Tag: Philippine National Police

Roxas submits list of donors for Purisima’s “White House”

MANILA, Philippines — Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas has released the list of donors responsible for the renovation of the official residence inside Camp Crame of Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Allan Purisima. Roxas said that amount involved was just over P11 million, specifically P11,462,754.39 and not P20 million as alleged by Purisima’s accusers and critics. The DILG chief named Carlos Garcia of Ulticon Builders, Atty. Alexander Lopez of Pacific Concrete Corporation and Christopher […]

Palace says ongoing reform in national police aims to cleanse its ranks of rogue officers

MANILA, Sept. 9 (PNA) — The Palace on Tuesday affirmed that there are serious efforts within the Philippine National Police (PNP) to cleanse its ranks of rogue cops. In a press briefing in Malacañang on Tuesday, Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said this small number of rogue police officers should not tarnish the image of the entire police organization. “They form a very small proportion of the total strength of the […]

PNP, to help in port decongestion

The Philippine National Police will help in the Manila port decongestion, part of the special head office that will help in the two-week special window afforded importers to remove their cargoes in the said port. [yoututbe id=QShSmBPDZk0]

Diskusyon – Worsening criminality in the Philippines

Widespread criminal incidents happening in the country are causing worries and concerns. From January to May alone, more than 289,000 criminal incidents were recorded in various parts of the Philippines, according to the reports of the Philippine National Police. 59,000 of these happened in Metro Manila. There is a 17% increase in criminality compared to the same period in 2013 when 245,000 criminal incidents were recorded. The PNP explained that the rise is a result […]

ASG member arrested

In an operation conducted by the Anti-Kidnapping Task Force of the Philippine National Police, a member of the Abu Sayyaf Group responsible for a series of kidnappings in Basilan was arrested.