Sinas promotion blow to discipline

Ramon J. Farolan - @inquirerdotnet 11/16/2020

Seven months ago, Maj. Gen. Debold Sinas, director of the National Capital Region Police Office, was caught on the NCRPO Facebook page blowing out candles on a cake and socializing with a number of colleagues at a…

Duterte on Sinas mañanita: Kung may kasalanan siya, pardon na siya

Consuelo Marquez - Reporter / @ConsINQ 11/14/2020

MANILA, Philippines — If Philippine National Police (PNP) chief General Debold Sinas will be found at fault for the mañanita controversy, he will be “pardoned,” President Rodrigo Duterte said in a speech on Saturday. “Hindi kasalanan ni…

Palace: Duterte chose Sinas because of his drug war ‘track record’

Krissy Aguilar - Reporter / @KAguilarINQ 11/09/2020

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte picked Police Major General Debold Sinas as his next Philippine National Police (PNP) chief due to his contribution in the war against illegal drugs, Malacañang said Monday. “Presidential appointments are really…

Lapu CSWDO seeks police help to check on Badjaos in the city

Futch Anthony Inso 09/29/2020

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—The Lapu-Lapu City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) is asking the Philippine National Police (PNP) to look into the possible involvement of a syndicate that is forcing Badjao children to beg on the streets here.…

Barangay Guadalupe welcomes new police station

Alven Marie Timtim 09/18/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Cops assigned in Barangay Guadalupe here have a new home. On Friday, September 18, 2020, police and city officials gathered for the inauguration of the new Guadalupe Police Station (Station 9) that is situated just…

Ex-Ozamiz City councilor Parojinog found dead in jail

Consuelo Marquez 09/04/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Former Ozamiz City Councilor Ricardo “Ardot” Parojinog was found dead inside the detention facility of the city’s police station Friday morning, September 4, 2020, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said. “Parojinog was found dead…

Anti-terror law still in effect with or without IRR, PNP told

Katrina Hallare 08/27/2020

MANILA, Philippines — With or without the implementing rules and regulations (IRR), the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 will still be in effect, Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto on Thursday, August 27, 2020, told the Philippine National Police…

SAF troops in Cebu City to return to HQ COVID-free

Alven Marie Timtim 08/11/2020

(Updated, 1:30 p.m.) CEBU CITY, Philippines — The 151 members of the augmented Special Action Force (SAF) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) will be sent back to the headquarters in Camp Crame on Tuesday afternoon, August…

CPPO chief on bagging awards: ‘We already won the trust and hearts of the community’

Alven Marie A. Timtim 08/10/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — “We already won the trust and hearts of the community.” This is what Police Colonel Roderick Mariano, the director of the Cebu Police Provincial Office (CPPO), had to say after the CPPO received…

Augmented SAF personnel in Cebu may be recalled earlier

Alven Marie Timtim 08/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines —Augmented personnel from the Special Action Force (SAF) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) may be leaving Cebu earlier than the scheduled recalling date on August 15, 2020. Police Brigadier General Albert Ignatius Ferro,…

Another Army team misses Abu targets after agents’ killing

Jeannette I. Andrade, Julie S. Alipala 07/03/2020

An Army unit awaiting a signal to swoop down on an Abu Sayyaf bomb maker and two suspected female bombers instead received word that four of their comrades had been gunned down in Jolo, Sulu, a military…

OCD approval causes delay in lifting of lockdown in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/10/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government is facing an unexpected dilemma in its goal to graduate to the new normal amidst the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This after the orders of Mayor Edgardo Labella…

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