Security & Safety
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There Is No Room for Childish Acts in Helping the Fight Against Criminality
National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) Chief Major General Guillermo Eleazar recently confirmed that the local executive in Metro Manila who committed “childish acts” is Marikina City Mayor Marcelino Teodoro. Teodoro is said to be the mayor who Philippine National Police Chief General Oscar Albayalde referred as the one who withdrew support to the policemen in his area. Albayalde earlier revealed that the mayor got irked when he was not informed that the Chief of Police in the city was promoted to a new post and a new acting chief was assigned. Under the law, local chief executives may choose who will be appointed as Chief of Police in their…
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Rewarding the Good Eggs and Punishing the Bad Eggs in the Police Force
When those who are expected to shield innocent people from harm are the ones who committed misdeeds, then who will guarantee public security and safety? This is not to cast doubts in our authorities but to serve as a wake-up call for everyone. In every organization, there are what they called the “bad eggs” or the corrupt and abusive individuals staining the image of the institution. The Philippine National Police (PNP) is no exemption. PNP National Capital Regional Police Office Director Major General Guillermo Eleazar lost his temper to Police Corporal Marlo Quibete of Eastern Police District-District Drug Enforcement Unit (EPD-DDEU) when he was caught in the act of extorting…
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Philippine National Police’s New Uniform
Today, the PNP Command Group lead the field testing of their new uniform at Camp Crame, Quezon City. The new uniform has a lighter color and less pockets than previous one. And I am not sure if it looks better. The organization may change their uniforms as often as they want, but that’s not the kind of change that people need. True reforms in the ranks of our policemen is what Filipinos hoping for. Don’t tell us that it will start from changing their uniform? Photo courtesy: PNP PIO
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AFP Calling All Filipinos To Join The Navy
The Philippine Navy is now accepting and processing male and female applicants for Naval Officer Candidate Course (NOCC) and Basic Seaman Course (BSC) starting on 09 – 11 May 2014 at Southern Philippine College (SPC), Licoan, Cagayan de Oro City. Qualified applicants must be natural born Filipino citizen with good moral character, unmarried and without child and at least 5 feet in height. Applicants must not have more than two false teeth, physically and mentally fit and has no pending case in any court. Applicants must comply with all documentary requirements: For Naval Officer Candidate Course; must be a graduate of four year baccalaureate degree, preferably technical courses example: BSEE,…
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Alleged Al Khobar Member Arrested in Maguindanao
Police arrested today an alleged member of Al Khobar group in Buluan, Maguindanao. TAHIR ABUBAKAR was arrested by the joint members of SMPKI-OCPNP, Regional Intelligence Unit (RIU) 12, Military Intelligence Company (MICO) 12, 33RD Infantry Battalion (IB), Philippine Army (PA), and Maguindanao Police Provincial Office (PPO) with the support of Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) by virtue of a Warrant of Arrest for the Crime of Murder, according to PCSUPT Lester O. Camba, Regional Director, Police Regional Office -12. Abubakar has an outstanding Monetary Reward of Four Hundred Thousand Pesos (Php400,000.00) under DILG and DND Joint Order Reward No. 15-2015 for his involvement in the series of bombing incidents in…
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LTFRB Permanently Cancels and Revokes Elena Liner and MGP Trans Franchises
This would serve another lessons to bus firm owners. Is more expensive to stop the operations than making sure the safety of their passengers? The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) declined the Motion for Reconsideration filed by both Elena Liner and MGP Trans to lift their respective Preventive Suspension Order (PSO) and not to revoke and cancel their Certificate of Public Convenience (CPCs) for refusing to comply with proper orders, rules and regulation of Board. The two bus companies figured in a fatal road accident on 14 November 2013 resulting in the death of seven people and injuries to more than 30 passengers. An Elena Liner Bus with…
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Stay Connected to Information and Resources Available for the Fight on Terrorism
Since the United States first became an independent country the safety and security of its citizens was never in question where foreign entities were of concern. That is until September 11th, 2001 when all of this changed. Terrorist attacks that occurred right on home soil made every American citizen feel vulnerable to the hatred others held towards them simply for their nationality. This was a day when fear was present in the minds and hearts of every people both near and far who held an American citizenship status. Today there are many experts working behind the scenes to create and carry out plans that provide for the safety and security…
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Drug Bust in BGC Boost Hunch on Mexican Drug Cartel Connection
After the string of operations the National Bureau of Investigation’s anti-narcotic agents conducted in recent months, yet another drug bust happened mid-week in the luxury neighborhood of the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig. What the authorities discovered further supported intelligence reports that the Mexican drug cartel has found its way to the country in its efforts to go skirt the radar in high-profile locations in the Americas. Cuffed and brought under custody were two Canadian nationals and their Filipino accomplice. Their operation of an “illegal drug kitchen” escaped the attention of the BGC condominium’s 24 hour corporate site security. In the perpetrators’ rented condominium unit, authorities found various kinds of…
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No Pattern In Media Killings – PNP
Three Special Investigation Task Groups (SITG) looking into three separate incidents of violence involving media personnel in Bukidnon, Surigao and Davao recently, do not see any common pattern among the cases. The Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management (DIDM) thru Task Force USIG is keeping tab of all ongoing investigation into cases of violence committed against working journalists. “At this early stage of investigation, there are no peculiar indications of a link that can connect the three incidents,” according to PNP Chief, Director General Alan L Purisima. The Chief PNP nonetheless expressed confidence that SITGs formed by the concerned Police Regional Offices will be able to achieve significant breakthrough in the investigation of these cases. He assured…