PNP steps up campaign vs ‘jueteng’
By Marlon Ramos
The brushed up campaign of the Philippine National Police against the illegal numbers game “jueteng” has so far collared close to 300 individuals.
The brushed up campaign of the Philippine National Police against the illegal numbers game “jueteng” has so far collared close to 300 individuals.
The police’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Group arrested nine men who robbed the house of an official of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board here on Saturday.
The new chief of the Philippine National Police’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Group was sworn in Thursday following the resignation of Police Director Samuel Pagdilao last week.
Philippine National Police’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Group is set to have its new chief later this Thursday following the resignation of Police Director Samuel Pagdilao last week.
Police shot dead a suspect in the Maguindanao massacre when he resisted arrest and engaged them in a gun battle in Datu Unsay, Maguindanao, while another suspect was arrested in a separate operation in another town of the province, authorities reported on Saturday.
Government security forces on Sunday thwarted an alleged attempt by Moro bandits to sow terror in Mindanao after they arrested a suspected bomber of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) group in Midsayap town in North Cotabato, with the help of a civilian informant.
Although police Director Samuel D. Pagdilao Jr. may have won numerous awards and citations, he considers the most recent one—The Outstanding Filipino or Tofil award—a fitting end to his more than 37 years in the police service.
Seven victims of human trafficking, six of whom were minors, have been rescued by authorities in remote towns in Quirino and Isabela provinces, police said Tuesday.
Tipsters after a P250,000 bounty are making the hunt for 92 suspects in the Maguindanao massacre still at large much more difficult.
The special team investigating the 2009 Maguindanao massacre said Thursday it would formulate a new strategy to arrest the 92 remaining suspects in the killing following reports that some informants allegedly made money for giving information which resulted in the arrest of the wrong person.
’Tis the season to be vigilant. Online shoppers and credit card holders should be extra careful when making purchases using their credit cards as syndicates involved in electronic fraud have become more active with the onset of the holiday season, the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) warned Sunday.
Lumber products valued at P10 million were seized by a team composed of policemen and the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (Penro) from a warehouse in Barangay (village) Paknaan, Mandaue City, in a raid conducted around 1 p.m. Wednesday.
Police authorities had validated suspicions that some small-scale miners were using industrial-grade cyanide, which may have been illegally acquired, in the processing of gold ore they mine from mining areas in Zamboanga del Sur.
