Tag: PNP

PNP to file charges vs 8 cops who presented fake RT-PCR test results to enter Zamboanga City

(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar has ordered the filing of criminal and administrative charges against at least eight policemen who tried to enter Zamboanga City using fake RT-PCR test results. Eleazar, in particular, ordered the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region to file the charges against the police officers who hailed from Isabela and Lamitan, Basilan. The PNP said the policemen are facing charges for violation of Section 9, Paragraph B (Tampering […]

PNP: 77th COVID-19 fatality a member of the police force’s contact tracing team

(Eagle News)– The Philippine National Police has logged its 77th COVID-19 death, as the organization continues with its inoculation of police personnel deemed frontliners amid the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the PNP,  its 77th fatality was a 41-year-old police staff sergeant assigned in Negros Occidental, a member of the organization’s contact tracing team. The PNP said the police officer  was rushed and admitted to hospital on June 17 when he experienced dry cough, back pains and […]

PNP reports 76 additional COVID-19 cases

(Eagle News) — Seventy-six more COVID-19 cases have been reported among police personnel. The Philippine National Police said the additional cases pushed the PNP COVID-19 cases to 28791. Of these, 1413 were active. Recoveries rose to 27301 including the 114 new ones. An additional death also pushed the PNP COVID-19 death toll to 77. COVID-19 vaccination of police personnel is ongoing as part of the Philippines’ COVID-19 inoculation program that kicked off in March. PNP […]

PNP, PDEA approve unified guidelines for anti-illegal drug operations

  (Eagle News) — All anti-illegal drug operations will now be monitored by both Philippine National Police and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency immediate commanders. This, according to the PNP, was among those stated in the operational guidelines jointly approved by the two law enforcement agencies through a memorandum circular on Friday, July 9. The operational guidelines had been crafted following the fatal shootout between PNP and PDEA operatives at a mall along Commonwealth, Quezon City […]

Eleazar: No corruption in procurement of body cameras for police personnel

(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar maintained there was no corruption in the procurement of body cameras for police personnel. Eleazar made the statement following reports Senator Manny Pacquiao named the PNP as among corrupt agencies in the Philippines. In a press conference on Saturday, July 3, Pacquiao, however, only named the Department of Health, Department of Social Welfare and Development, and the Department of Energy on his list. Pacquiao made the […]

PNP logs 80 more COVID-19 cases

(Eagle News) — Eighty more COVID-19 cases have been reported among police personnel. The Philippine National Police said the additional cases pushed the PNP COVID-19 total to 28293. Of these, 1716 were active. Recoveries, meanwhile, rose to 26502 including the additional 82 ones. The PNP COVID-19 death toll remains at 75, with no additional deaths reported. The country’s COVID-19 vaccination program is ongoing, with members of the A1 to A4 categories, including policemen, being inoculated. […]

PNP logs 75th COVID-19 fatality

(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police registered its 75th COVID-19 fatality as the country continues to inoculate members of priority categories so far, including police personnel. In a statement, the PNP said its latest COVID-19 death was a 48-year-old police lieutenant assigned in Southern Leyte. PNP Chief Guillermo Eleazar said the police officer manifested flu-like symptoms on June 23 while undergoing community immersion for the Investigation Officers Basic Course (IOBC). He  was immediately brought to […]

PNP: 211 police officers sanctioned for failure to attend court hearings

(Eagle News) — More than 200 police personnel were penalized for failing to attend court hearings in cases filed by the Philippine National Police. According to the PNP, of the 211 policemen,  83 were dismissed from the service, 31 were demoted, 92 were suspended, while five were reprimanded. The Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management also reported that of the 83 policemen dismissed from the service, 10 of them failed to appear in hearings stemming […]

PNP vows cooperation in NBI probe of Manila kidnapping allegedly masterminded by cops

(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has vowed to cooperate in the National Bureau of Investigation’s probe into the abduction of three persons in Manila allegedly planned by policemen. In a statement, PNP Chief Guillermo Eleazar said if policemen were found to be involved in the kidnapping of 23-year-old Rexcell John Hipolito; Ronald Jae Dizon, 21; and 18-year-old Ivan Serrano in Sta. Cruz last April, sanctions would be imposed. “Seryosong alegasyon po ito na […]

PNP: Mechanisms in place for a review of cases dismissed by courts

(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police gave the assurance mechanisms are in place for a review of cases dismissed by courts, especially those related to illegal drugs. PNP Chief Guillermo Eleazar made the statement after local rapper Marlon Peroramas, known as Loonie, asked him to conduct an investigation on the police officers involved in the drug operation that resulted in his arrest in 2019. Peroramas alleged the policemen involved in the case planted evidence. […]

PNP says 1 killed, 2 hurt in NPA attack in Surigao del Sur

Eleazar orders intensified pursuit ops (Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar has ordered police forces in Caraga region to intensify pursuit operations against members of the New People’s Army he said were responsible for the attack on a construction site in Surigao Del Sur that killed a worker and wounded two others. Eleazar issued the statement after he said around 20 rebels allegedly members of the NPA North Eastern Mindanao Regional Committee-Guerrilla […]

PNP reports 184 more COVID-19 cases

(Eagle News) — Over 100 more COVID-19 cases have been reported among police personnel. According to Philippine National Police data, the additional 184 cases pushed the PNP COVID-19 total to 27456. Of these, 1765 were active. One hundred more recoveries, meanwhile, were reported, pushing the PNP COVID-19 recoveries to 25618. One additional death was reported; the PNP COVID-19 death toll is now at 73. The police are among the Philippines’ frontliners amid the COVID-19 pandemic. […]