SYDNEY, Australia -- Australian police will not release bodycam footage of an officer tasering a 95-year-old great-grandmother with dementia inside her nursing home, a state police chief said Saturday. The woman, Clare Nowland, is in a critical state in hospital, three days after being shot with an...
Members of the Las Pi ñas Police Tactical Motorcycle Riders Unit (TMRU) who were conducting “Oplan Sita” operations arrested a woman for possession of drugs, guns and ammunition on Thursday night, May 18. Col. Jaime Santos, city police chief, said the suspect identified as Maricel...
BAGUIO CITY – Police arrested an online teacher on Friday, May 19, in Pugo, La Union for allegedly raping a minor. The Baguio City Police Office identified as the suspect as John Paul Lubin Ecom, 29. Ecom was tagged as Top 3 Most Wanted Person on the city level in Baguio and the the BCPO...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) announced Friday, May 19, that it is pleased with the results of a recent survey showing that majority of Filipinos trust and are satisfied with its performance in maintaining peace and order in the country. (Courtesy of PNP) According to the results of the...
CAMP Olivas, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Police Brig. Gen. Jose S. Hidalgo Jr., Police Regional Office-3 director, announced Thursday, May 18, the relief of a chief of police in Central Luzon over illegal gambling. Hidalgo said he relieved the chief of police due to his failure to monitor...
The police arrested three men in an anti-illegal gambling operation and seized from them drugs and a gun in Taguig on May 18. The suspects were identified as Jeric Belmonte, 23; Michael Batjer, 31; and Christian Galorio, 25, who were caught playing cara y cruz in Purok 10 PNR Site in Barangay...
CAMP Olivas, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Police have arrested seven most wanted persons in Central Luzon. Aries Lizo was nabbed in Laur, Nueva Ecija, for violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. Sherwin Ocsona, the No. 3 MWP on the city level in...
BIÑAN CITY, Laguna – A former chief of police of San Pedro City, Laguna was found dead in his condominium here on Wednesday morning, May 17. The Laguna Police Provincial Office (LPPO) identified the victim as Police Lt. Col. Victor Ben Isidore Aclan. Initial investigation said Police Corporal...
Two men listed under the police’s drug watchlist were arrested in a buy-bust operation on May 16 in Pateros. The buy-bust operation was conducted by the Pateros police’s Drug Enforcement Unit on E. Hermosa in Barangay San Roque. The suspects and the evidence seized by the police (Photos...
The Taguig police arrested a man for forcibly taking a motorcycle from a businessman on May 15 in Taguig. According to the police, the suspect was identified as Nikkon Tejano, 27, who was arrested along M.L. Quezon Street in Barangay Lower Bicutan, Taguig at about 2:40 a.m. The suspect (Photo...
Three security guards were arrested by the police for allegedly extorting money from a young couple, including one who is accused of raping a 19-year-old woman in Alabang, Muntinlupa on May 12. The Muntinlupa police identified the suspects as security guards Jembert Trinidad, 25; Andy...
CABATUAN, Isabela – A 20-year-old man was rescued by the police here from falling off the Magat Bridge, report said on Saturday, May 13. Cabatuan police chief Police Major Arturo Cachero said in an interview with a local radio station that concerned citizens saw the man standing on the bridge...