CAMP COL. RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Police arrested 28 individuals for illegal gambling during a two-day Simultaneous Anti-Criminality Law Enforcement Operations in the Caraga region from February 24 to 25. The Police Regional Office 13-Regional Operations Division said 23 were...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – The Police Regional Office-Cordillera nabbed 26 wanted individuals from February 18 to 24. Brig. Gen. David Peredo Jr., PRO-Cordillera police chief, said the Baguio City Police Office caught nine wanted persons, Benguet Police Provincial Office, eight; Kalinga PPO,...
CAMP COL. RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Police arrested 139 individuals for alleged illegal fishing in the sea of the Caraga region from February 24 to 25. Seized from them by the Police Regional Office-13 were unregulated fishnets, fishing gear, and trawlers, 22 motorized fishing boats, and...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – The Police Regional Office-Cordillera seized suspected shabu and marijuana worth a total of P9.4 million in anti-illegal drug operations from February 18 to 24. Ten suspected drug pushers were arrested and seized from them were 11.04 grams of shabu with a total standard...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 is conducting an investigation on a police officer who allegedly pointed a gun to a group of young men here over the weekend. “I’ve ordered an investigation,” said Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky, PRO-6 director, on Police Staff Sgt. Archie Ian...
ILOILO CITY – A week after becoming Western Visayas police chief, Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky claimed there was miscommunication with the media. POLICE Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky answers questions from the media during his first official press conference as head of the Police Regional Office-6 in...
TACLOBAN CITY – At least 55 couples exchanged "I do" in a mass wedding by the Police Regional Office-8 dubbed “Kasalang Pulis sa Rehiyon Otso” at the Santo Niño Shrine here on Friday, February 23. FIFTY-five couples were married in a mass wedding held by the Police Regional Office-8. (PRO-8...
CEBU CITY – The death of a Bar passer in an encounter between government troops and the New People’s Army (NPA) in Bohol shows the level of deception that the communist rebels is employing, the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) said. Police Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare said Hannah...
CEBU CITY – An operational breakthrough. This was how the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) described the neutralization of alleged top New People’s Army (NPA) leaders in an encounter in Barangay Campagao, Bilar town, Bohol province on Friday morning, February 23. Police Brig. Gen....
ILOILO CITY – Police Col. Lea Peña is the new Antique Police Provincial Office chief. Peña replaced Police Col. Rogelio Abran Jr. POLICE Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky (left) turns over the ceremonial flag to new Antique police chief Police Col. Lea Peña. (PRO-6/PIO-6) Police Regional...
ILOILO CITY – Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky wants the police in Western Visayas to have stronger partnerships with other law enforcement agencies and the local governments against crime. WANKY (PNP PRO-6) “Working together in a coordinated manner allows PRO-6, other law enforcement...
The French Senate expressed its continued commitment to defense cooperation as well as to trade partnerships with the Philippines. (Photo courtesy of Senate of the Philippines) This was after the Philippine Senate met with the delegation from the French Senate, who were in the country for a...