Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana challenged the United States government on Good Friday, April 15, to provide the details of the reports of human rights abuses allegedly perpetrated by state security forces in the Philippines. Lt. Gen. Romeo S. Brawner Jr. (right),...
Saying that her peace and order advocacies resonated with them, Vice President Leni Robredo got the endorsement of some 60 retired officers of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and Philippine Constabulary (PC) for her presidential bid. Vice President Leni Robredo (Photo from VPLR Media Bureau)...
For the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic hit the country, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said it has zero case so far. PNP chief Gen. Dionardo Carlos said that based on the latest data of their Health Service, there is neither new nor active case in the PNP as of Tuesday, April 12....
Human rights lawyer Jose Manuel 'Chel Diokno' has joined those who express dismay over the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) failure to investigate the alleged rampant smuggling of agricultural products in the country. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno (Photo from Diokno’s campaign team) Diokno,...
ILOILO CITY -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) clarified that there is no truth to the news that a group is the loose and out to kidnap teenagers in the city and province of Iloilo. ‘It’s not true. This is fake news,” said Lieutenant Colonel Arnel Solis, spokesperson of the Police...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) announced Friday, April 8, that all the necessary security measures were put in place to ensure the safe travel of motorists and commuters during the Lenten season and the summer break. (Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) A...
With the country’s frail power supply situation, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is hammering out contingency measures to avoid electricity service disruptions on this year’s May 9 elections. The transmission firm said it will be activating round-the-clock overall...
At least 105 municipalities and 15 cities nationwide were proposed to be declared by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) as areas of concern or places where election-related violence may occur, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said. DILG Secretary Eduardo Año (Photo...
The “areas of concern” identified by the Philippine National Police (PNP) are still being validated by the Commission on Elections (Comelec). During a joint press briefing on Thursday, April 7, PNP bared that it has identified 105 towns and 15 cities as “areas of concern.” COMELEC...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) warned all political aspirants against the use of goons and private armies during the May 2022 elections. In a briefing on Thursday, April 7, DILG Secretary Eduardo Año said the police and the military have joined forces to thwart any...
Re-electionist Senator Richard J, Gordon on Thursday, April 7 strongly condemned the shooting of lawyer Joseph Zapata of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) by motorcycle-riding gunmen in Pasay city last Monday. ‘’When is this vicious cycle of violence going to ever end? Riding-in-tandem criminals...
Anti-narcotics authorities seized more than P20 million worth of shabu after the arrest of two suspected big time illegal drug traders in a buy-bust operation in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija on Wednesday, April 6. In a statement, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said suspects Sittie...
