Who’s got the right man? Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said on Monday that the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and Philippine National Police (PNP) had each tagged a different suspect in the death of seven-year-old Stephanie Nicole Ella.
Instead of a total gun ban, groups on both sides of the gun debate on Thursday urged senators to pass a bill that would enforce stricter gun controls to prevent crimes related to loose firearms.
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has said there will be more police checkpoints in the coming days to monitor the implementation of the election gun ban that will start on Jan. 13.
A total gun ban will disarm only law-abiding citizens and leave the criminals to prowl the streets, President Aquino said Wednesday as he rejected calls for such a ban being imposed in the country.
The country’s police on Wednesday said he hoped 2013 would bring a better mindset to Philippine National Police (PNP) personnel so the police organization could regain the people’s respect as law enforcers.
Ahead of the New Year revelry, President Aquino ordered police officials, on Sunday, to throw the book at revelers exploding banned firecrackers and shut down shops selling these contraband for good.
Two Army intelligence operatives conducting surveillance operations against two suspects in the Maguindanao massacre were shot and wounded in Sultan Kudarat province on Sunday, the military here said.
Weak law enforcement and systemic corruption have skewed the government’s total log ban policy in favor of illegal loggers, tribal leaders and environmental advocates in this province said.
Spare us from dirty politics, please. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Sunday asked politicians not to use the name of the antinarcotics agency to advance their political interests by spreading false drug information and “intelligence reports” against their rivals.
As a little girl, she dreamed of becoming a flight attendant and travelling around the world.
At least seven chiefs of police had been sacked in the past two months as the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) carried out its policy against police officials who failed to curb “jueteng,” an illegal numbers racket, in their areas.
Malacañang has ordered law enforcement agencies to continue the hunt for retired Major General Jovito Palparan even if, as Justice Secretary Leila de Lima had admitted, the government had no lead on his whereabouts.
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.
