The Internal Affairs Service (IAS) is now investigating the death of a suspected drug pusher who was shot dead after a buy-bust in Iloilo City on Tuesday night, June 29. IAS Inspector General Alfegar Triambulo said a motu-proprio investigation is now being conducted part of the protocol to probe...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), has vowed to support the United Nation’s program to promote human rights-based approach in combatting terrorism and illegal drugs in the country. The United Nation’s Joint Programme on Human Rights is the first ever...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) noted an increase in various violations of health and safety protocols recorded from June 21 to 27. In his report, DILG Secretary Eduardo Año said 51,012 individuals were found to have violated the face mask regulations, 598 mass gathering...
As the election fever starts to heat up, policemen across the country were warned on Monday, June 28, not to involve themselves in partisan politics and focus instead in their mandate of maintaining peace and order. “Policemen have no business in politics unless they resign and run for public...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Monday, June 28, that the preliminary investigation they conducted did not show any proof that the 16-year old suspected drug pusher in Biñan City and another suspected drug dealer who were killed in a police operation on June 16 were executed. But PNP...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Monday, June 28, the accounting of all drug cases that were dismissed, especially those which were junked by the prosecutors office or the court over technicalities. “Having data and information on these...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) will be crafting guidelines for the regular conduct of Psychiatric-Psychological Exam (PPE) to all its personnel amid cases of grave misconduct of some police officers, the recent was that of a police sergeant who went on a shooting rampage inside the Manila...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is open to the idea of arming anti-crime civilian volunteers but the firearms should only be to defend themselves and not on hunting down criminal elements that include communist rebels. PNP Chief Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo T Eleazar explained that anti-crime...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Sunday, June 27 thumbed down President Duterte’s proposal to arm civilians, saying stricter gun control, including stringent issuance or even suspension of firearm permits would be a better solution to stopping criminality in the Philippines. Lacson, a former...
Vice President and opposition leader Leni Robredo is against the proposal of President Duterte to arm anti-crime volunteers to help the police enforce the law, saying that it opens opportunities for abuse. Speaking on her Sunday radio show, Robredo stressed that there are better solutions to the...
The dismissal from the service of six Negros Oriental police officers involved in the unlawful arrest of Moises Padilla mayor Ella Garcia-Yulo, who was then a vice-mayor when the incident occurred in 2017, is a proof that the government does not tolerate political partisanship in the Philippine...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) deployed more than 1,000 personnel to secure the burial of former President Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Aquino III. PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar said more cops will be be visible in areas where the remains of the former president are expected to pass by...
