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(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Police on Friday, July 23, promoted 11 senior police officers. In a statement, the PNP said now with a one-star rank were Police Brigadier General Ritchie Medardo A. Posadas, Police Brigadier General John G. Guyguyon and Police Brigadier General Rudolph B. Dimas. Also promoted were now Police Colonel Leovigilda B. Bedia,Police Colonel Charles L. Domallig, Police Colonel Damian D. Olsim, Police Colonel Jacinto R. Malinao, Jr , Police Colonel Berniel P. […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities destroyed marijuana plants worth P28 million in Kalinga province recently. In a statement, the PNP said the 110,000 fully-grown marijuana plants, estimated to be worth P22 million, and 50,000 grams of marijuana stalks worth P6 million were burned down by authorities in the plantation in Barangay Loccong in Tinglayan Municipality. It occupied a land area of 5,500 square meters. The PNP said several individuals fired at the arriving authorities but no arrest […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar has ordered the creation of a technical working group that will incorporate the Supreme Court’s recently approved rules for the mandatory use of body-worn cameras during the execution of search and arrest warrants into its guidelines. In a statement, the PNP said Eleazar ordered the Directorate for Operations and the Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management (DIDM) to come up with a recommendation on the composition […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar maintained there was no corruption in the procurement of body cameras for police personnel. Eleazar made the statement following reports Senator Manny Pacquiao named the PNP as among corrupt agencies in the Philippines. In a press conference on Saturday, July 3, Pacquiao, however, only named the Department of Health, Department of Social Welfare and Development, and the Department of Energy on his list. Pacquiao made the […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities seized P7.1 million worth of shabu in Cebu, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, also arrested during the buy-bust operation in Barangay Tejero was an individual identified only as “Toro,” a distributor of illegal drugs. “Maganda na nahuli ng ating mga operatiba sa Central Visayas ang suspek na ito dahil ayon sa inisyal na impormasyon, sangkot siya sa malakihang operasyon ng iligal na droga (It’s good that the […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities seized over P1 million worth of shabu from a high-value drug suspect in Tagbilaran City, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, Palawan Macaorog, 51, was nabbed on CPG North Ave. in Barangay Taloto, after 150 grams of shabu were found in his possession as members of the PNP and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency implemented a search warrant The drugs had an estimated value of P1,020,000, the PNP […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police is eyeing over 17,000 recruits this year. The PNP made the disclosure in a statement on Sunday, May 23, days after PNP Chief Guillermo Eleazar met with members of the academe to enlist their help for the recruitment. The PNP said the activity on Friday, May 21, was attended by 49 presidents and deans of College of Criminology and Arts and Sciences from various parts of the country. […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency have jointly drawn up guidelines for the conduct of anti-drug operations to prevent a repeat of the botched buy-bust operation in Quezon City in February that left two policemen, one PDEA agent and one informant dead. In a statement, the PNP said the guidelines were drawn up in a bilateral meeting on Saturday among top officials of both agencies at the PNP […]
(Eagle News) — Two have been arrested over the killing of two children in Bulacan on May 12, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, Romeo Astelero Ruzon confessed to the killing of an 11-year-old girl and an eight-year-old boy whose bodies were found in a dense forest in San Jose del Monte. A lab examination confirmed that the 11-year-old girl had been raped, the PNP said. The PNP said Ruzon initially implicated […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Director General Wilkins Villanueva are set to meet to iron out what the PNP said were gaps and weaknesses in procedure on coordination and interoperability between the two law enforcement agencies in the war on drugs. In a statement, the PNP said Eleazar sought the meeting following another incident of apparent miscommunication at the parking lot of a mall in Quezon […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police will maintain its quarantine control points at NCR Plus area borders, with non-essential travel in and out of the bubble still prohibited. In a statement, PNP Chief Police General Guillermo Lorenzo T. Eleazar also ordered policemen manning the points to arrest and charge those caught smuggling people in and out of the bubble, which covers Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal, using cargo vehicles and vans. Eleazar […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police is eyeing to acquire over 30,000 body cameras for use of its police personnel nationwide. The 32,136 cameras, PNP Chief Guillermo Eleazar said, will add to the 2,696 cameras that have already been distributed to police units. According to Eleazar, his plan was to have the body cams used by policemen while serving court-issued search warrants to clear up allegations of irregularities in such operations. He said this […]
