More police surround Revillas’ ancestral home in Cavite
By Maricar Cinco
More policemen arrived and surrounded the residential compound of Senator Ramon Revilla Jr. here in a bid to raid the senator’s ancestral home for high-powered firearms.

More policemen arrived and surrounded the residential compound of Senator Ramon Revilla Jr. here in a bid to raid the senator’s ancestral home for high-powered firearms.

The Navotas City government has reported more gains in its campaign against the proliferation of illegal drugs in the city.

The Pasay police warned the public to watch out for counterfeit paper bills, following the recovery of P12,500 in fake money from two women on Saturday night.

Four suspects in a Baseco shooting were killed while a barangay tanod (village watchman) was in critical condition after a shootout with police around noon of Easter Sunday in Port Area, Manila.

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 National Bureau of Investigation has found that the killing of 13 people at a joint police-military checkpoint in Atimonan, Quezon province, on Jan. 6 was a “conspiracy,” and decided to bring criminal charges against the policemen and soldiers involved.

President Aquino sees no reason to doubt Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa, the administration’s anticrime czar whose name has been dragged into the police killing of 13 alleged criminals in Atimonan, Quezon, on Jan. 6.

PNP Director General Alan Purisima reminded policemen of these basic tenets as the 148,000-strong force prepared to mark its 22nd anniversary on Sunday, under a new brand: “Serbisyong Makatotohanan (Genuine Service).”

Anti-narcotics agents arrested on Thursday an owner of a pharmacy for selling nine ampules of Nubain to an undercover policeman in a drug bust operation.

Three men suspected of robbing the passengers of a public utility van were killed in a shootout with policemen who chased them on Wednesday night in Quezon City.

The Philippine National Police (PNP) has ordered the stricter implementation of its policy prohibiting policemen on active duty from moonlighting as security escorts for private individuals in the wake of the Atimonan, Quezon, shooting.

Standing by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) witnesses who claimed the Jan. 6 encounter in Atimonan, Quezon was not a shootout, Justice Secretary Leila De Lima asked the 25 Army soldiers and police operatives who took part there to “speak the truth” and promised the government would protect them should they do so.