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(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar has ordered a probe into alleged extortion activities by policemen in a Pasay checkpoint. In a statement, Eleazar said he has ordered the Southern Police District, through the Regional Director of the National Capital Region Police Office, to look into the allegations against uniformed personnel manning a checkpoint on Andrews Ave. The accusations were made by some concerned citizens on social media. The citizens said the […]
(Eagle News)–Sixty-seven more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said with the additional recoveries, the total rose to 6730. Thirty-five new cases pushed the total to 7255. Of these, the PNP said 502 were active. No additional death was reported, which means the death toll remains at 23. The police continue to man checkpoints and enforce laws amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This makes them one of the country’s frontliners exposed to […]
(Eagle News) — A dismissed police officer and two others were killed in a shootout with policemen in Quezon on Thursday, June 25. In a statement on Friday, June 26, the Philippine National Police said Rico Moog Gutierrez, an intelligence officer before he was dismissed from the service after going AWOL; his cohort, Jose Pitarque Alcaria; and an unidentified suspect died after they figured in a 15-minute encounter with uniformed personnel who were only out […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, May 26, met with Philippine Army and Philippine Air Force officers at the Malacañang Golf Clubhouse. In his short speech, the President congratulated the officers for their service. “You do it out of passion, for the love of country, because we are all Filipinos and we know where to place ourselves when the time comes..kayo mga sundalo, piloto. Ako naman, by stroke of luck, I became President,” the President […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Police on Tuesday, April 14, announced policemen deployed during the enhanced community quarantine will receive their hazard pay on April 16. PNP Chief Archie Gamboa said the pay was P500 per day of duty. “That should further boost the financial flexibility of our troops and their families apart from the full range of salary and allowances in April sans deduction for loan amortization for this month,” Gamboa said. The PNP has […]
(Eagle News)–Four National Capital Region Police Office personnel who had a history of travel to areas affected by the novel coronavirus or who were exposed to people who had a history of travel are on self-quarantine, NCRPO chief Debold Sinas said on Tuesday, March 10. Sinas said two non-uniformed personnel who traveled to Japan on March 4 and returned to the country only on Monday; a police staff sergeant who frequented the prayer hall in […]
(Eagle News) — Seventy-eight percent of Filipinos believe there are ninja cops, a recent Social Weather Stations survey found. The Fourth Quarter 2019 Social Weather Survey, which was fielded from December 13 to 16, 2019, found that 7 percent do not believe the accusation, while 15% are undecided. According to the survey, net belief that there are ninja cops is highest in Metro Manila, at +77. This was followed by Balance Luzon at +71, the Visayas […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Tuesday, Aug. 13, warned policemen they could be held liable if they receive gifts of monetary value while on duty. Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said they may be held both criminally and administratively liable under the law. He said this was also a violation of the police’s oath. “Although an exception is provided for in the law, may we remind our fellow workers in government, […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Sunday, Aug. 11, said the law allows policemen to receive “unsolicited gifts or presents of small or insignificant value.” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo issued the statement after President Rodrigo Duterte told police officers during the 118th anniversary of the Philippine National Police that they could accept gifts but not bribes. “Unlike other politicians who forget their laws and grab at opportunity to find fault at what the President says or does, […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Aug. 8, raised the reward for any information leading to the arrest of those behind the killings of four policemen in Negros Oriental to P6 million. The President made the revelation in a speech in the Palace. Two suspects have so far been arrested in the killings authorities said were perpetrated by members of the New People’s Army. The policemen were on their way to check reports about the […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, April 16, blamed former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas for the deaths of 44 members of the Philippine National Police’s Special Action Force in Mamasapano in 2015, and slammed then-President Noynoy Aquino for his handling of the botched operation. “Hanggang ngayon, hindi ko talaga maintindihan at gusto ko tanungin…bakit pumasok ang SAF doon..,” Duterte said. According to Duterte, in the first place, the police were only trained in terrain in […]
RABAT, Morocco (AFP) – Baton-wielding riot police used water cannons to disperse teachers protesting in the Moroccan capital on Saturday night to demand better conditions. Several thousand young teachers calling for permanent work contracts had marched peacefully through the streets of central Rabat chanting slogans such as “freedom, dignity, social justice”. As night fell, demonstrators held aloft candles and used their mobile phones as torches, before setting up a makeshift camp in front of parliament. […]
