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(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police is reviewing its protocols to ensure that the chain of custody rule is being followed in operations. The PNP issued the statement after the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 64 dismissed the drug case against rapper Loonie, Marlon Peroramas in real life, over the “unjustified deviation” from the chain of custody rule by the arresting officer. “Tuwing may mga ganitong pangyayari (Every time something like this happens), we […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Police and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency unified guidelines for anti-illegal drug operations may be completed before the end of the month. This is according to PDEA director-general Wilkins Villanueva, who held a series of meetings with PNP Chief Guillermo Eleazar for the guidelines, following the February fatal shootout between PNP and PDEA operatives at a mall along Commonwealth, Quezon City. Another near-misencounter was reported in May, this time, in Fairview. “We […]
(Eagle News) — Ninety-nine 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 26828. Of these, 1867 were active. Recoveries rose to 24890, including the additional 75 ones. No additional death was reported, which means the death toll remains at 71. The police are among the country’s frontliners amid the COVID-19 pandemic. President Rodrigo Duterte has said the police and the […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar ordered policemen to enforce minimum public health safety standards, but refrain from imposing any sanctions on violators who would be caught not wearing face shields in both open and enclosed places. In a statement, Eleazar said, instead, the police should caution violators and remind them that there are still no existing guidelines that allow the non-wearing of face shields. According to Eleazar, while President Rodrigo Duterte […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities have arrested a “big-time” gunrunner who has been selling weapons online, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, John Christian T. Bautista, 33, was nabbed in an entrapment operation along Macapagal Avenue in Pasay City around 11 a.m. on Tuesday, June 15. The entrapment operation was organized by the Northern Police District’s Special Operations Unit, which had received information from a concerned citizen about a transaction for the sale […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, June 15, in a ceremonial vaccination of members of the A4 category in Camp Crame. In a statement, the PNP said members of the PNP Command Group also got their first doses to convince all policemen of the safety of the vaccines and urge them to get vaccinated. “Huwag na po tayong mamili. Ang tanging piliin […]
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will “never cooperate” with an International Criminal Court probe into the country’s deadly drug war, his spokesman said Tuesday, branding the process “legally erroneous”. Outgoing ICC chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda on Monday asked judges at the world’s only permanent war crimes court to authorize an investigation into allegations that Philippine police unlawfully killed as many as tens of thousands of civilians between 2016 and 2019. Duterte was elected in […]
(Eagle News) — Over 100 more COVID-19 cases have been reported among police personnel. According to recent PNP data, the additional 132 cases pushed the COVID-19 cases to 25653. Of these, 1840 were active. Recoveries also rose to 23743, including the additional 160 recoveries. The PNP COVID-19 death toll remains at 70 with no additional deaths reported. The police are among the Philippines’ frontliners amid the COVID-19 pandemic. President Rodrigo Duterte has said the police […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police will incorporate the Supreme Court’s guidelines on the use of body-worn cameras in police operations into its own rules. PNP Chief Guillermo Eleazar made the statement as he welcomed the High Court’s pronouncement these could be finalized and approved next month. According to Eleazar, the guidelines are specific to the implementation of search and arrest warrants. “Ngayon pa lamang ay nagpapasalamat na kami sa Supreme Court para sa […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar gave the assurance mechanisms were in place to ensure legitimate police operations. In a statement, Eleazar said the PNP’s Internal Affairs Service, for instance, conducts motu proprio investigations on PNP operations where there are deaths, either of the suspects or of policemen. “The IAS evaluates if there were violations in our Police Operational Procedures committed by police operatives and recommends the appropriate administrative sanctions, even dismissal […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities are probing the killing of a policeman assigned at the Philippine National Police Aviation Group based in Clark Field, Pampanga on Tuesday, June 8. In a statement, the PNP said Police Regional Office-3 Director Brigadier General Valeriano De Leon ordered the Tarlac police to “thoroughly” look into the killing of Police Staff Sergeant Michael Maun, a resident of Barangay Cristo Rey, Capas, Tarlac. Maun was plying a road in his barangay […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar has expressed support for the so-called squad system as a means to monitor the behavior of policemen, and ordered a review of possible protocols for implementation. According to Eleazar, the system, which sees policemen grouped into a squad with a designated leader who would train and guide them, “not only helps prevent misbehavior among our policemen but also hones the leadership skills of those designated as […]
