House Majority Leader and Leyte 1st District Rep. Martin G. Romualdez has asked Interior and Local Government Sec. Eduardo Año to ensure that the 18,279 new policemen to be recruited next year will qualify to rigid qualification standards to ensure honest and dedicated personnel for the Philippine...
Authorities killed four big-time drug traffickers, including the main contact of an international drug syndicate in the country, and seized some P3.4 billion worth of shabu in a buy-bust in Zambales, the biggest drug haul this year so far. PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar and PDEA Director...
Four foreign drug traffickers were killed while more than P3 billion worth of shabu were seized in a drug bust in Candelaria town of Zambales at around noon on Tuesday, Sept. 7. The confiscated 500 kilograms of shabu was the biggest drug haul this year in a single operation. A police report...
House Deputy Minority leader and Bayan Muna Rep..Carlos Isagani Zarate on Tuesday, Sept. 7 chided the Philippine National Police for withdrawing its policy for mandatory inclusion in inquest proceedings of police personnel involved in killings during anti-crime operations. Gun Zarate said PNP chief...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered all police commanders in areas that are on the path of typhoon “Jolina” to coordinate with their respective local government units (LGUs) in the preparation and response on the adverse effects of the weather...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has recorded more than 220,000 quarantine violators in Metro Manila since it was placed under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) on August 21. The large number of violators accosted during the entire MECQ period in the National Capital Region raises...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) vowed on Monday, Sept. 6, to cooperate “in the legal process and exhaust all legal remedies available after the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) recommended the filing of charges against some of its men in connection with the alleged...
A total of 51 barangays in Metro Manila are currently under granular lockdown ahead of the pilot testing for this quarantine measure intended to strike a balance between rebooting the economy and implementing measures to contain the continuous rise of coronavirus cases (COVID-19) cases in the...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Monday, Sept. 6, a thorough investigation on the alleged alleged money-making modus of some erring policemen involving detainees under police custody. "I received complaints about the alleged illegal...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has started accounting for more than 600,000 firearms with expired licenses as it intensified the campaign against loose firearms ahead of the presidential elections next year. CIDG file photo Firearms with expired licenses are classified as loose guns and based...
Combined elements of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and the Philippine National Police (PNP) arrested six suspected pushers after they yielded some P68,000 worth of shabu and marijuana valued at P1,000 n a buy-bust operation in Puerto Princesa City on Saturday, Sept. 4. PDEA MIMAROPA...
Police and military forces have intercepted fresh supplies of bullets and food supplies intended for communist rebels operating in CARAGA region and nearby areas during a joint operation in Butuan City. The transporters? A barangay councilor identified as 27-year old Ferdinand Dagium and two others...
