“Random checkpoints will continue in Metro Manila until all the winning candidates have been proclaimed. Gun owners are also reminded that the gun ban remains in effect.” –Chief Supt. Generoso Cerbo, Philippine National Police spokesperson
Vice President Jejomar Binay belatedly questioned the timing of checkpoints during the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) rally last month during his visit to Cebu last Sunday.
The families of at least two of the victims in the Atimonan, Quezon shooting are getting impatient with Malacañang’s decision to go slow in reviewing the recommendations that the Department of Justice and the National Bureau of Investigation submitted to the Palace over a week ago.
Malacañang should be given more time to review a five-inch thick investigation report on the police killing of 13 alleged criminals in Atimonan, Quezon, on Jan. 6, officials said on Sunday.
The Northern Police District (NPD) has reminded police officers about the proper manner of treating motorists passing through the checkpoints set up for the election period.
Malacañang confirmed on Tuesday that the preventive suspension of officials of the Police Regional Office 4A, as announced by Interior Secretary Mar Roxas, had the blessing of President Aquino.
Six days before the start of the five-month election period on Sunday, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has ordered the installation of checkpoints in all cities and towns across the country to ensure the strict implementation of the gun ban.
Know your rights and don’t do anything crazy when you are approaching a police or military checkpoint: Never get out of the car. Do not submit to a body search. And you may refuse to open your trunk or glove compartment.
The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) is setting up checkpoints along the North Luzon Expressway and the Manila North Road (MacArthur Highway) to prevent the transport of untreated hazardous wastes from hospitals in Metro Manila to a sanitary landfill in Tarlac.
MANILA, Philippines—Philippine National Police Director General Raul M. Bacalzo on Friday ordered ubiquitous police presence in the streets of Metro Manila following the killing of two businessmen in separate incidents in Quezon City last weekend. He reminded the National Capital Region Police Office to ensure that “policemen will be visible in the streets 24/7,” and [...]
