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(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police on Wednesday, Dec. 12, vowed to continue respecting human rights and to continue following the rule of law. PNP Chief Oscar Albayalde issued the statement after Congress approved a third extension of martial law in Mindanao, heeding the request of President Rodrigo Duterte who had cited the need to sustain the gains in the region and the need to quell the existing rebellion there. This is the third […]
(Eagle News)–Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde on Sunday, Nov. 10, reiterated the arrest of National Democratic Front of the Philippines consultant Vicente Ladlad was due to his illegal possession of firearms. “The confiscation of high-powered firearms and explosives in the possession of Ladlad and two others is a result of a lawful search made by the police witnessed and certified by officials of the Homeowners Association,” Albayalde said. Albayalde made the comment following the […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde believes President Rodrigo Duterte made his statement on extrajudicial killings merely “out of frustration.” “Kasi wala na maibato sa kaniya, kung ano anong issue, so parang ang sinabi na lang niya, o sige, inaamin ko nalang..So out of frustration sabi niya,” Albayalde said. Albayalde reiterated there were no extrajudicial killings in the country. He said policemen agreed with the 96 percent of Filipinos […]
(Eagle News)—-Over 300 policemen have been sacked after they tested positive for shabu, Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde said on Monday, Sept. 25. According to Albayalde, 349 police officers were dismissed from the service because of this from January 2016 to September 2018. “There will be no second chances” if a policeman tests positive for illegal substances, Albayalde, a known disciplinarian, said.
(Eagle News)—Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde on Monday, Sept. 24, welcomed the recent Social Weather Stations survey that showed 78 percent of Filipinos were satisfied with the government’s war on drugs. According to Albayalde, the “acknowledgment of the successful campaign against this 21st century scourge will serve to inspire and challenge us even more to wage the campaign further along with the built-in safeguards to maintain its good intentions sans irregularity or abuse.” Albayalde […]
(Eagle News)–Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde sacked all the policemen from the Lapinig Town Police Station in Northern Samar after their station was reportedly raided by at least a hundred members of the New People’s Army on Friday, Aug. 10. The sacked officials included Lapinig’s chief of police Inspector Noli Montebon; Senior Supt. Romeo Campomanes, Northern Samar provincial director; and Chief Insp. Juan Byron Leogo, commander of the 2nd Northern Samar Provincial Mobile Force Company. After a deliberation […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday, Aug. 1, said he expected “concrete accomplishments” from what Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde said was the organization’s “chilling” internal cleansing. In a statement, Gatchalian said he expected Albayalde to present these when he appears before Congress to defend the PNP’s budget. “General Albayalde had better make good on his word,” he said, noting that the kidnapping-for-ransom incident involving “disgraced cops on the wrong side of the […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police will recalibrate Oplan Tokhang for it to “sync well with the national policy,” PNP Chief Oscar Albayalde said on Monday, July 30. “I have directed the PNP oversight committee of illegal drugs to recalibrate Tokhang to be more relentless in accounting for the remaining 1,656 drug users in our watchlist, as of last week,” Albayalde said. According to the PNP chief, the move was following the direction given […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service The mastermind in the killing of General Tinio, Nueva Ecija Mayor Ferdinand Bote has been identified, the police said. Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde said the name was given to police by the two suspects–Florencio Suarez and Robert Gumacay—who were arrested on Wednesday, July 11. Suarez and Gumacay were nabbed after the Toyota Avanza they were on was intercepted in a checkpoint in Camarines Sur. A pistol was […]
(Eagle News) — Senate President Tito Sotto has asked Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde to allow Senator Leila de Lima to conduct hearings inside the PNP Custodial Center, where she is detained on drug charges. In seeking for the same, Sotto said it was “vital” for De Lima to hold the hearings as there were “relevant measures” currently pending in the Senate committee on social justice, welfare and rural development which she chairs. If […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde on Monday, July 2, said the police were looking at the possibility the killing of Tanauan, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili had something to do with his implementation of a “walk of shame campaign” in the city. Albayalde made the statement as he announced the creation of a Special Investigation Task Group that will look into the killing during the city’s flag-raising ceremony early […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde on Thursday, June 28, said investigators were looking into the possibility the Samar “misencounter” between the military and the police was an ambush by members of the Philippine Army. According to Albayalde, the angle was being investigated as the military appeared to be in an advantage when the incident took place. “Ang gusto nating makita dito kung alam ba nila na pulis na […]
