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Four people arrested (Eagle News) — Authorities seized around P3.5 million worth of illegal drugs in a buy-bust operation in Quezon City on Thursday, Feb. 7. The National Capital Region Police Office said the police and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency operatives also arrested Ruby Balani, Mary Jane Duran, Joshua Salazar, and Mineya Amorine in their joint operation in an apartelle on Araneta Ave. in Cubao. Confiscated from the suspects were 500 grams of shabu with a street value […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has cleared the four men who were earlier linked to the Jolo, Sulu blasts. Senior Supt. Bernard Banac, PNP spokesperson, said Alshaber Arbi, 18; Gerry Isnajil; Alsimar Mohammad Albi, 24; and Julius Abdulzam Albi, 17; who all figured in footage from a closed-circuit television camera at the blasts site, were released on Wednesday night. Authorities earlier said they were members of the Ajang-Ajang group of the Abu Sayyaf, […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has defended the showing of the biopic of Bureau of Corrections chief and senatorial candidate Ronald Dela Rosa that hit theaters on Wednesday, Jan. 30. According to Duterte, who spoke to reporters in an interview after the premiere night of “Bato The Movie: The General Ronald Dela Rosa Story” in a Mandaluyong mall the day before, the biopic was merely a “tribute to an officer and a soldier of the […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police on Tuesday, Jan. 29, said it was possible the four teenagers, who authorities earlier said were behind the Jolo, Sulu blasts over the weekend, were actually innocent. PNP spokesperson Senior Supt. Bernard Banac made the admission after a reporter noted what appeared to be the shocked reactions of three of the four teenagers to the second blast at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, based on footage from a […]
It is a “plain act of terrorism,” PNP says (Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police on Tuesday, Jan. 29, said the bombings in Jolo, Sulu were “definitely not related” to the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law. According to Senior Supt. Bernard Banac, PNP spokesperson, based on their investigation, “this is just a plain act of terrorism on the part of the suspects.” “Planado ito. Ang pambobomba ay a result of months of planning,” […]
(Eagle News)–The Western Visayas police has launched a probe into the killing of a Bacolod deputy police station chief on Saturday, Jan. 26. Chief Supt. John Bulalacao, head of the region 6 police, said he ordered the inquiry into the death of SP04 Oscar Exaltado of Station 6, who was ambushed by two suspects in Barangay Singcang-Airport in Negros Occidental at 7:30 a.m. The police have said it was possible the killing was work-related. Only […]
(Eagle News)—The Philippine National Police on Friday, Jan. 25, paid tribute to the 44 Special Action Force members who were killed in the botched Mamasapano operation in 2015. PNP Chief Oscar Albayalde was guest of honor at the ceremony held in Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig, while National Capital Region Police Office chief Guillermo Eleazar led a wreath-laying ceremony at the SAF44 monument. Relatives of the SAF 44 witnessed the event on the National Day of […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has a new spokesperson. Senior Superintendent Bernard Banac will replace Chief Supt. Benigno Durana, after he was named the new acting director of the PNP’s Directorate for Community Relations. Banac, who took up BS Civil Engineering in the University of the Philippines, is a member of the Philippine Military Academy Class of 1992. He served as provincial director of Sorsogon, and was also assistant chief of the PNP Supervisory […]
(Eagle News) — Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Thursday, Jan. 17, welcomed the Alliance of Concerned Teachers’ filing of a petition seeking to put a stop to the Philippine National Police’s information gathering on its members. In a statement, Año, however, also stood by the police’s intelligence gathering, describing it as routine work. He noted Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison himself admitted ACT was one of the group’s fronts. “The PNP will […]
(Eagle News) — Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Wednesday, Jan. 16, directed the Philippine National Police to intensify its measures in order to protect candidates running in the 2019 elections. “The PNP should take offensive and preventive measures. We should be several steps ahead of those who resort to violence to win an election,” Año said. According to Año, in particular, the PNP should intensify “police interventions, operations, and police visibility.” He said the police should coordinate with […]
(Eagle News) — Magsisimula na sa Lunes, Enero 13 ang gun ban para sa May 2019 midterm election. Ayon kay Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde , nangangahulugan ito na hindi papayagan ang mga may-ari ng lisensyadong baril na magbitbit nito sa labas ng kanilang mga bahay, bagamat maaari naman aniyang makakuha ng exemption sa Commission on Elections na siyang magre-review ng applications. Nilinaw ni Albayalde na exempted naman sa gun ban ang mga otoridad […]
(Eagle News)–Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde has ordered the relief of three police officers from the intelligence unit for allegedly leaking information on the alleged profiling of members of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers. In a press conference, Albayalde, without giving names, said the relieved officers came from Manila’s Station 3, Quezon City’s Station 6 and a station in Zambales. “Kung ganong intel officer, hindi dapat nagli-leak ‘yung trabaho mo, if really may utos na […]
