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Manila police arrest 221 individuals for various offenses
A total of 221 offenders were arrested by the Manila Police District (MPD) during its three-day Simultaneous Anti Criminality and Law Enforcement Operation (SACLEO) in the City of Manila, according to a report by Manila Bulletin. The MPD, 14 police stations, and other operating units simultane...
Taguig police arrest gang member
A suspected member of a notorious criminal group was arrested in Taguig on May 23, Southern Police District (SPD) director Brig. Gen. Jimili Macaraeg said in a report by Manila Bulletin. The arrested suspect was identified as Arnold Varias, 38, a member of the PHMI (Police Hotline Movement Inc...
220,469 PNP personnel get booster shots
The Philippine National Police (PNP) raised to 98.66 percent its booster vaccination rate as of Thursday, according to a report by Philippine News Agency. In its latest coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) tracker, the PNP said some 220,469 out of 223,464 fully vaccinated personnel already have...
PNP secures protest actions
Philippine National Police (PNP) officer-in-charge Lt. Gen. Vicente Danao Jr. has declared that all post-election public assemblies and other mass actions held in some places around the country have been secured to prevent any form of violence, according to a report by Philippine News Agency. ...
PNP to keep maximum tolerance
The Philippine National Police will manage with maximum tolerance the protesters who will stage a rally against issues in connection with the recently concluded 2022 elections, its spokesperson Police Colonel Jean Fajardo said in a report by GMA News. At the Laging Handa public briefing, Fajardo sa...
PNP defends cops seen tearing up ballots
The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Thursday said police officers seen on the various social media tearing up ballots in a Cotabato precinct are mandated to do so by a Commission on Elections (Comelec) ruling, according to a report by Philippine News Agency. "We have 'fact-c...
Authorities arrest 2,973 peoplle for gun ban violations
A total of 2,973 people have been arrested for violating the election gun ban, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said in a report by Philippine News Agency. In a statement, the PNP said 2,890 of those apprehended were civilians, 49 security guards, 17 police officers, and 17 military person...
Danao named PNP deputy chief
Lt. Gen. Vicente Danao, the Philippine National Police's (PNP) No. 4 man as chief of the PNP Directorial Staff, will take over as Deputy Chief of Operations (DCO) officer-in-charge while retaining his current post, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said in a report by Philippine News Agency....
988 policemen trained for election duties
A total of 988 personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP) were trained in case they need to serve as Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) in the May 9 polls in Mindanao, a police official said in a report by Philippine News Agency. Maj. Gen. Valeriano de Leon, PNP Directorate for Operations D...
34,570 Army personnel participate in absentee voting
Some 34,570 personnel from the Philippine Army (PA) registered to cast their votes in the local absentee voting scheduled from April 27 to 29, according to a report by Philippine News Agency. "According to the Commission on Elections (Comelec), a total of 34,570 PA personnel have qualifie...