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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Five suspected members of Philippine militant group Abu Sayyaf have been shot dead in a firefight with police on the Malaysian part of Borneo island, authorities said Tuesday. Police were attacked by men armed with guns and machetes Monday when they raided a settlement near the town of Beaufort in Sabah state and returned fire. “Five male suspects were successfully defeated,” said Sabah police commissioner Hazani Ghazali in a statement. […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 recoveries among police personnel breached the 20,000 mark on Thursday, May 13. According to the Philippine National Police, the 20,051 new recovery total was after 135 additional recoveries were reported. Over 100, or 120, additional COVID-19 cases, however, pushed the PNP COVID-19 total to 21532. Of these, 1421 were active. COVID-19 fatalities among PNP personnel are now at 60, with no additional death reported. The police are among the country’s frontliners […]
(Eagle News) — A father and his son were killed in Tawi tawi after they shot it out with authorities who were about to arrest them for murder, the Philippine National Police said on Sunday, May 9. According to the PNP, apart from Girang Lipae and Basil Lipae, also killed was an unidentified female after the shootout in Barangay Sipangkot in Sitangkai. The authorities at that time were carrying an arrest warrant for multiple murder […]
(Eagle News) — The number of COVID-19 cases among police personnel breached the 21,000 mark after the Philippine National Police reported 126 more COVID-19 cases. The PNP said of the total 21,086 cases, 1535 were active. A total of 131 more recoveries pushed the recovery total to 19493. No additional deaths were reported, which means the PNP COVID-19 death toll remains at 58. The police are among the country’s frontliners amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier, […]
“Pagka hindi ko kayo higpitan, walang mangyayari,” he says; cites rising COVID cases (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte again asked the public to properly observe minimum health protocols, including the proper wearing of face masks, amid the continuing rise in COVID-19 infections, and deaths in the country. In his exasperation, the 76-year old Philippine leader known for his tough words, said the police could detain those who would refuse to comply with the […]
(Eagle News) — At least 200 more COVID-19 cases were reported among police personnel. Recent Philippine National Police data showed the additional 194 COVID-19 cases pushed the PNP COVID-19 total to 18262. Of these, 2449 were active. Over 200, or 215, additional recoveries also pushed the PNP COVID-19 recovery total to 15764. Two additional deaths led to an increase in PNP COVID-19 deaths. now at 49. The police are among the country’s front-liners amid the […]
(Eagle News) — The intelligence police chief of a police station in Cebu was arrested for robbery-extortion on Friday, the Philippine National Police said over the weekend. In a statement, the PNP said Police Executive Master Sergeant Julius Medura Obañana of Carmen Police Station in Carmen was nabbed in an entrapment operation at 1:30 p.m. The operation was organized following complaints from Arlene Pitogo Maglasang that Obañana was demanding P3,000 in exchange for the release […]
MINNEAPOLIS, United States (AFP) — Bearing a replica coffin covered in red roses, thousands of people marched Sunday in the US city of Minneapolis, the day before trial proceedings begin for the white police officer charged with killing George Floyd, a Black man. The diverse crowd mostly stayed silent, occasionally chanting “No justice, no peace!” Floyd was 46 when he died of asphyxiation, as then-officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes […]
(Eagle News) — A police junior sergeant assigned in a drug unit in Iloilo faces dismissal from the police service after he recently failed a random drug testing, the Philippine National Police said on Friday, March 5. The PNP said Police Staff Sergeant Ildefonso B. Dela Cruz Jr. will undergo pre-charge investigation and summary dismissal proceedings after screening and confirmatory drug tests yielded positive results for the presence of methamphetamine. The PNP said the results […]
(Eagle News) — Twenty-three more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said the additional recoveries pushed the PNP COVID-19 recovery total to 10685. Thirty-six additional cases, however, pushed the PNP total cases to 11176. Of these, 460 were active. No additional deaths were reported; the PNP COVID-19 death toll remains at 31. Uniformed personnel, including policemen, are among the priorities in a COVID-19 vaccination program that is slated to start this […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A nine-year-old girl was handcuffed and pepper-sprayed by police in the US city of Rochester, footage released Sunday showed, sparking new outrage over excesses committed by the country’s law enforcement. Deputy Police Chief Andre Anderson said Sunday the girl — who has not been named — had been suffering from a serious mental health emergency, reportedly threatening to take her own life and that of her mother. Officers […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A US Capitol Police officer has died of injuries sustained during clashes with a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters who overran a session of Congress, police said late Thursday. It was the first law enforcement death stemming from the violence at the Capitol on Wednesday which saw flag-waving crowds overwhelm police and break into the legislature. Four protesters died, including a woman who was shot by police. Three […]
