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(Eagle News)–All personnel reporting to Camp Crame are required to wear face shields starting Aug. 17. In a statement, the Philippine National Police said the “No Face Shield, No Entry” policy applies not only to police personnel but also to civilian employees and visitors. The PNP said the Administrative Support to COVID-19 Operations Task Force (ASCOTF) has tapped the PNP Headquarters Support Service to implement the new directive amid the rising number in COVID-19 cases. […]
(Eagle News)–The police will continue to assist health authorities in contact tracing efforts, Philippine National Police chief Archie Gamboa said, as he welcomed the “contact tracing ecosystem” put forward by the country’s newly-appointed contact tracing czar. Gamboa issued the statement after Interior Secretary Eduardo Año tapped the Bureau of Fire Protection to help in the government’s Oplan Kalinga program that aims to identify COVID-19 cases who are asymptomatic or with mild symptoms in houses even […]
(Eagle News) — The nine policemen allegedly involved in the deaths of four soldiers in Jolo on June 29 are now under restrictive custody in Camp Crame. In a statement, PNP spokesperson Brig. Gen. Bernard Banac said this was to ensure Police Senior Master Sergeant Abdelzhimar Padjiri; Police Master Sergeant Hanie Baddiri; Police Staff Sergeant Iskandar Susulan; Police Staff Sergeant Ernisar Sappal; Police Corporal Sulki Andaki; Patrolman Moh. Nur Pasani; Police Staff Sergeant Almudzrin Hadjaruddin; […]
(Eagle News) — Two policemen who tested positive for COVID-19 have recently died, bringing the total number of COVID-19 deaths in the Philippine National Police at 7. The PNP identified the policemen only by their patient number: PNP-390 and PNP-400. Both were assigned in Cebu City. The PNP said PNP-390 was 46-year-old, and was admitted in the hospital for fever, cough, shortness of breath, diarrhea, dizziness, and nausea on June 4. On June 10, the […]
(Eagle News)–Philippine National Police Chief Archie Gamboa has ordered a case buildup against officials involved in irregularities in the distribution of cash aid. PNP spokesperson Bernard Banac said Gamboa gave the order to the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in particular. “CIDG probers will closely examine disbursement records, receipts, and other paper trail evidence, as well as sworn statements of fund recipients to uncover alleged irregularities,” Banac said. Banac said the CIDG would work closely […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Police on Thursday, April 23, defended a Quezon City policeman’s shooting of an armed retired soldier believed to have mental issues during a confrontation. In a statement, PNP spokesperson Bernard Banac said Police Master Sergeant Daniel Florendo was only defending himself when he shot Winston Ragos who had tried to draw his pistol. “P/MSgt Florendo was the only person in the best position to make that judgment call, better than any […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has expressed disappointment over the “digital vandalism” of the walls of Camp Crame on Tuesday, Feb. 25. PNP spokesperson Bernard Banac was referring to the “digital graffiti” made by the Concerned Artists of the Philippines of President Rodrigo Duterte, who was labelled “traydor” and “terorista.” The group said the graffiti was to denounce what it called “the various forms of human rights abuses carried out by the Duterte […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Archie Gamboa on Wednesday, Feb. 19, said the case of Lt. Col. Jovie Espenido was “purely an internal issue.” Gamboa issued the remark in a televised press conference after Espenido blamed some unscrupulous politicians behind his inclusion in the drug list. According to Gamboa, he “will deal with Espenido squarely as the chief PNP and he being a member of the PNP.” He said the PNP would also […]
(Eagle News)–Philippine National Police Chief Archie Gamboa has ordered an intensified drive against prostitution. PNP spokesperson Bernard Banac issued the statement after the Palace said it would probe reports of a prostitution ring being patronized mostly by workers of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations. He said the PNP’s Women and Children Protection Center should be in coordination with regional and local police units. Banac said last year, the WCPC conducted raids in sex dens related to […]
(Eagle News) — Seventy-eight percent of Filipinos believe there are ninja cops, a recent Social Weather Stations survey found. The Fourth Quarter 2019 Social Weather Survey, which was fielded from December 13 to 16, 2019, found that 7 percent do not believe the accusation, while 15% are undecided. According to the survey, net belief that there are ninja cops is highest in Metro Manila, at +77. This was followed by Balance Luzon at +71, the Visayas […]
(Eagle News)–The policeman who was among those behind two controversial raids in Antipolo and Pampanga has been dismissed. Philippine National Police officer-in-charge Police Lieutenant General Archie Gamboa said he gave the order for the dismissal of Police Lieutenant Joven de Guzman. De Guzman was among the 13 behind a 2013 drug raid in Mexico, Pampanga which the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group ruled had been marred with irregularities. The CIDG said the policemen led by […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Police has reshuffled its top officials. Major General Guillermo Eleazar, who was the National Capital Region Police Office chief, is now the chief of the directorial staff, the fourth highest-ranking position in the PNP. Replacing him as NCRPO chief is Brigadier Gen. Debold Sinas from Region 7. Lt. Gen. Francisco Archie Gamboa is now the deputy chief of the PNP for administration, while Lt. Gen. Camilo Pancratius Cascolan is now the […]
