Posts Tagged ‘police’
Curfew imposed in violence-prone Davao Sur
DIGOS CITY, Davao del Sur, Philippines — The Commission on Elections ordered the police to implement curfew in the…
PNP to strictly implement liquor ban Sunday
MANILA, Philippines — The two-day liquor ban in connection with the national elections will begin Sunday, May 9, the Philippine National Police announced on Friday. PNP…
20,000 local absentee voters to vote on April 28-30Comelec
MANILA, Philippines At least 20,000 government employees and members of the police and the armed forces who will hold poll duties on May 10 will be allowed to vote between April 28 and 30, an official of the Commission on Elections said Friday. ‘The committee…
PNP chief to meet with local police chiefs on polls
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATE 2) Philippine National Police Director General Jesus Verzosa is set to meet with the 1,634 local police chiefs in the country this week to issue reminders on the duty of all PNP personnel in the coming elections.
Over 60,000 cops to guard voting centers on election day
MANILA, PhilippinesThe Philippine National Police will deploy at least 68,000 policemen to guard the voting centers nationwide come election day, a police official said. Deputy Director General Edgardo Acuña, chief of PNP’s Task Force…
PNP, Comelec lay down final election preparations
MANILA, PhilippinesThe Philippine National Police, together with the Commission on Elections, is laying down final election preparations with the May 10 national elections, a ranking police official said on Thursday.
Verzosa issues ‘9 Prohibited Acts’ for cops
MANILA, PhilippinesAfter the ‘10 Commandments’ comes the ‘9 Prohibited Acts.’ A day after issuing a 10-point guide on election duties to policemen, Philippine National Police Director General Jesus Verzosa Wednesday took things a step further by warning his men against engaging in ‘partisan politics.’ ‘As public servants, PNP personnel are mandated to remain neutral in the conduct of elections and concentrate instead on keeping the peace…
Over 1/3 of towns, cities are poll hot spotsPNP
MANILA, PhilippinesOver a third of the country’s towns and cities are election hot spots, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said in a report to the Commission on Elections (Comelec). As of February, 571 of the 1,634 towns and cities had seen some form of election-related violence, the PNP said in the report obtained by the Inquirer.
12 killed as truck hits minibus in Philippines
MANILA, Philippines – Police say a truck blew a tire and smashed head-on into a minibus in the southern…
N. Mindanao on alert vs female suicide bombers
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY Ten female suicide bombers, all foreigners trained by the terrorist network Jemaah Islamiyah, would hit key cities in Mindanao this week, both a city official and the spokesman of the Army’s 4th Infantry Division said. The Army’s 4ID and the Police Regional Office 10 have been placed on full alert after the General Santos bombing and are now concentrating its internal security operations in Northern Mindanao. Two days before the…
Arroyo: RP a ‘tumultuous nation’ under Estrada rule
MANILA, Philippines(UPDATE) President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Friday said the country has come a long way since she assumed office in 2001, even hitting back at her predecessor for failing to implement some laws and reforms.
15 nabbed for gun ban violationsPNP
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATE) Fifteen more persons, including six policemen and a soldier, were arrested in various parts of the country for violating the nationwide gun ban on Tuesday, the Philippine National Police said. The…
NCRPO, MPD order on reshuffle of police officers rankles Lim
By Pat C. Santos 01/13/2010 Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim yesterday asked the court to issue a temporary restraining order (TRO) on the recent reorganization/reshuffle of the station commanders and directorial staff of the Manila Police District on orders of Police Director Roberto Rosales, chief of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), and MPD chief Rodolfo Magtibay, saying the two violated the law when they implemented the order without the consent of the chief executive of the city, a…
