Tag: lower crime rate

Duterte denies he will impose martial law to address crime; It “won’t work,” he says

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, June 7, denied he had plans of imposing martial law in the country. Duterte made the remark amid speculations over his comment he would resort to “radical” measures to arrest rising criminality. “Martial law is not feasible. It won’t work. It’s going to divide the nation. [I] might think of something else,” he said. He noted that when martial law was imposed by then-President Ferdinand Marcos, “what […]

NCRPO: Lower crime rate registered in Metro Manila

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — National Capital Region Police Office Chief Oscar Albayalde has said that the crime rate in Metro Manila was lower in 2017 than the one in  2016. “The 8-Focused Crimes (murder, homicide, physical injury, rape, robbery, theft, carnapping and motorcycle theft) have also shown significant decrease comparing 2016 and 2017,” said Albayalde. He said crimes against persons decreased by 13.87 percent, from 8,841 in 2016 to 7,305;  and crimes against […]