authorities on March 15. According to the Southern Police District (SPD) chief Brig. Gen. John Kraft, the four members of the Alliance of Filipino Workers (AFW) withdrew...
The Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs on Wednesday, March 15 has cited in contempt two anti-illegal drug operatives who pilfered 42 kilos of shabu during an anti-drug operation in Manila last year. In particular, Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa cited in contempt MSgt....
And the plot thickens. Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers says that there's a existing scheme among so-called “ninja-cops” and their “ninja-informants” to underdeclare their illegal drug confiscations during every anti-drug operation, usually capped at only 30 percent....
Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers vowed on Tuesday afternoon, March 14 to pin down the law enforcement personnel who are involved in the recycling of seized illegal drugs. This, as the solon received further proof of this disturbing--and apparently 20-year-old--modus operandi...
The House of Representatives' investigation on the suspicious absence of five of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo's Philippine National Police (PNP) escorts on the day the official was assassinated will begin Tuesday, March 14. This was confirmed by Sta. Rosa City lone district Rep. Dan...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez smells something fishy with the "disappearance" of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo's police escorts on the day that he was gunned down and killed last March 4. “It appears that the perpetrators were aware of the fact that Gov. Degamo has practically no...
