The Commission on Human Rights-Central Visayas yesterday reminded the Philippine National Police to respect human rights as they enforce the campaign against night idlers or “tambays” ordered by President Duterte.
Read moreA selfie of detained former Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. posted on his Facebook account prompted the police to conduct a surprise inspection in his detention cell inside the Philippine National Police (PNP)’s custodial center in Quezon City and confiscate his mobile phone Thursday night.
Read more
The Philippine National Police said cops are under investigation after jailed former senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. posted “selfie” pics on his social media accounts on Thursday, exactly the fourth year since he entered prison.
The post Cops under probe after Bong Revilla posts ‘selfie’ from prison appeared first on Inquirer News.
Read moreThe Philippine National Police has acquired high-powered guns and patrol vehicles worth P1.6 billion as part of the police modernization program.
Read moreApart from the Bureau of Immigration, President Duterte has ordered the Philippine National Police to stop pestering tourists in the country or else fire dire consequences.
Read more
Local authorities should be the ones implementing the anti-“tambay” campaign since the loiterers were being rounded up for violating local ordinances, according to Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson.
The post Ping: PNP chief explaining ‘tambay’ drive raises suspicion appeared first on Inquirer News.
Read moreMalacañang said yesterday that not all the 7,000 persons arrested by the Philippine National Police in Metro Manila in one week were “tambays” or nighttime idlers or loiterers.
Read more
Members of the Akbayan Youth have staged a protest against the Philippine National Police (PNP) operations targeting bystanders and loiterers at night, claiming that vagrancy has been long decriminalized.
The post Youth group protests PNP drive against ‘tambays’ appeared first on Inquirer News.
Read moreA TOTAL of 4,279 drug suspects have been killed in the government’s anti-drugs campaign since 2016. “These are the real numbers,” Presidential Communication Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar said at a forum on the second anniversary of #Real NumbersPH. “All else other than these are either false, manufactured, or fake,” he said.
Read moreDepartment of Justice Secretary Menardo I. Guevarra said yesterday the National Bureau of Investigation is ready to probe the killings of three Catholic priests.
Read more