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NCRPO TO IMPLEMENT GUN BAN UNTIL JUNE 12
Sunday 19th of May 2013
QUEZON CITY, May 19 (PIA) -- The election fever may be over, but the gun ban stays.
National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) chief Leonardo A. Espina said that gun ban is still in effect until June 12, 2013.
Espina said the Regional Joint Security Coordinating Center (RJSCC) is continuously monitoring and strictly implementing Republic Act 8294 (Illegal Possession of Firearms) and Batas Pambansa 881 (Omnibus Election Code) per instruction of Philippine National Police Director General Alan Purisima.
“NCRPO is motivated even more to exert efforts in preserving and maintaining peace and order in the Metro,” said Espina.
He also ...
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10Jan2013QUEZON CITY, Jan 10 (PIA) - - The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) strongly supports House Bill No. 2377, otherwise known as “Youth Drug Abuse Resistance Education and Prevention Program (Y-DARE) Act.” Under House Bill 2377, young people will be equipped with adequate knowledge, attitude, and discipline in keeping their schools drug free. “Drug abuse appears to be the cause of many serious social, psychological, emotional, economic, and relationship problems besettin...
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07Jan2013QUEZON CITY, Jan 7 (PIA) – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said additional K-9s will help the government it its illegal drug detection efforts. PDEA chief Arturo G. Cacdac, Jr. said the agency will empower private canine service providers to boost the quality and credibility of accredited drug-sniffing dogs in the country. “Public places, such as schools and other establishments where illegal drugs are smuggled and transited, will be duly covered with the presence of more qua...
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04Jan2013RMANILA, Jan. 4 (PIA) -- Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas has directed the Philippine National Police to immediately find and charge those who fired the fatal stray bullets that claimed the lives of at least two persons, including a 7-year-old girl, during the last New Year’s Eve revelries. In a statement, Roxas said that he relayed his order to PNP Director General Alan Purisima to track down the owners of the guns from which the fatal stray bullets hit 7-year-old Stephanie...
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30Dec2012QUEZON CITY, Dec. 30 (PIA) -- A Malaysian national is facing life imprisonment for transporting illegal drugs in the country. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) chief Arturo G. Cacdac, Jr. in a statement expressed appreciation to Judge Racquelen Abary-Vasquez of Regional Trial Court, Branch 116, Pasay City for the favorable decision against the accused Malaysian national. “PDEA salutes Judge Abary-Vasquez for ensuring that justice is promptly served. The dedication and commitment of t...
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28Dec2012TAGUIG CITY, Dec. 28 (PIA) -- National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) chief Leonardo A. Espina will lead the simultaneous ceremonial taping of the muzzles of firearms of policemen in Metro Manila Saturday, December 29 at the NCRPO Headquarters in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City. Espina in a statement said that the taping of the muzzle of firearms shows the PNP’s commitment against indiscriminate firing. “Once and for all, I am giving a stern warning to all the metro policemen to observ...
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27Dec2012MANILA, Dec. 27 (PIA) -- Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas on Wednesday said the move of the Philippine National Police to relieve Pangasinan police Director Senior Supt. Mariano Luis Versoza Jr. represents a “big step” in ridding the province of illegal gambling activities. “Senior Superintendent Versoza’s removal from his post in Pangasinan is a big step in the many series of steps we intend to take to crack down jueteng and other forms of illegal gambling. This is mea...
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21Dec2012QUEZON CITY, Dec 21, (PIA) -- Human trafficker are now prowling communities devastated by typhoon Pablo in Mindanao for possible victims. This is the alarming report received by Senator Loren Legarda, Chair of the Sub-Committee on Anti-Trafficking and sponsor of the Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act. Legarda urges local government officials and citizens alike to be vigilant. “I have always emphasized that disasters are linked inextricably to poverty and socio-economic inequality. It ...
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21Dec2012QUEZON CITY, Dec 21 (PIA) - - Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested last Monday, December 17, a pedicab driver for peddling shabu just meters away from the PDEA national headquarters. PDEA Director General Undersecretary Arturo G. Cacdac Jr. said the suspect is a 30-year-old resident of Barangay Pinyahan, Quezon City who drives a pedicab for a living and peddles illegal drugs on the side. “The deal between the suspect and the poseur-buyer was consummated at a gasol...
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19Dec2012MANILA, Dec. 19 (PIA) -- Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas on Tuesday ordered new PNP Acting Director General Alan Purisima to strike hard against jueteng, especially its operators and protectors who are raking in billions of pesos in illicit earnings that in turn fill the war chests of warlord politicians in many towns and provinces around the country. “I have instructed Director General Alan Purisima to revise the PNP’s Secure and Fair Elections (SAFE) 2013 operations pla...
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18Dec2012MANILA, Dec 18 (PIA) -- Remaining overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Syria are urged to come home as situation in the area is expected to worsen. Vice President and Presidential Adviser on OFW Concerns Jejomar C. Binay called on OFWs who are still in Syria to immediately leave the area. He also appealed to their relatives here in the Philippines to help the government convince their loved ones to return. Binay also assured that government is exerting efforts to ensure the safety of OFWs as...
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17Dec2012MANILA, Dec. 17 (PIA) -- Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas said he will conduct a full-blown investigation into allegations that Pangasinan Governor Amado Espino Jr. has been operating jueteng in the province and has been receiving at least P800 million monthly in protection money. The allegations were made by Mayor Ricardo Orduna of Bugallon, Pangasinan, a self-confessed jueteng operative with whom Espino had a recent falling out over their “business arrangements”, and Bara...
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17Dec2012QUEZON CITY, Dec 17 (PIA) -- The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) declared an 18-day unilateral Christmas truce with the New People’s Army (NPA). AFP spokesman Colonel Arnulfo Burgos said the Suspension of Offensive Military Operations (SOMO) begins December 16 and will end on January 2, 2013. He also said that the declaration of ceasefire will give soldiers time to focus on the relief operations to help victims of the recent typhoon, adding that it (ceasefire) will allow some time fo...
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13Dec2012QUEZON CITY, Dec 13 (PIA) -- The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Wednesday, December 12 formally handed over the P22-million reward to informants. AFP chief General Jessie D. Dellosa in a statement said that the reward is a recognition and appreciation of their (informants) bravery that led to the arrest of most wanted terrorists and rebels in the country. “We recognize the efforts of these concerned individuals who continue to step up in helping the government, the AFP, and the PN...
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07Dec2012QUEZON CITY, December 7 (PIA) --The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) bared that 7,372 barangays, out of 42,025 barangays nationwide or 18 percent, are affected by drugs. PDEA Director General Undersecretary Arturo G. Cacdac, Jr. said the percentage is based on consolidated data validated by PDEA and partner drug law enforcement agencies. “A barangay is said to be drug-affected when there is a determined existence of drug user, pusher, manufacturer, marijuana cultivator or other dr...
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05Dec2012QUEZON CITY, Dec 5 (PIA) -- The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine National Police (PNP), Department of Education (DepED), National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), Civil Service Commission (CSC), and other government offices and agencies, through their officials, have pledged their continued support in uplifting and protecting human rights in the country at the "Solidarity Bike-Run for Human Rights" program yesterday. The event also served as the kick-off for the Nationa...
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04Dec2012QUEZON CITY, Dec. 4 (PIA) -- Starting today, the Commission on Human Rights will lead the celebration of the National Human Rights Consciousness Week (NHRCW) in the country with the theme "My Voice Counts in Ending Impunity: I Work for Human Rights-Based Governance". To serve as the kick-off activity for this year's celebration, a "Solidarity Bike-Run for Human Rights" will be held at the Quezon Memorial Circle. Runners who will join this activity will call for the protection and promotion of ...
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04Dec2012QUEZON CITY, Dec 4 (PIA) – In observance of the National Human Rights Consciousness Week (December 4-10, 2012), the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) reaffirmed its commitment to respect human rights. AFP chief General Jessie D. Dellosa in a statement said the Philippine government is taking concrete steps to address cases of human rights abuses and violations. “This affirms with the AFP’s Internal Peace and Security Plan Bayanihan which is aimed for the synergy of efforts of all F...
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04Dec2012MANILA, Dec. 4 (PIA) -- Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas has lauded the Philippine National Police for the immediate arrest of the suspect in the gruesome murder of two young girls in Caloocan City early last Monday and said it shows that swift justice is possible in the country, especially for poor victims. “As I said last Thursday, our PNP will leave no stone unturned in the manhunt against the suspect and will bring him to justice as soon as possible. This is the dedicatio...
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03Dec2012TAGUIG CITY, Dec. 3 (PIA) -- The local government has ordered the closure of an amusement carnival, which reportedly served as a front for illegal gambling in FTI Complex, Western Bicutan. In a statement, Taguig said that its Business Permits and Licensing Office had issued a Cease and Desist Order to force the closure of Beeh-Anns Travel Rides and Peryahan and cancel a special permit granted to the operator. It said that the existence of color games is a gross violation of Ordinance No. 03, ...
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29Nov2012QUEZON CITY, NOV. 29 (PIA)--The Department of justice has issued a primer on cybercrime as part of its advocacy program to prevent abuses in the Internet. Written in question and answer format, primer explains the nature and phenomenon of cybercrime and the related trending topics, including its nature, history and extent of occurrence in the Philippines. In a statement, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said the primer is part of the continuing effort to address the need for education an infor...
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28Nov2012TAGUIG CITY, NOV. 28 (PIA) --The Armed Forces of the Philippines launched today a music video entitled “Bayanihan: Para sa Kapayapaan”, a project initiated by the Philippine Army in support of the AFP’s advocacy in winning the peace through multi-sectoral engagement and approaches. The event was attended by Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Undersecretary Lesley Cordero, Optical Media Board Chair Ronnie Ricketts, Leah Navarro, director of the Movie & Television Review &...
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26Nov2012PhilHealth assures benefits of affected OFWs in Riyadh MANILA, Nov. 26 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has announced that the affected Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in the recent accident in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia are assured of their health benefits. A total of 11 Filipinos were injured including one casualty has been reported when an oil tanker crashed into a freeway flyover triggering an explosion. In a statement, PhilHealth President and CEO Dr. Eduardo ...
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23Nov2012MANILA, November 23 (PIA) – On the third anniversary of the Maguindanao massacre, the United States government welcomed President Benigno S. Aquino III’s pledge to bring those responsible for this crime to justice. In a statement, U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Harry K. Thomas, Jr. said, “We appreciate the efforts of the officials from the Philippine National Police, Department of Justice, and courts working to bring closure to this case. We shall never forget the victims of that me...
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21Nov2012MANILA, Nov. 21 (PIA) -- Fourteen security officers and guards of a metro mall were given due recognition by the Bureau of Fire Protection–National Capital Region (BFP-NCR) on Monday held at the Regional Office Ground, Ermin Garcia St., Brgy. Pinagkaisahan, Quezon City. The exemplary performance of the guards as manifested by their prompt response to the fire that raged at Gateway Mall, Araneta Center, Cubao, Quezon City is something worthy of appreciation, according to BFP Regional Director...
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20Nov2012QUEZON CITY, Nov. 20 (PIA) -- The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) led over the weekend the culmination of the motorcycle caravan for road safety dubbed as 2W Relay for a C.A.U.S.E. (Call to Action Towards Unity, Safety and Equality) at the Quezon Memorial Circle. The motorbike caravan, participated by different motorbike associations nationwide, started in September and went around selected cities in the country, where programs advocating road safety were also held. The...
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20Nov2012MAKATI CITY, Nov. 20 (PIA) -- A local chief executive has vowed to extend financial assistance and give commendations to two Bantay Bayan watchmen shot by armed robbers at around 2 a.m. last Sunday, Nov. 18, at Guintos St., Barangay Poblacion. One of the victims, Manuel Revillon, succumbed to a lone gunshot wound to the head at around 2:40 a.m. Monday at the Ospital ng Makati where he was rushed after the shooting. Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin S. Binay deplored the incident and said it was “...
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19Nov2012MANILA, Nov 19 (PIA) -- The United States Ship (USS Gridley DDG-101) is now in Manila for a routine port call. In a statement from the United States Embassy in Manila, the US naval ship’s arrival in Manila Bay highlights the strong historic, community, and military connections between the United States and the Philippines. The visit will also allow the ship to replenish supplies as well as give the crew an opportunity to rest and relax. The USS Gridley DDG-101 is part of the U.S. Pacific ...
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19Nov2012MANILA, Nov. 19 (PIA) -- Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas has identified 15 provinces in the priority watch list of the Philippine National Police where there could be violence during the upcoming 2013 midterm elections. In a statement, Roxas said the police have also identified 60 active private armed groups (PAGs) and another 47 with potential to become PAGs that could be utilized by politicians to harass and intimidate voters during the May 13 polls. Roxas made the disclos...
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16Nov2012MAKATI CITY, Nov. 16 (PIA) -- At least 150 individuals are facing charges for drug-related offenses after the Makati Anti-Drug Abuse Council (Madac) conducted a series of joint operations with the Station Anti-Illegal Drugs-Special Operations Task Group (SAIDSOTG) from January to October of this year. In its report to City Hall, Madac said the suspects had been charged with violating R.A. 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, including unlawful sale and delivery of dangerous d...
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16Nov2012MANILA, Nov. 16 (PIA) -- Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas has relieved Zamboanga del Sur Provincial PNP Director Senior Superintendent William T. Manzan and Pagadian City Chief of Police Superintendent Kenneth H. Mission in connection with the Aman Futures investment scam that victimized thousands in the province and parts of Mindanao. In a statement, Roxas said this is meant to avoid chances of whitewash in the ongoing police investigation into the latest “get-rich-quick” ...
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13Nov2012QUEZON CITY, Nov 13 (PIA) -- A stronger and more improved anti-trafficking measure will be prioritized in the Senate in response to the press statement given by United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Trafficking, Joy Ngozi Ezeilo. “It would be prudent to carefully study the efforts undertaken, over the years, to identify other gaps that could probably be addressed by stronger policy measures, and improvement in our law enforcement, prosecution, justice system, and even programs and servic...
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13Nov2012MANILA, Nov. 13 (PIA) -- The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) will soon put up shelter areas for ships and small craft boats especially during typhoons and bad weather. In a statement, PCG Vice Commandant for Operations and Officer-in-Charge Rear Admiral Luis Tuason, Jr. directed all coast guard units to submit a list of possible shelter areas. “The measure is part of the agency’s ‘Zero Maritime’ casualties,” Tuason said. Tuason said shelter areas for ships will be a big help to minim...
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11Nov2012QUEZON CITY, Nov 11 (PIA) - - A strengthened, more organized, and systematic airport interdiction operations was mutually agreed on by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC). The agreement was made by heads of the agencies when PDEA Director General Undersecretary Arturo G. Cacdac Jr. called on BOC Commissioner Rozzano Rufino B. Biazon on November 8. In PDEA’s press statement, Cacdac said, “The successful arrests of drug couriers who attempted to ...
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09Nov2012QUEZON CITY, Nov 9 (PIA) -- Knowing the danger to lives and properties disasters bring, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) organized and trained a battalion-sized rescue unit that will be on a 24/7 duty to quickly respond in time of exigencies. The "MMDA Rescue Battalion" is composed of personnel specially trained and equipped to respond to major disasters and calamities within Metro Manila and nearby provinces in a moment's notice said MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino in a p...
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09Nov2012MANILA, Nov. 9 (PIA) -- An officer of the Department of Interior and Local Government, who is accused of physically and verbally attacking a traffic constable, is facing outright dismissal from service if found guilty. In a show cause order issued today by the DILG Legal Service, a Local Government Operations Officer at the DILG Region IV-A (Calabarzon), was asked to explain within 48 hours allegations that he attacked MMDA traffic constable Jonard Jeramil when the latter accosted him for jaywa...
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08Nov2012MANILA, Nov 8 (PIA) -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to curb trafficking of illegal drugs. PDEA Director General Undersecretary Arturo G. Cacdac Jr. and PPA General Manager Atty. Juan C. Sta. Ana led the MOA signing Wednesday, November 7 in Manila. “Under the agreement, the two parties are enjoined to foster cooperation and coordination to conduct an intensive and unrelenting campaign agains...
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07Nov2012MANILA, Nov 7 (PIA) -- To address the increasing cases of theft, a growing number of Catholic churches in Metro Manila are installing closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras inside churches. According to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference in the Philippines (CBCP), several parishes under the Diocese of Cubao have already been installed with CCTV cameras to ensure close monitoring of their vicinity. “CCTV cameras are really helpful. In fact, some of our churches already have CCTVs at least ...
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31Oct2012PASAY CITY, Oct 31 (PIA) - - Pasay City is all set for Undas (All Saints’ and All Souls’ Day). Under the project “Öperation Undas” that ensures the peaceful commemoration of the holiday as well as orderly flow of traffic in the city especially in roads leading to the two city’s cemeteries, Pasay City Mayor Antonino “Tony” Calixto will be deploying around 400 policemen in strategic areas in the city. Calixto said the Pasay City Traffic and Parking Management Office (PCTMO) un...
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28Oct2012QUEZON CITY, Oct 28 (PIA) -- Newly installed chief of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has strengthened partnership with the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). This after PDEA Director General Undersecretary Arturo G. Cacdac Jr. recently paid a courtesy visit to NBI Director Attorney Nonnatus Caesar R. Rojas at the NBI headquarters in Manila. The two chiefs have agreed to strengthen their efforts to cripple down organized local as well as international drug syndicates. “...
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27Oct2012QUEZON CITY, Oct. 27 (PIA) -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) is proposing that all business establishments nationwide install closed circuit television or CCTV security systems. PNP chief Nicanor A. Bartolome said the measure is one of his proposals to Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas in the next meeting of the National Peace and Order Council (NPOC). “This is just a small investment on the part of business operators that will eventually translate to higher returns a...
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23Oct2012QUEZON CITY, October 23 (PIA) – Members of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group (NAIA-IADITG) has nabbed two female Thai nationals for smuggling illegal drugs in the country. In a statement, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said the first suspect was Napaporn Khamsa, 40 years old from Patumthani Province, Thailand. Khamsa was arrested Saturday, October 20 for smuggling three kilos of methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu NAIA-IADIT...
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22Oct2012TAGUIG CITY, Oct 22 (PIA) -- The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) continues to intensify its drive against "colorum" or illegal vehicles operating in major thoroughfares in Metro Manila. In a statement, NCRPO said members of the Quezon City Police District’s Traffic Enforcement Unit together with personnel of city government’s Department of Public Order and Safety has conducted anti-colorum operations covering different major thoroughfares in the city. The operation conducted...
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21Oct2012QUEZON CITY, Oct. 21 (PIA) –- Newly-installed chief of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Director General Arturo G. Cacdac, Jr. vowed to further strengthen ties with other law enforcement agencies against illegal drugs. “One of my priorities upon assuming the helm of PDEA’s leadership, is to coordinate with other drug law enforcement agencies such as the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Bureau of Customs (BOC), the PNP and even the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP...
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19Oct2012QUEZON CITY, Oct 19 (PIA) -- The European Union is providing P312 million to boost the livelihood recovery of some 50,000 families or 300,000 persons displaced by past conflicts in Central Mindanao. In a statement, Thelma Gecolea, EU Delegation to the Philippines, said that the grant is under the project dubbed "Enhancing the Resilience of Internally Displaced Persons in Central Mindanao by Strengthening Livelihoods." "This is a concrete and strong reaffirmation of the EU's commitment to supp...
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16Oct2012MANILA, Oct 16 (PIA) -- The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and United States Coast Guard have come together for another maritime law enforcement instructor development course focusing on anti-terrorism. The country’s maritime law enforcement agency’s role has already developed, more extensive and that the performances of responsibilities require competent enforcers, PCG Chief Vice Admiral Edmund Tan said in a statement. The anti-terrorism training aims to train PCG personnel to learn new way...
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12Oct2012MANILA, Oct 12 (PIA) -- The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) continued its search-and-rescue operations for nine fishermen reported missing since October 1 at the southern part of Scarborough Shoal. In a release Thursday, Coast Guard personnel stationed at Masinloc in Zambales were continuously searching in the municipalities of Candelaria, Palauig, Iba, and Cabangan in Zambales. Coast Guard personnel were gathering information, at the same time verifying the identification of the nine missing fi...
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12Oct2012QUEZON CITY, Oct. 12 (PIA) -- The government's strengthened anti-illegal recruitment (AIR) drive has recently received a strong boost after the country's biggest group of manning companies pledged its support to the campaign. Labor & Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz, in a news release, said that the Joint Manning Group (JMG) composed of the Filipino Association for Mariners' Employment, Inc. (FAME),Filipino Shipowners' Association, Inc. (FSA), International Maritime Association of the Phil...
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12Oct2012QUEZON CITY, Oct 12 (PIA) -- The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Thursday lauded the housing program for both the AFP and Philippine National Police (PNP) personnel which is now on its second phase. The National Housing Authority (NHA) unveiled its housing program for AFP and PNP last week in the urban centers of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. Under the housing program, 31,200 housing units will be built, with at least a housing site per region, and with a maximum of 1,500 units per loc...
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10Oct2012PASAY CITY, Oct 10 (PIA) -- The Japanese government has expressed support to the peace framework agreement between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In a statement, Japan welcomed the framework agreement between the two parties, citing its importance to the realization of the final agreement concerning the Mindanao peace process. Japan also expressed strong hopes that both parties will steadily implement the contents of the fram...
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10Oct2012MANILA, Oct. 10 (PIA) -- Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas on Wednesday announced the designation of Chief Supt. Ruben F. Bearis, Jr., Deputy Chief for Operations, as Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP). Under Department Order 2012-742 dated October 9, 2012, Roxas ordered the designation of Bearis as BFP-OIC in view of the retirement of Fire Director Rolando M. Bandilla on August 20, 2012. Bearis, 53, is a member of the Philippine National Police A...
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09Oct2012PASAY CITY, Oct 9 (PIA) -- Pasay City Mayor Antonino “Tony” Calixto gave a commendation to Police Officer 1 Charlie Asuncion and Police Officer 2 John Barraza for turning down a bribe offer in exchange for the release of a suspected antidrugs violator. In a statement, Pasay City government said Asuncion and Barraza received the commendation and medal for their exemplary performance, during the city hall’s flag ceremony yesterday. The two police officers also received “Medalya ng Papu...
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07Oct2012MANILA, Oct 7 (PIA) - - Intensify the campaign against carnapping, a determined Manila City Mayor Lim ordered the Manila Police District (MPD) as the city was named the number 1 local government unit (LGU) with the most number of car theft incidents. In a command conference Friday, Mayor Lim immediately ordered MPD director General Alex Gutierrez and all station commanders to intensify the campaign after the story appeared in the October 3 issues of the nation's top spreadsheets. “There w...
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04Oct2012QUEZON CITY, Oct 4 (PIA) -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) recently forged a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to fight transnational crime and strengthen police cooperation at the same time. In a release, PNP chief Nicanor A. Bartolome and AFP Commissioner Tony Negus signed the MOU Tuesday in Canberra, Australia. “This agreement marks a new beginning in bilateral relations between the police forces of the Philippines and Australia under the sp...
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04Oct2012MANILA, Oct 4 (PIA) -- The United States Ship (USS) Olympia (SSN 717) will arrive today at the Subic Bay in Zambales. In a release, the Los Angeles classic design submarine will make a routine port call to highlight the strong historic, community, and military connections between the United States and Philippines. Likewise, the visit will give some time for its crew to replenish supplies and relax in the country. The USS Olympia SSN 717 set sail in February 1986 to her home in Pearl Harbor,...
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02Oct2012QUEZON CITY, Oct 2 (PIA) -- The men and women of Philippine National Police (PNP) brace for the five-day long filing of certificate of candidacy (COC) for the May 2013 midterm elections that began yesterday. In a statement, PNP Chief Nicanor A. Bartolome ordered all police units to beef up security measures to ensure peace and order around local offices of the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Bartolome directed all PNP regional directors in Visayas and Mindanao to give additional instructi...
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01Oct2012PASAY CITY, Sept 30 (PIA) - - Pasay City Mayor Antonino G. Calixto gave assurance to the United States government of the safety of its nationals and diplomats in the city. This came after the US Embassy in Manila issued a warning to its citizens in the country last Friday, citing a threat in Metro Manila, specifically in Pasay. “The safety of US diplomats and staff at the Embassy compound in Pasay is foremost in our minds. Thus, we have instructed our local police force to augment the poli...
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28Sep2012TAGUIG CITY, Sept 28 (PIA) -- Emphasizing discipline among the 17,000 policemen of Metro Manila, National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) Chief Leonardo A. Espina dismissed seven erring cops from the service and demoted four other policemen. In a statement, Espina dismissed and demoted the 11 police personnel for several grave offenses pursuant to National Police Commission memorandum circular 2007-001. “My administration only needs true and dedicated cops, otherwise they do not belong...
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28Sep2012MANILA, Sept 28 (PIA) -- The Defense Threat Reduction Agency of the United States’ Department of Defense conducted a Senior Executive Seminar on Maritime Domain and Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Awareness together with member agencies of the Philippines’ National Coast Watch System (NCWS) in Manila from September 24 to28. In a statement, it was said that the seminar demonstrated the continued partnership between the United States and the Philippines to enhance maritime safety and secur...
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27Sep2012QUEZON CITY, Sept. 27 (PIA)--The Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) reminded licensed recruitment agencies that they are obliged to ensure protection of workers, especially domestic workers they deployed overseas. Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz who is also the chairman of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) governing board, in a statement said that the obligation of a recruitment agency to its hired overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) does not end upon their deployment ...
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26Sep2012MANILA, Sept 26 (PIA) -- Around 2,600 personnel from the United States Pacific Command (USPACOM) will join the men and women of the Armed Forces of the Philippines for the Amphibious Landing Exercise 2013 (PHIBLEX 13) on October 8-18. In a release, PHIBLEX 13 is the 29th iteration in a continuing series of exercises designed to promote regional peace and security by ensuring interoperability and readiness of Philippine and U.S. forces. U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Harry K. Thomas Jr. sai...
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26Sep2012QUEZON CITY, Sept 26 (PIA) -- Government officials today will assess the peace and order situation in the National Capitol Region (NCR) in a meeting today of the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC). Newly appointed Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas will attend the meeting together with Metro Manila mayors, officials from the Philippine National Police and Armed Forces of the Philippines and regional directors of national government agencies. Caloocan City Mayor Enrico Echiv...
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21Sep2012TAGUIG CITY, Sept 21 (PIA) -- Lawbreakers may soon find themselves behind bars as Metro Manila police intensify efforts to crackdown on their operations. The police scored high following successful operations in Metro Manila, after National Capital Region Police Office chief Leonardo Espina ordered to intensify crackdown versus law violators. Espina told Metro Manila cops to hit criminals and other law violators. Espina said that he ordered every police patroller to be on alert and on guard ...
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20Sep2012QUEZON CITY, Sept 20 (PIA) -- Authorities from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested a suspected big-time drug dealer last Tuesday, September 18 in Quezon City. In a statement, PDEA Director General Jose S. Gutierrez, Jr. said the suspect is from Brgy. Talipapa, Quezon City. Armed with a search warrant, personnel of PDEA - National Capital Region swooped down on the residence of the suspect and immediately arrested him after being caught red-handed with one big plastic sachet...
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17Sep2012QUEZON CITY, Sept 17 (PIA) -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) is urging the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) to include mephentermine in the list of dangerous substances PDEA Director General Jose S. Gutierrez Jr. said in a statement that mephentermine is a stimulant and has similar effects and characteristics with that of shabu but cheaper. The agency has expressed concern over the use of “mephentermine” as a potential substitute for methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu by subs...
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14Sep2012QUEZON CITY, Sept 14 (PIA) -- Three of the country's most popular celebrities will be named National Peace Ambassadors during the launch of the “I am for Peace” campaign in Malacañan Palace, Manila today. They are apl.de.ap of Black Eyed Peas, top endorser Anne Curtis and actor Gerald Anderson. In a statement, Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos Deles said that "coming from diverse industries and backgrounds, the Peace Ambassadors will unite for one meaningful cause...
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07Sep2012MANILA, Sept 7 (PIA) -- Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos Deles has clarified that the term and concept “Bangsamoro Juridical Entity (BJE)” is no longer considered in the peace negotiations between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In a statement, Deles said in an interview that present peace negotiations were guided by the signed Decision Points on Principles as of April 2012, where among the principl...
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06Sep2012MANILA, Sept. 6 (PIA) –- Government Chief Peace Negotiator Marvic Leonen has urged his counterparts in the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to resolve the “remaining contentious points” in their ongoing peace talks in Malaysia so they can finally bring home a viable “framework agreement” for a peaceful Mindanao. In a statement, Leonen, speaking at the opening of the 31st round of Formal Exploratory Talks in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Wednesday underscored the optimism of the governmen...
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05Sep2012MANILA, Sept 5 (PIA) -- The Department of Transportation and Communication today said four crates of the plane wreckage of the ill-fated Piper Seneca plane that killed Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo and two others are now set to be transported to Manila from Masbate airport. DOTC spokesperson Nic Conti said the four crates which contain the fuselage, two wings, and engines and other pieces of RP-C4431 recovered from the crash site, located about 800 meters off the shore o...
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03Sep2012QUEZON CITY, Sept 3 (PIA) -- Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos Deles on Sunday called on the Filipino nation to support the “gains of the peace process.” Deles also said major breakthroughs in the current peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Mindanao may soon be possible. Speaking at the “1Goal for Peace” ceremony that kicked off the celebration of the Peace Month 2012 at the PhilSports Complex, Pasig City, Deles said the peace process p...
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03Sep2012QUEZON CITY, Sept 3 (PIA) -- Armed Forces of the Philippines chief General Jessie D. Dellosa vowed to continue to support the peace initiatives of the government. In a release, Dellosa led the soldiers in pledging to work towards peace through their own initiatives and actions in observance of the National Peace Consciousness month this September. With this year’s theme, “Ako. Ikaw. Tayo. Magkakaiba, Nagkakaisa sa Kapayapaan,” the event aims to raise awareness among Filipinos on the nee...
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03Sep2012PASIG CITY, Sept 3 (PIA) -- Celebrity football players, the Philippine Azkals, and the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) officials on Sunday extended their support to government’s efforts to promote the ongoing peace process. They made a special appearance at the opening of the observance of the National Peace Consciousness Month at the Philsports Football field in Pasig City. Azkals Team Manager Dan Palami led a football clinic at the Peace Month kick off dubbed, “1Goal for Peace” at...
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02Sep2012QUEZON CITY, Sept. 2 (PIA) -- The Office of the Presidential on the Peace Process (OPAPP) has lined up a series of activities nationwide for the celebration of the 9th National Peace Consciousness Month (Peace Month) starting Sunday, September 2. OPAPP Secretary Teresita Quintos Deles said in a press release that the month-long celebration, which carries the theme ‘Ako. Ikaw. Tayo. Magkakaiba, Nagkakaisa sa Kapayapaan’ aims to raise awareness among Filipinos on the need to advance the gover...
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31Aug2012QUEZON CITY, Aug 31 (PIA) -- A member of a drug syndicate involved in selling shabu in Metro Manila was nabbed by anti-drug agents Wednesday evening, August 29 at Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Jose S. Gutierrez said the suspect, 31, from Tangos, Navotas City, was caught after selling 200 grams of shabu worth over P1 million to an undercover agent. The pusher was arrested by authorities from PDEA, Taguig City Police during a buy-bust op...
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30Aug2012QUEZON CITY, Aug 30 (PIA) -- Immigration Commissioner Ricardo David Jr. has issued a warning to foreign tourists against the activities of “fixers” faking the agency’s arrival, departure, and visa extension stamps. The warning was issued after the arrest of two departing Chinese nationals with spurious immigration stamps on their passports. David advised foreign tourists to transact directly with employees at the Bureau of Immigration and Deportation (BID) offices and not with strangers ...
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30Aug2012QUEZON CITY, Aug 30 (PIA) -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) nabbed a big time drug pusher after selling approximately P10 million worth of methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu to an undercover agent in a buy-bust operation Tuesday evening in Manila. PDEA Director General Undersecretary Jose S. Gutierrez Jr. said approximately two kilograms of shabu were recovered from suspect, a 34-year-old coconut lumber trader from Cabuyao, Laguna. PDEA said a planned transaction was hatch...
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28Aug2012QUEZON CITY, Aug. 28 (PIA) -- Vice President Jejomar C. Binay has asked the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to investigate allegations of students of hospitality courses being exploited while undergoing on-the-job training (OJT) abroad. This developed after Binay wrote CHED Chairperson Dr. Patricia Licuanan saying he received reports of colleges requiring their Hotel and Restaurant Management (HRM) students to undergo OJT in foreign countries “where they work long hours as wait staff wi...
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28Aug2012QUEZON CITY, Aug 28 (PIA) -- The Department of the Interior Local Government – National Capital Region (DILG-NCR) in collaboration with the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) has prepared various activities in celebration of the National Crime Prevention Week (NCPW) on September 1 to 7. In a news release, DILG-NCR Regional Director Renato Brion said a kick-off ceremony will be simultaneously conducted in five police operational districts in Metro Manila on September 7 starting with a Mass th...
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27Aug2012QUEZON CITY, Aug 27 (PIA) -- Authorities from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has intensified its monitoring on foreign nationals after recent airport interdiction operations have exposed their involvement in illegal drug activities. In a release, PDEA Director General Undersecretary Jose S. Gutierrez Jr. said that based on consolidated data, since June 2012 to present, seven foreign nationals were arrested for transporting shabu at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). ...
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21Aug2012QUEZON CITY, Aug 21 (PIA) -- The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will get over P20 billion for its modernization program. In a release, Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) Executive Vice President Aileen Zosa confirmed the funding for the AFP Modernization Program. “This project arose out of the disposition of the 34.5-hectare Joint U.S. Military Assistance Group (JUSMAG) area. The JUSMAG area will generate for the Armed Forces of the Philippines more than P20 billion o...
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13Aug2012QUEZON CITY, August 13 (PIA) –- Members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines will band together with men and women of the United States Pacific Air Force (PACAF) in a mutual Humanitarian Civil Assistance (HCA) and Civil Military Operations (CMO) activities from August 20 to September 20, 2012 in Pampanga and Tarlac. The activity aims to enhance the response capability of both armed forces during times of disasters and calamities. “The Pacific Unity 12-6 comes very timely as we continue...
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13Aug2012QUEZON CITY, Aug 13 (PIA) -- Department of Health (DOH) Center for Health Development – National Capital Region (CHD-NCR) Regional Director Eduardo C. Janairo confirmed government hospitals and facilities are offering free medical treatment to families in evacuation centers. “We are encouraging the people in evacuation centers to bring immediately those who are in need of medical treatment to the nearest government hospital in their area for proper treatment and care,” Janairo said. “...
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06Aug2012QUEZON CITY, Aug 6 (PIA) -- The office of the vice president has tapped local government units (LGUs) in the drive against squatting syndicates and professional squatters, saying the active participation of LGUs is crucial in the national government’s anti-squatting campaign. “It is the LGUs who can immediately identify and stop these criminal elements at the first sign of illegal activity,” Vice President Jejomar Binay said. To encourage LGUs to participate, the Housing and Urban Deve...
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05Aug2012QUEZON CITY, Aug5 (PIA) -- Combined forces from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and Philippine National Police (PNP) recently seized a boxful of assorted dangerous drugs amounting to almost P1.1 million. In a release, PDEA Director General Jose S. Gutierrez Jr. said authorities nabbed two suspects Tuesday night, one a resident of Tandang Sora, Quezon City and another from Pasay City. Combined elements of PDEA-NCR and Parañaque City Police arrested the two shortly after they s...
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03Aug2012MANILA, Aug. 3 (PIA) -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government has implemented a number of “drastic” anti-crime strategies to minimize, if not discourage, the commission of crimes in Metro Manila. In a statement, DILG Secretary Jesse M. Robredo has put to task all the five National Capital Regional Police Office (NCRPO) District Directors, the local chiefs of police, their sub-station and police community precinct (PCPs) commanders, to carry out the new intensified anti-crime c...
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02Aug2012QUEZON CITY, August 2 (PIA) -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) granted over P4.6 million in cash to 16 informants during PDEA’s 10th anniversary celebration on Monday, July 30. In a statement, PDEA Director General Jose S. Gutierrez lauded 16 informants for providing vital information that led to the arrest of several notorious drug personalities and the confiscation of illegal drugs under operation called, "Private Eye." “Our 16 informants were identified only by their coden...
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01Aug2012MANILA, Aug 1 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) and the Cooperative Union of the Philippines recently signed into an agreement to enrol 500,000 new Individually Paying members to the program. The signing ceremony was led by PhilHealth President and CEO Dr. Eduardo P. Banzon and Felix Borja, engineer and secretary general of the Cooperative Union of the Philippines, a statement posted on its website said (philhealth.gov.ph). Under the MOA, the Cooperative Union ...
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31Jul2012QUEZON CITY, JULY 31 (PIA)--Some 140 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) will be repatriated from Syria this week as a result of a successful negotiation of the Philippine Government with top Syrian officials. In a statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said the Syrian Government assured Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Rafael Seguis that it will assist in the repatriation of 1,404 more OFWs who have signified their intention to come home. The batches of repatriates will arrive at NAIA ...
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31Jul2012QUEZON CITY, July 31 (PIA) -- Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Jose S. Gutierrez Jr. vowed to intensify anti-drug operations. This after the Gutierrez led the agency during the 10th anniversary celebration of PDEA Monday, July 30 at the PDEA National Headquarters in Quezon City with guest of honor, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Deputy Governor Juan de Zuñiga, Jr. “PDEA faced many challenges. Along the way, some of our comrades made the supreme sacrifice, giving the...
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30Jul2012VILLAMOR AIRBASE, PASAY CITY, July 30 (PIA) -- A new batch of Philippine troops are bound for a United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission to Liberia. PAF Chief Lt. Gen. Lauro Catalino G. Dela Cruz formally led the sendoff of the 115-strong 17th Philippine Contingent of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to Liberia on July 28 at the Philippine Air Force (PAF) gymnasium here. “I expect the best discipline when they are there in Liberia. They are in Liberia to keep the peace. They are no...
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23Jul2012MANILA, July 23 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) has deployed 31 fire trucks and nine ambulances in specified areas as part of security and support services for President Benigno S. Aquino III’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) today. A statement from the Department of Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) website said BFP Regional Director Chief Superintendent Santiago Laguna issued the order to his district commanders. The BFP’s role is to provide fire trucks and ambulan...
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21Jul2012QUEZON CITY, July 21 (PIA) -- Authorities from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) recently arrested a commercial pilot after selling methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu to a poseur-buyer in Taguig City. In a statement, PDEA Director General Jose S. Gutierrez said the local airline pilot was caught by authorities from the PDEA regional office-National Capital Region July 14, with two plastic sachets of shabu weighing around 9.1433 grams. According to PDEA, the pilot-pusher also ...
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18Jul2012QUEZON CITY, July 18 (PIA) -- Around 6,000 police from the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) are all set for President Benigno S. Aquino III’s third State of the Nation Address (SONA) Monday, July 23. In a statement, Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Nicanor A. Bartolome yesterday visited the NCRPO headquarters in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City to personally assess the final security preparations of NCRPO in assuming law enforcement and public safety operations. NCRPO Chief ...
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17Jul2012QUEZON CITY, July 17 (PIA) -- The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) is preparing for President Benigno S. Aquino III’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 23. As part of the preparations, members of NCRPO held its annual Civil Disturbance Management (CDM) competition at the Quirino Grandstand, Manila on July 14. District Public Safety Battalions (DPSB) from five police districts including the regional public safety battalion (RPSB) from NCRPO headquarters particip...
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15Jul2012MANILA, July 15 (PÏA) -- Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse M. Robredo is urging all local jails being managed by various local government units (LGUs) be placed under the control and supervision of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP). In a statement posted on the DILG website, Robredo argued that the BJMP has the capability, technical know-how, equipage and trained personnel to manage them. The DILG chief said this in the wake of the escape of at least 11 “dangero...
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13Jul2012QUEZON CITY, July 13 (PIA) -- The Philippines welcomed the arrival of 70 new US Peace Corps volunteers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport July 8. The Peace Corps Trainee Group 271, the group of new volunteers to join more than 8,000 Americans who have served as Peace Corps volunteers in the Philippines since 1961, will be working side by side Filipinos to promote friendship and help build better lives. The goal of the US Peace Corps is to promote peace and friendship between the Phil...
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11Jul2012MANILA, July 11 (PIA) -- Philippine Coast Guard Chief Vice Admiral Edmund Tan recently asked bishops for prayers for the peaceful resolution on the disputed Scarborough or Panatag Shoal in the West Philippine Sea. In a statement, Tan asked this at the briefing of members of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) about the contested area held Sunday, July 8, during the CBCP’s plenary assembly at the Pius XII Catholic Center in Manila. During the meeting, bishops were g...
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08Jul2012QUEZON CITY, July 8 (PIA) -- The Maynilad Water Services, Inc. recently inaugurated another ‘Samahang Tubig Maynilad’ (STM) community in Quezon City. In a release, the new STM community established in Sitio Bakal is composed of 250 households that used to rely on unsafe water supply from small, private deep wells. “Providing communities with clean water, regardless of their social standing, has always been at the heart of our business. This is why we continue to help and empower communi...
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06Jul2012QUEZON CITY, July 6 (PIA) -- The Quezon City Police Department (QCPD) is opening their mobile phone lines to schools for easier response to emergencies. They are urging school authorities and students to make use of this tool to communicate with police officers in times of emergencies, situations, and other concerns, and will facilitate quicker response to these issues. In addition to setting up police assistance desks in schools and conducting school rounds, the 12 station commanders of the Q...
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02Jul2012MAKATI CITY, July 2 (PIA) -- The Makati Health Department (MHD), started implementing the first phase of a six-month dengue prevention and control program in the city’s 38 public elementary and high schools. This is in partnership with the Department of Education (DepEd)-Makati, Department of Health (DOH), and Department of Science and Technology (DOST). Data from the Makati Health Department showed that there has been a 30 percent increase in the number of dengue cases recorded from January...
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22Jun2012MANILA, June 22 (PIA) -- Transportation Secretary Mar Roxas has ordered the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board to draft a bill of rights for jeepney, bus, and taxi passengers to protect them against abusive drivers and operators. In a statement posted on the DOTC website, Roxas said the bill of rights should be similar to the one being crafted for air passengers. The official gave the directive during the 25th anniversary of the LTFRB. He also stressed that the bill of rights...
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21Jun2012MANILA, June 21 (PIA) -- The number of fire incidents nationwide went down by 3,058 from January to April this year, compared to the 3,479 for the same period last year or a 12.10 percent deduction. In a statement posted on the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) website, the agency noted that while the nationwide fire incidents decreased, the estimated cost of damages reported by the Bureau of Fire Protection rose to P1.09 billion for January to April 2012 from P922.2 millio...
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20Jun2012QUEZON CITY, June 20 (PIA) -- The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace Process (OPAPP) said in a press release Wednesday that local and foreign academic studies show that the country’s peace and order situation is improving. These studies are the 2012 Global Peace Index by the Institute for Economics and Peace and The Pulse Asia's Ulat ng Bayan survey. The 2012 Global Peace Index by the Institute for Economics and Peace ranked the Philippines among the top five nations that registered...
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19Jun2012QUEZON CITY, June 19 (PIA) -- Police personnel from the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) are now intensifying preparations with the start of rainy season. NCRPO chief Alan Purisima in a release said, police in the metro regularly attend trainings to improve their capability and skills to properly respond in times of need. “Your NCRPO continuously conducts trainings and programs to prepare and equip our personnel and forces for disasters during rainy days. We make sure that o...
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18Jun2012QUEZON CITY, June 18 (PIA) -– Authorities from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) recently seized drugs worth around P874 million from an abandoned industrial laboratory in Parañaque City. In a release, PDEA Assistant Secretary Carlos F. Gadapan confirmed the recovery of some 372 kilograms (kg) of ephedrine; 100 liters of liquid methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu); 8,419 kg of solid and 39, 884 liters of liquid chemicals; together with voluminous laboratory equipment and other m...
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18Jun2012QUEZON CITY, June 18 (PIA) -- Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Nicanor A. Bartolome recently reiterated his call to all PNP unit commanders of the “One Strike and No Take Policy” as part of the anti-illegal gambling campaign. In a memorandum, Bartolome reiterated that the One Strike Policy shall be vigorously observed with greater emphasis on command responsibility, while the No Take Policy shall be the norm for all PNP personnel consistent with prescribed ethical standards and the an...
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18Jun2012MANILA, June 18 (PIA) -- The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) has directed the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the Maritime Industry Authority to ensure the safety of passengers and take extra precautionary measures when tropical storms enter the Philippine area of responsibility. In a statement posted on its website, the DOTC directed the PCG to remind all shipping companies, agencies, and ships’ crew to strictly comply with the directive not to allow all vessels to sa...
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14Jun2012QUEZON CITY, June 14 (PIA) -- The Quezon City Peace and Order Council (QCPOC) said the implementation of the QC crisis management plan as successful, noting that the QC Police District was able to solve many cases in the past months. The comprehensive plan, formulated by QCPD last year, set forth the operational guidelines, strategies, and tactics of QCPD in addressing man-made disastrous situations arising from violent incidents like hostage-taking and terrorist acts. During a meeting held r...
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06Jun2012QUEZON CITY, June 6 (PIA) -– Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos Deles said that building blocks for peace are being put in place to complement the ongoing peace negotiations between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). The GPH and the MILF peace panels recently concluded the three-day 28th formal exploratory talks in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia last month with both parties agreeing to return to their principals and further r...
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05Jun2012QUEZON CITY, June 5 (PIA) -- Philippine National Police chief Nicanor A. Bartolome on Monday said the opening of classes was generally peaceful and orderly. In a release, Bartolome said the PNP’s National Operations Center in Camp Crame did not monitor any untoward incident. “I am personally satisfied with the deployment of troops for police beat patrol and visibility operations in Manila’s University Belt Area, and in the vicinity of school premises elsewhere around the country,” sa...
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04Jun2012MANILA, JUNE 4 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Immigration has issued new guidelines in the registration and issuance of visas to dependent-children of foreign nationals in the country. The new rules were issued after the bureau stumbled upon records of hundreds of alien dependents who were mistakenly registered as native-born foreigners just because they were born in the Philippines. The guidelines contained in a memorandum circular issued by BI Commissioner Ricardo David Jr. and approved by Justice S...
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04Jun2012MAKATI, June 4 (PIA) -- The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is intensifying its campaign against jaywalking. After getting approval from the Metro Manila Council (MMC) of raising the jaywalking fine from P150 to P 200 including a seminar on disaster preparedness, it is now embarking on an extensive re-painting and installation of new pedestrian lanes within the immediate vicinities of schools in Metro Manila. MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino announced that at least 1,300 pedes...
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03Jun2012MANILA, June 3 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) has inspected at least 86 schools and universities and 65 dormitories in Metro Manila. Some of these have been discovered to have violated certain fire safety rules and regulations, BFP officer-in-charge CSupt. Samuel Perez said in a statement posted in the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) website. Perez said that of the 86 schools and universities inspected, 46 were in Manila, 21 in Muntinlupa, 11 in Makati and eigh...
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03Jun2012MANILA, June 3 (PIA) -- Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) secretary Mar Roxas III said the removal of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona from office through the impeachment process was a sign that our democratic system of checks and balances work. “Not since the EDSA Revolution of 1986 have I felt as proud to be a Filipino, than today. In EDSA, we cast out a dictatorship, today we removed an unworthy Chief Justice. And we have done it not by a dint of that great fo...
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02Jun2012QUEZON CITY, June 2 (PIA) -- Government of the Philippines (GPH) peace panel chair Marvic Leonen said that he is "comfortable" with how this month's round of talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) ended, a press release from the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) said. The three-day 28th formal exploratory in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia between the GPH and the MILF officially concluded Thursday with both sides agreeing to go back to their principals and fur...
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02Jun2012MANILA, June 2 (PIA) -- At least 86 schools and universities and 65 dormitories in Metro Manila have been inspected by the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and have been found to have violated certain fire safety rules and regulations, BFP Officer-in-Charge C/Supt. Samuel Perez said in a statement released over the weekend. In a report to Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse M. Robredo, of the 86 schools and universities inspected, 46 were in Manila, 21 in Muntinlupa, 11 in Makati and...
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31May2012MANILA, May 31 (PIA) -- For efforts to prevent the spread of tuberculosis (TB) among inmates, the Quezon City Jail was cited by Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo on Wednesday cited the Quezon City Jail for its efforts to prevent the spread of tuberculosis among inmates with the inauguration of a new infirmary and isolation ward for inmates inflicted with tuberculosis in the annex building of the city jail. Robredo also acknowledged the support of the International Community ...
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30May2012QUEZON CITY, May 30 (PIA) –- Government of the Philippines (GPH) peace panel chair Dean Marvic Leonen stressed that “meaningful autonomy,” which the GPH and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have been eyeing to achieve for the Bangsamoro people, is “collective” and “democratic." “Meaningful autonomy is and has always been a collective effort of all Moros with the various other identities represented by the national government complementing their roles,” he stated in his ...
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29May2012QUEZON CITY, May 29 (PIA) -- The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is set to present the Internal Peace and Security Plan (IPSP) Bayanihan’s first year assessment in a two-day conference at the Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) in Quezon City on May 30 and 31. In a release posted in its website, the AFP through the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, J3 will be supporting the activity, which will be managed and hosted by the ADMU Department of Political Science-Working Gr...
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28May2012QUEZON CITY, May 28 (PIA) -- The National Child Labor Committee (NCLC) will launch the nationwide “BATANG MALAYA: Child labour free Philippines” campaign on June 26, 2012, Tuesday at the Fun Ranch Tiendesitas Frontera Verde Ortigas Avenue corner C5 in Pasig City. A press release from the International Labour Organization (ILO) said the campaign will be launched exactly two weeks after the June 12 World Day against Child Labour. ILO said the campaign will support the Philippines’ commit...
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25May2012QUEZON CITY, May 25 (PIA) -- The Philippine Air Force (PAF) is planning to revive the famed "Blue Diamond" Squadron as soon as it acquires new aircraft capable of defending the country's airspace and humanitarian missions. This was learned from PAF spokesman Col. Miguel Ernesto Okol in an exlusive interview at Villamor Air Base (VAB) in Pasay City. “We have identified our needs through our capability upgrade program (CUP) and Defense Acquisition System (DAS) as identified by Defense Secret...
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23May2012MANILA, May 23 (PIA) -- Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo directed the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) to step up the inspection of all school buildings, universities, colleges as well as student dormitories and boarding houses to check on compliance to fire safety requirements and standards in preparation for the opening of classes this June,. In a directive to BFP officer-in-charge C/Supt. Samuel Perez, Robredo said that the fire bureau should take the lead in the fire pre...
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23May2012MANILA, May 23 (PIA) -- The Philippine Navy has launched its Integrated Personnel Management System (IPMS) in celebration of its 114th anniversary Tuesday, May 22. Navy’s Flag Officer in Command Vice Admiral Alexander Pama AFP together with other Navy officials and system experts led the demonstration. According to the Philippine Navy, the IPMS is a software application developed by the Naval Communications Electronics and Information Systems Center to provide the Naval Command secure, rel...
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22May2012MANILA, May 22 (PIA) -- A Catholic priest and also a legal expert is throwing his full support to the national identification (ID) system. According to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), Fr. Ranhillo Aquino, Dean of San Beda College’s Graduate School of Law, said the system would be more beneficial to the public. “It’s for the convenience of the State. But it is also for the convenience of the citizen,” Aquino said. He also believed that the national ID sy...
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21May2012QUEZON CITY, May 21 (PIA) -- The Philippine Air Force (PAF) on Sunday said, search and rescue efforts continue for two of its missing pilots after an SF-260TP trainer and light attack plane crashed in Mariveles, Bataan Friday morning. In an official release, Air Force personnel, in coordination with the Philippine Navy and Philippine Coast Guard, have narrowed their search area south west of La Monja Island near Corregidor. The PAF has also contracted the services of a seabed mapping ship t...
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20May2012MANILA, May 20 (PIA) -- Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo lauded the Philippine National Police-Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG) for the continuous downtrend in carnapping incidents in the country, a statement posted on the DILG website said. The DILG said that operations conducted by the group resulted to a 68.3 percent decline in recorded carnapping cases in April this year. Citing the report submitted by PNP-HPG Director, P/Chief Supt. Leonardo Espina, Robredo, for his par...
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18May2012QUEZON CITY, May 18 (PIA) -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested a suspected drug pusher during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Manresa, Quezon City last May 15. The 48 year old, male suspect was arrested by elements of PDEA Regional Office-National Capital Region (PDEA RO-NCR) under Director Pedrito Magsino at the corner of Ragang and Panalturan Streets, Barangay Manresa, Quezon City after he sold one plastic sachet of shabu to a PDEA poseur-buyer, a press report from the...
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15May2012QUEZON CITY, May 15 (PIA) -– The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) has intensified police visibility patrols in preparation for this year’s school opening on June 4. In a release, NCRPO Chief Alan Purisima directed its five police districts to field personnel in strategic areas particularly within the vicinity of schools to achieve a “zero crime incident” in all school and university areas. Purisima also ordered police personnel to put up Police Assistance Desks to be manne...
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15May2012QUEZON CITY, May 15 (PIA) -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) said in a press statement Monday that it has set into motion a nationwide security and public safety plan ahead of the opening of the 2012 school opening in June. PNP Chief Director General Nicanor A. Bartolome ordered Director for Operations Police Director Samuel B Diciano, to mobilize all PNP Regional Offices and National Support Units to perform specific tasks and coordinating instructions to implement a nationwide security ...
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13May2012QUEZON CITY, May 13 (PIA) -- Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos Deles over the weekend assured civil society organizations (CSOs) and representing Indigenous Peoples (IP) communities that IP rights will be upheld and protected in the peace negotiations. Deles said in a press statement sent to the Philippine Information Agency-National Capital Region (PIA-NCR) that she consulted CSO representatives on the ongoing talks and delivered updates on the peace tracks. The Off...
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13May2012QUEZON CITY, May 13 (PIA) -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) said in a press statement that carnapping incidents continue to plunge in April as preventive police operations were stepped-up against organized crime groups engaged in carnapping. Mainly thru the efforts of the PNP Highway Patrol Group (HPG), a significant 68.3 percent decline in recorded carnapping cases was posted in April 2012 with only 39 carnapping incidents recorded, down from 123 cases recorded in April 2011. PNP-HPG ...
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10May2012MANILA, May 10 (PIA) -- Private sector supporters of slain broadcaster and environmentalist Dr. Gerardo “Gerry” Ortega has put up a P300,000 bounty for informants who could provide leads in the arrest of his alleged murder masterminds, former Palawan Gov. Joel T. Reyes and his brother, Coron town mayor Mario Reyes Jr. In a statement posted on the DILG website, Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse M. Robredo said the funds were pooled from friends from the private sector and the fu...
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10May2012MANILA, May 10 (PIA) -- The Department of Transportation and Communication will open up bidding in May for the P500-million airport x-ray screening and security equipment project, a statement said on the DOTC website. According to Transportation Secretary Mar Roxas, the project aims to improve security in different airports in the country with commercial flights by installing, upgrading and properly layering security screening of passengers. “We would immediately be putting up notices for bi...
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10May2012QUEZON CITY, May 10 (PIA) -- Filipino journalists have started an online petition for the immediate passage of the Freedom on Information (FOI) bill. This developed a few days after journalists celebrated World Press Freedom Day by advocating press freedom. The Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists (FFFJ), a network of media organizations working for press freedom and against violence against the media, is taking the lead on the online petition for the immediate passage of the FOI. The Center...
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10May2012QUEZON CITY, May 10 (PIA) -- Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said Wednesday that fishing activities can go on at Scarborough Shoal, off Masinloc, Zambales. Gazmin said this during the Defense Press Corps (DPC) Forum at Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City. The Defense Secretary also denied earlier reports that Chinese are barring Filipino fishermen from fishing in the area. Gazmin said their agency communicated with Philippine Coast Guard chief Admiral Edmund Tan. Meanwhile, Gazmin said the DND has...
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09May2012QUEZON CITY, May 9 (PIA) -- The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) on Wednesday lauded various local government officials nationwide for giving full support to the peace talks of the government peace panel with rebel groups, according to a press release by the OPAPP. Local executives expressed approval of the peace talks during a meeting last week with government peace panel member Miriam Coronel Ferrer held last week. “The guidelines of President Benigno C. Aqu...
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09May2012MANILA, May 9 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is beefing-up its efforts against illegal, destructive fishing by providing productive and sustainable livelihoods in the country's coastal areas. With the current limitations of the bureau, the way to effectively address these compounding problems is to set priorities and to deal with it one after the other, BFAR director Atty. Asis G. Perez said in a statement posted on the Department of Agriculture website. “For i...
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08May2012MANILA, May 8 (PIA) -- Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse M. Robredo on Monday directed the Philippine National Police, particularly the Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG), to investigate and work for the arrest of suspects in the murder of three persons, including Alfred Mendiola, the government’s witness against the Dominguez brothers in the Venson Evangelista slay case. Mendiola also known as “Bading,” was found dead, bound and gagged together with two other men, one of whom was...
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08May2012MANILA, May 8 (PIA) -- Members of the Manila Police District arrested over the weekend suspected big-time suppliers of the abortifacient drug Cytotec in the vicinity of Quiapo Church. In a release, a total of 2,000 tablets valued at P100,000 were seized from the suspects by MPD operatives. Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim lauded MPD Police Station 3 commander Police Inspector Joselito Von Possel and his team for the successful operation. The following suspects identified as Masjid Khan Y. Bisnar, 34...
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08May2012MANILA, May 8 (PIA) -- Personnel from the Philippine Postal Corporation (PhilPost) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) recently conducted a joint spot inspection at the Central Mail Exchange Center (CMEC), Domestic Road in Pasay City to ensure that parcels are not being used for drug trafficking. In a release, the inspection team was led by PhilPost’s Inspection Service Division Director Noel R. Acuña and PDEA’s Special Enforcement Service Director Jeoffrey C. Tacio. Using...
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07May2012QUEZON CITY, May 7 (PIA) –- Joint elements of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Friday, May 4 dismantled a mini-shabu laboratory in Malabon. In a release, PDEA chief Jose S. Gutierrez Jr. said the P5 million-worth of controlled precursors and essential chemicals were recovered by authorities from the illegal facility for manufacturing methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu in a residential compound in Malabon. Joints operatives of ...
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05May2012MANILA, May 5 (PIA) -- This year’s first quarter national crime volume has dropped by 11,219 or an average drop of 16.77 percent compared to the same period last year, according to a Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG). Secretary Jesse M. Robredo, in a statement posted on the DILG website, said that index crime records from January to March this year was 34,043, or a 19.86-percent decrease, compared to 42,479 incidents recorded for the same period past year, citing reports subm...
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04May2012QUEZON CITY, May 4 (PIA) -- The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) appealed to Filipinos to study the issues surrounding the peace process between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to be able to contribute to the crafting of a final peace agreement, according to a press release by the OPAPP. “Read and study. You will see how broad and deep the government-MILF peace process is. You will understand how much there is that needs t...
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02May2012QUEZON CITY, May 2 (PIA) -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Tuesday evening said it was a “generally peaceful” Labor Day rites observed nationwide. PNP officials said in an email that workers’ groups from different labor organizations celebrated international Labor Day in Manila and other key cities in the country with "no untoward incident reported." PNP Chief Director General Nicanor A. Bartolome directed all PNP Regional Directors to continue implementing their respective secu...
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02May2012QUEZON CITY, May 2 (PIA) -- A day after Labor Day, the Manila Police District (MPD) reported that protests held during the Labor day, May 1, have been peaceful. According to MPD Chief Superintendent Alejandro Gutierrez, no untoward incident was reported during the protests staged by workers in Plaza Miranda, Mendiola, and at the Liwasang Bonifacio, despite afternoon rain showers. Gutierrez said around 3,000 police personnel were deployed in different staging areas, as well in as vital instal...
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01May2012QUEZON CITY, May 1 (PIA) – As the nation observes Labor Day, members of the Philippine National Police were reminded to observe ‘maximum tolerance.’ PNP chief Nicanor A. Bartolome earlier directed all units to observe maximum tolerance to ensure no untoward incident will occur during the annual observance. According to PNP spokesman Senior Superintendent Generoso Cerbo Jr., police personnel will be deployed for crime prevention and control as hundreds of protesters are expected in som...
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29Apr2012MANILA, April 29 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is now preparing all necessary documents for the filing of administrative and criminal cases against at least 12 foreign fishermen suspected of illegal poaching in Philippine waters. In a statement posted on the Department of Agriculture website, it said that the fishermen, onboard a Malaysian-flagged fishing vessel, were apprehended recently by the joint operatives of the Philippine Coast Guard and the Bureau of Fi...
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26Apr2012QUEZON CITY, April 26 (PIA) -- Defense spokesman Peter Galvez said Thursday said that communication lines between the Philippines and China remain open, and both countries continue to seek a diplomatic solution to the Panatag Reef and Scarborough Shoal issue. "The Philippine Government continue to discuss the issue with the Chinese government. The Philippine government is determined to find a peaceful solution to this," Galvez stressed. “We have to find a win-win, peaceful and diplomatic reso...
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26Apr2012QUEZON CITY, April 26 (PIA) -- The crime rates all over the country has dropped significantly in the first quarter of 2012, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jesse M. Robredo said Tuesday. Robredo said this year’s first quarter national crime volume has dropped by 11,219 or an average drop of 16.77 percent compared to the same period last year. Citing reports submitted to him by the Philippine National Police (PNP) Directorate for Investigation and Detective Manage...
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26Apr2012QUEZON CITY, April 26 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has warned hackers who have been defacing government websites and other security sensitive websites. “The rash of defaced foreign websites allegedly carried out by local hacker groups is neither sanctioned nor condoned by the Philippine Government, and must be stopped at the soonest,” said officials of Department of Science and Technology’s Information and Communications Technology Office (DOST-ICTO). “We un...
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24Apr2012MANILA, APRIL 24 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment clarified that only the Kurdistan Region in Iraq is open for deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs). The department stressed that the deployment ban is still in effect in other regions of Iraq. Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said the Iraqi Kurdistan Region (IKR) was excluded in the total deployment ban of OFWs to Iraq under Governing Board Resolution No. 03 Series of 2012 of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration...
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21Apr2012MANILA, APRIL 21 (PIA) -- Another five overseas Filipino workers repatriated from Syria is scheduled to arrive today at 9:55 PM at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport aboard Emirates Airlines Flight No. EK 334. Yesterday, 10 OFWs arrived aboad Philippine Airlines Flight PR 731 and Emirates Ailines Flight EK 334. Since the violence in Syria began to escalate, the Embassy has successfully brought over a thousand Filipinos back to the Philippines despite logistical challenges. In a news relea...
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18Apr2012MANILA, April 18 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has detained the eight Koreans arrested recently by the Philippine National Police in San Pablo City and Calauan in Laguna for allegedly operating an illegal gambling racket involving pitbulls. In a statement, Immigration Commissioner Ricardo David Jr. said he ordered the Koreans’ confinement at the BI jail in Bicutan, Taguig after they were released for further investigation by the city prosecutor’s office in San Pablo and after cha...
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16Apr2012QUEZON CITY, April 16 (PIA) -- The Armed Forces of the Philippines together with the United States Armed Forces will come together for mutual defense and disaster response exercises beginning today April 16, 2012 for the Balikatan 2012 (BK12). In a release, this year’s Balikatan Exercise is the 28th of its series that calls for a more responsive partnership with the community focusing on Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response (HA/DR) Training. According to the AFP, the 2012 RP-US Bal...
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15Apr2012MANILA, April 15 (PIA) -- Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse M. Robredo on Friday cited the unrelenting efforts of the Philippine National Police Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG) in going after carjacking syndicates which resulted to a significant 49.5 percent decrease in carnapping incidents in March this year, according to a press release. Citing the report submitted by PNP-HPG Director, PChief Supt. Leonardo Espina, Robredo said only 53 carnapping incidents transpired in March this ...
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13Apr2012MANILA, April 13 (PIA) -- Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse M. Robredo on Thursday bared that a closed circuit television (CCTV) camera footage and at least 10 witnesses may provide clues to the identities of the suspects in the almost simultaneous twin bomb explosions that injured three persons in El-Nido and Puerto Princesa City on Maundy Thursday. The DILG chief made the disclosure based on reports furnished him by Palawan police and local officials who are now closely working ha...
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13Apr2012QUEZON CITY, April 13 (PIA) -- Authorities from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) yesterday, April 12, led the destruction of some 261 kilograms (kg) and 301 liters of dangerous drugs. The P807.7-million worth of dangerous drugs were destroyed at the Integrated Waste Management Incorporated (IWMI) in Trece Martirez City, Cavite. PDEA chief Jose S. Gutierrez Jr. said the destruction was done in compliance with the guidelines stated under Section 21, Article II of Republic Act 9165...
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10Apr2012QUEZON CITY, April 10 (PIA) -- An Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group (IADITG) center will soon open at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). This, after a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was inked among the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Manila International Airport Administration (MIAA), and six other national government agencies, a statement from the PDEA said. PDEA Director General Undersecretary Jose S. Gutierrez Jr. thanked MIAA General Manager Jose Angel Honrad...
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06Apr2012MANILA, April 6 (PIA) -- Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse M. Robredo on Tuesday said plans are underway to transfer the detention of high-risk inmates from the Kidapawan district jail in Kidapawan City to the Bicutan district jail in Taguig City. The plan, according to Robredo in a statement, is to prevent a repeat of last February 19 incident wherein around 50 unidentified heavily-armed men assaulted the Kidapawan district jail in a bid to rescue a detained Maguindanao-based notor...
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04Apr2012MANILA, April 4 (PIA) -- To further enhance its extensive traffic monitoring systems, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) today rolled out its Mobile Metrobase, a mobile command and communications van capable of reaching far-flung areas in Metro Manila and providing real-time traffic surveillance footages. MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino said the Mobile Metrobase will enable the agency's Command Center in Guadalupe, Makati City to monitor blind spots, or areas where the MMDA h...
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03Apr2012MANILA, April 3 (PIA) -- To better prepare building occupants on what they should do in case of fire, the Pasay City Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) recently conducted a surprise fire drill on two buildings that are primarily being occupied and rented by call center companies at the Mall of Asia Complex in the city. In a report to Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse M. Robredo, Pasay City Fire Marshal C/Insp. Douglas Guiyab said he sent a team to spearhead the fire and earthquake dril...
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02Apr2012MANILA, April 2 (PIA) -- Even during the Holy Week, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority will continue apprehending colorum vehicles along Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue and other major thoroughfares. In a statement, MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino said they will not tolerate colorum operations during Holy Week as there are enough legitimate public utility vehicles to ferry commuters. "There will be no letup. In fact, we will intensify our anti-colorum operations during the Holy Week br...
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02Apr2012QUEZON CITY, April 2 (PIA) -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) reiterated its call for appropriate and timely legislations that will give more teeth to the anti-drug law and empower the agency to effectively execute its mandate to fight illegal drugs in the country. PDEA Director General Undersecretary Jose S. Gutierrez, Jr. cited Section 3 of Republic Act 4200 which prohibits and penalizes wiretapping and other related violations of the privacy of communication. “The presen...
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31Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 31 (PIA) –- The leadership of the Philippine Military Academy assures parents of new cadets of their full support to the no hazing policy of the country’s premier military school. But the new breeds of military leaders were also encouraged by Superintendent of the Philippine Military Academy to report any case of maltreatment. “In case maltreatment happens to their sons or daughters, they are encouraged to file a criminal case against the perpetrators in a civil co...
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30Mar2012MAKATI CITY, March 30 (PIA) -- Despite the observance of the Holy Week and the long holiday, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will continue to apprehend colorum vehicles plying along the thoroughfares of Metro Manila (MM). MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino stressed that colorum vehicles will not be tolerated since there are enough legitimate utility vehicles to serve commuters and they have no right to compete with duly franchised PUVs. "There will be no letup. In fact, we w...
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27Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 27 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Immigration created a border crossing coordinating committee that will oversee the fielding of Immigration personnel to border crossing stations near the country’s border with Indonesia and Malaysia due to reports of the alarming number of undocumented foreigners in Southern Philippines. In a news release, Immigration Commissioner Ricardo David Jr. said the committee was formed to provide a mechanism for deploying BI personnel to the border crossin...
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27Mar2012MANILA, Mar. 27 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) has stepped up its fire prevention campaign by conducting it in informal settler areas. The first was held recently in a depressed community at Barangay Paso De Blas in Valenzuela City. In a report to Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo, Valenzuela City Fire Marshal F/Supt. Mel Jose Lagan said the fire drill in Valenzuela City was the first time that to be done in an informal settler community. He said the fire b...
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27Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 27 (PIA) -- National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) is already all set for this year’s ‘Oplan Bantay-Lakbay’ as part of the Philippine National Police ‘Oplan SumVac 2012'. PNP chief Nicanor A. Bartolome said this year’s ‘Oplan SumVac’ aims to promote travel safety for both local and foreign travelers this Lenten and summer season, an agency statement said. According to Bartolome, the NCRPO will lead the ‘Oplan Bantay-Lakbay’ in cooperation with the M...
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26Mar2012MANILA, March 26 (PIA) -- Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse M. Robredo cited the unrelenting efforts of the Philippine National Police Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG) in going after carjacking syndicates which resulted to a significant 63 percent decrease in carnapping incidents in February this year. Citing the report submitted by PNP-HPG Director, P/Chief Supt. Leonardo Espina, Robredo said only 47 carnapping incidents transpired in February this year, which is 63 percent or 80 in...
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25Mar2012MANILA, March 25 (PIA) -- After inspecting business establishments on their compliance with fire safety standards, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) will now also focus on the home inspection of fire-prone residential areas nationwide to reduce structural fire incidents. In a report to Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo, BFP officer-in-charge CSupt. Samuel R. Perez said he directed all regional directors, provincial, city and municipal fire marshals to intensify the conduc...
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21Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 21 (PIA) -- Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) Sec. Mar Roxas said that DOTC will purchase new vessels and search and rescue equipments to boost Philippine Coast Guard’s (PCG) disaster response capability. “In line with the government’s Kayo ang Boss advocacy, we want to upgrade the PCG’s rescue and relief capability to a level where they can protect our sea lanes and flooded areas when the rainy season comes,&...
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20Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 20 (PIA) -- Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman Francis Tolentino yesterday enjoined the public to help in the crackdown against illegal jeepney terminals. Chairman Tolentino saidMMDA has been receiving text messages about illegal terminals and he is urging the public to help in calling the attention of barangay officials for appropriate actions. “We should alert our local officials especially at the barangay...
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20Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 20, (PIA)--Immigration officers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) have tightened the screening of all African nationals following the spate of apprehensions of foreign drug mules at the premiere port in recent days. In a news release, Bureau of Immigration (BI) spokesperson and acting intelligence chief Atty. Ma. Antonette Mangrobang said the bureau’s intelligence agents are also closely monitoring African passengers arr...
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20Mar2012MANILA, March 20 (PIA) -- Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse M. Robredo has lauded the Philippine National Police and various local officials for adopting and implementing contingency measures to maintain peace and order in the transport caravan-affected areas nationwide. The DILG chief said in a statement that the PNP and the concerned LGUs, aside for maintaining peace and order, should all be credited for their efforts in setting up local and police assistance centers to he...
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19Mar2012VALENZUELA CITY, March 19 (PIA) -- The newly inaugurated Crime Laboratory Satellite Office of the Philippine National Police (PNP) is propping up the Valenzuela City – Scene of the Crime Operatives in (SOCO) in tracking down perpetrators of complex crimes. The SOCO office, which will serve as the satellite office for the Northern Police District (NPD) or the whole CAMANAVA area, is equipped with advanced forensic tools provided by the City Government. The facility will be...
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17Mar2012MANILA, March 17 (PIA) -- Another batch of sailors and marines were deployed Friday, March 16, to form part of the 15th Philippine Contingent to Haiti in line with the United Nations Stabilization in Haiti (MINUSTAH). The joint send-off and closing ceremonies of the United Nations (UN) Core Pre-Deployment Training was held at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City. The 155-strong, all-Navy contingent led by Marine Colonel Arthur M. Biyo was accompanied by 12 officers and 143 enlis...
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14Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 14 (PIA)--The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) warned jobseekers against fake recruitment e-mails. Administrator Hans Leo Cacdac said an e-mail congratulating an applicant for being selected for a specific job he or she did not apply for reeks of a recruitment scam. Cacdac advises jobseekers to think twice before replying to e-mails with the said subject especially those coming from “international companies” they have never heard of be...
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13Mar2012ERRATUM QUEZON CITY, March 13 (PIA) -- Philippine National Police chief Nicanor A. Bartolome ordered members of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) to work double time in solving the recent attack on Daily Tribune reporter Fernan Angeles. In a release Monday, March 12, Bartolome ordered the NCRPO and the Eastern Police District (EPD) to look into the shooting incident and to immediately identify and arrest those responsible. Bartolome direct...
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09Mar2012MANILA, March 9 (PIA) -- Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse M. Robredo has ordered an investigation and arrest of suspects in two separate massacre incidents in a remote village in Lapuyan, Zamboanga del Sur and Lopez, Quezon recently. According to a statement posted in the agency's website, the DILG chief specifically issued the directive to Chief Superintendent Napoleon Estilles, Philippine National Police-Region 9 director and Senior Superintendent Ericson Velasquez,...
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09Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 9 (PIA) -- The Philippine Air Force will formally accept four of the eight brand new combat utility helicopters from the biggest helicopter manufacturer in Poland, Wytwórnia Sprzętu Komunikacyjnego PZL-Świdnik S.A. Defense Secretary Voltaire T. Gazmin will lead the ceremonial pouring of champagne on the new aircrafts Friday, March 9 at the Air Force City in Clark Field, Pampanga. In a release, Philippine Air Force Public Information chi...
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07Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 7 (PIA) -- In a bid to put an end to illegal or “colorum” public utility vehicles plying in Metro Manila, the Philippine National Police is proposing joint operations with the Land Transportation Office (LTO) and the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA). PNP chief Nicanor A. Bartolome directed National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) chief Alan Purisima to closely coordinate with LTO and MMDA authorities for a stronger effort agains...
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06Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 6 (PIA) -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) expressed confidence that the continuing support extended by the different sectors of society to the national anti-drug campaign is a big boost to rid the country of illegal drugs. In a release, PDEA Director General Jose S. Gutierrez, Jr. said he is hopeful that the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) would consider the possibility of expanding its support to law enforcement. D...
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05Mar2012MANILA, March 5 (PIA) -- With two new utility boats and now, new anti-terror equipment, the Philippine Coast Guard sees a stronger maritime security. Philippine Coast Guard chief Vice Admiral Edmund C. Tan said the new anti-terror equipment composed of bullet proof vests, vest carrier, plates, ballistic helmets and visors will be used by the PCG’s Special Operations Group-Anti Terrorist Unit. “The new protective gears will add safety measures to the pr...
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29Feb2012MARIKINA CITY, Feb. 29 (PIA) -- The city government of Marikina is set to hold a Peace and Order Summit on Thursday, March 1 at 8:00 AM at the Marikina Convention Center. Marikina Mayor Del De Guzman said the summit aims to strengthen measures on security, and peace and order in the city. With the theme “Kapayapaan at Kaayusan Ating Itaguyod Tungo sa Tunay na Kaunlaran,” the summit will discuss laws to include Republic Act 9344 or the “Juvenile Justice and Welfare...
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29Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb 29 (PIA) -- Despite the continuing rise of oil price in the global market, Armed Forces of the Philippines chief Lieutenant General Jessie D. Dellosa assured that the implementation of austerity measures will not affect the operations of the AFP. Dellosa said their operational and administrative activities anchored with the implementation of the IPSP Bayanihan’s principles will continue. “We assure that this will not affect the performance of our major responsi...
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28Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb 27 (PIA) -- The Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) led a rescue mission that saved 22 women including several minors bound for the Middle East during an operation against human trafficking Monday. In a news release, Vice President Jejomay Binay also the Presidential Adviser on Overseas Filipino Workers’ (OFW) Concerns and concurrent Chairman Emeritus of the IACAT said two of those rescued were due to fly tomorrow from Manila to Cebu t...
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28Feb2012QUEZON CITY, February 28 (PIA) -- Authorities from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Monday, February 27 nabbed a female Syrian national for possession of marijuana. In a release, PDEA Director General Jose S. Gutierrez, Jr. identified the arrested Syrian national as Reem Suliman Altawijri, a 36-year old resident of Riyadh, Sahafa Area, Saudi Arabia. Altawijri was arrested during the final screening at the departure area of...
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26Feb2012MANILA, Feb 26 (PIA) -- The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Tuesday, February 21 received two units of seven-meter utility boats from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) boosting the capability of the PCG to monitor the coastal parts of the country, prevent intruders at bay, and generally make their presence felt to bad elements. Transportation and Communications Secretary Mar Roxas lauded JICA for the recent turnover of utility boats that will be used by coas...
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22Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb. 22 (PIA) -- The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has lifted the 13-year deployment ban to Filipinos who want to work in European countries as “au pairs.” Au pair is a term in French which means “on par” or “equal to.” “Au pair” is living on an equal basis in a reciprocal, caring relationship with the host family and the children. Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario, in a news release, said that the ba...
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20Feb2012QUEZON CITY, February 20 (PIA) -- After its pilot testing in Metro Manila last September 2011, the Philippine National Police will soon be implementing its electronic or “e-blotter” system nationwide. PNP chief Nicanor A. Bartolome said that by this year, all PNP units will be inter-connected with the e-blotter system through the PNP’s Information Communication and Technology Management. With the new system, information or citizen’s complai...
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14Feb2012MANILA, Feb. 14 (PIA) -- Top officials of the Philippine National Police (PNP) are planning to re-activate its dormant anti-illegal gambling task force, intensify the “one-strike policy” campaign and pursue police personnel involved directly or indirectly in said illegal activities that have resurged and proliferated in many parts of the country. In a statement posted on the DILG website, PNP chief Gen. Nicanor Bartolome said he had called to a recent meeting all PNP directo...
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10Feb2012QUEZON CITY, February 10 (PIA) -- The Philippine National Police remains optimistic in sustaining a more peaceful and orderly environment this year as the country’s premier police force continues to post improved crime trends. According to PNP report, index crime cases was down by 20.01 percent in January this year with 11,379 cases compared to the 14,227 listed cases in same period last 2011. PNP spokesperson Agrimero Cruz explained that index crime...
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09Feb2012QUEZON CITY, February 9 (PIA) -- The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) recently handed out some 15,000 copies of the “New Miranda Warning” cards to the Philippine National Police. PNP chief Nicanor A. Bartolome personally received the copies of the warning cards in Filipino, Bisaya and Cebuano versions from ICRC Deputy Head of the Delegation in the Philippines Graciella Leite Piccolo. Bartolome said the PNP is adopting the Human Rights-Ba...
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06Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb 6 (PIA) -- At least seven people were killed by the strong earthquake that struck the central Philippine area particularly Cebu, Negros island, and Panay before noontime on Monday, hitting the Richter Scale at 6.9 magnitude. In its report, as of 4:00 p.m. Monday, the National Disaster and Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) reported that the casualties were all from the Negros Oriental province: Bernadette Raidan,9 ; Anafe Estrebella, 11 years old; and five peo...
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06Feb2012QUEZON CITY, February 6 (PIA) -- The Armed Forces of the Philippines called on the Human Rights Watch (HRW) group to work hand-in-hand with them to put an end on human rights abuse. This, after the AFP led by its chief of Human Rights Office (HRO) Colonel Domingo J. Tutaan recently met with HRW for Asia Division representative Carlos H. Conde. In a release, the meeting was set to discuss the actions taken by the AFP in response to HRW’s report regard...
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05Feb2012TAGUIG CITY, February 5 (PIA) -- Taguig City Mayor Lani Cayetano vowed to intensify its campaign against crimes. This, after Cayetano recently convened the city’s Peace and Order Security Council due to the unfortunate incidents that happened in the city including the explosion of a vintage bomb in a junk shop that left four persons dead on the spot including two members of the PNP Special Action Force and injuring 11 more. She also said that recent incidents, including th...
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03Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb. 3 (PIA) – Philippine and Lebanese labor officials Thursday signed two landmark agreements that may soon lead to the lifting of the deployment ban of Filipino workers in the country. Philippine Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz and Lebanese Labor Minister Charbel Nahaz signed the Memorandum of Understanding on Labor Cooperation and the accompanying protocol. The MOU guarantees more protection and welfare for overseas Filipino workers, especially household ...
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03Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Febr. 3 (PIA) -- The country’s premier police force will not only be busy serving and protecting millions of Filipino people, but will also be definitely busy running after illegal drug groups. This, after Philippine National Police Chief Nicanor A. Bartolome ordered to intensify crackdown against illegal drugs nationwide. “We must continue to hit hard on organized crime groups behind the manufacture, cultivation and trafficking of illegal drugs in supp...
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02Feb2012MANILA, Feb. 02 (PIA) -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has ordered the suspension for 90 days the five jail officers assigned at the Navotas City Jail after five detained suspects facing various criminal charges escaped from their custody at dawn of January 23 this year. DILG Secretary Jesse M. Robredo identified the suspended jail officers as Senior Inspector Manuel V. Serquina; Senior Jail Officer 3 Sencino Abrazaldo; Senior Jail Officer 1 Adan S. De Loza;...
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01Feb2012MANILA, Feb. 1 (PIA) -- The Department of Foreign Affairs today urged all remaining overseas Filipino workers (OFW) in Iraq to avail of the government’s repatriation offer. This, after the DFA raised alert level 3 (voluntary repatriation) over the country following the higher than expected surge in terrorist and sectarian violence in Iraq after the withdrawal of United States military forces in December 2011. The alert level covers all regions of Iraq except th...
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29Jan2012MANILA, Jan. 29 (PIA) -- The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) will be getting an additional P1.6 billion from the Department of Energy’s (DoE) Gas-Malampaya Collection to boost its modernization efforts, a statement said over the weekend. The PCG said the amount is under the special account in the General Fund 151 of DoE. "It will go to the acquisition of assets and equipment such as ships, platforms, aircraft and air surveillance so that in the event our citizens are pl...
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29Jan2012QUEZON CITY, Jan. 29 (PIA) -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) has extended its condolences to the families of blast victims after a vintage bomb recently exploded while being defused in a junk shop in Taguig City. The incident has left four persons dead including two members of the PNP Special Action Force (SAF) while injuring 11 more. “We extend our sincerest condolences to the families of Cris Daguio and Liza Grimaldo who died in the explosion along with SAF troope...
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28Jan2012MANILA, January 28 (PIA) -- More sea and air assets will soon be seen in stations of the Philippine Coast Guard as P1.6 billion will be earmarked for the acquisitions of equipment to boost the maritime agency’s search and rescue capabilities. Transportation and Communications Secretary Mar Roxas said the additional fund, which was directed by President Benigno S. Aquino III, will help reinforce Coast Guard’s P3billion funds aimed at building a more mobile and f...
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27Jan2012QUEZON CITY, Jan. 27 (PIA) -- The Armed Forces of the Philippines on Thursday, January 26 sent its 16th contingent to Liberia replacing last year’s batch that is set to return to the country on Saturday, January 28, 2012. Armed Forces of the Philippines chief Lt. Gen. Jessie D. Dellosa expressed his appreciation to the contingent who will be away from their homeland and their families in order to fulfill their duty of maintaining peace in a foreign land. ...
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24Jan2012MANILA, Jan. 24 (PIA) -- President Benigno S. Aquino will lead on Tuesday afternoon, January 24, the ceremonial turnover of command of the Philippine Coast Guard at the Coast Guard Headquarters in Manila. Vice Commandant for Operations Rear Admiral Edmund Tan will now head over 5,000 uniformed personnel and civilian employees of the Philippine Coast Guard replacing outgoing Coast Guard chief Admiral Ramon Liwag. Admiral Liwag will retire from the military service today,...
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23Jan2012QUEZON CITY, Jan. 23 (PIA) -- Citing gains on anti-hijacking operations in 2011, the Philippine National Police vows to intensify operations this year. PNP chief Nicanor A. Bartolome directed all police regional offices and National Support Units to strengthen operations against organized crime groups engaged in hijacking and highway robbery. According to Bartolome, hijacking, especially commercial cargoes, has become a nuisance to industrial growth and can also be...
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22Jan2012MANILA, Jan. 22 (PIA) -- Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse M. Robredo reported over the weekend that 25 additional tourist police units (TPUs) have been established nationwide to ensure the safety and protection of both domestic and foreign tourists in the country. In a statement, Robredo said the creation of the 25 TPUs was made through a resolution issued by the National Police Commission (Napolcom) in keeping with the provisions of Republic Act No. 9593, otherwise...
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21Jan2012QUEZON CITY, January 21 (PIA) -- Aimed at winning peace, the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ Internal Peace and Security Plan (IPSP) ‘Bayanihan’ has also won the hearts of the international community. This was marked during the World Work 2011, an international consortium held in the United States of America last April 2011, where over 250 participants from 30 countries gathered together and discussed strategies and interventions that would address the complexity of v...
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19Jan2012MARIKINA, January 19 (PIA) -- Marikina City Mayor Del De Guzman lauded yesterday in a simple ceremony at the Barangay Hall of Barangay San Roque, Administrator Eric Delos Reyes of Barangay Nangka for returning money worth more than P1 million plus electronic gadgets and documents. Delos Reyes returned checks worth more than P1 million, an HP Pavillion Centrillion Laptop, three Nokia cellphones, a Panasonic Lumix 12 megapixel digital camera, and other important documents and receipts to Rodol...
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02Jan2012MANILA, Jan. 2 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Immigration (BI) is advising all foreigners in the country to do their annual report to the Agency starting January 3 to avoid sanctions for being improperly documented aliens. BI Commissioner Ricardo David Jr. said, foreigners in the country should make their annual report as early as possible to avoid deadline rush. Based on the Alien Registration Act of 1950, all foreigners holding immigrant or non-immigrant visas to report to the...
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30Dec2011Lasting peace is every Filipino's dream. But to achieve peace, we must understand why there are those who choose to bear arms while scores of others become victims of conflict. "To date, the conflict in Mindanao has claimed some 120,000 lives, many of them civilians. More than a million people have been rendered homeless and destitute. An estimated 200,000 to 300,000 refugees have taken refuge in neighboring Sabah, Malaysia while many others have moved to Manila and other parts of t...
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26Dec2011QUEZON CITY, Dec. 26 (PIA) -- Starting Jan. 2012, the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will implement new guidelines regulating billboards and other advertising signs along major thoroughfares in the metropolis. MMDA chairman Francis Tolentino said in a statement that under the new guidelines, owners and operators of billboards along major thoroughfares such as EDSA, C-5, Roxas Boulevard, and Macapagal Avenue shall obtain a clearance from the MMDA. The statement furthe...
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23Dec2011MANILA, Dec. 23 (PIA) -- In view of the escalating violence in Syria, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) raised the alert Level 3 to alert level 4 for the entire country of Syria effective December 22. Filipinos are urged to leave Syria immediately in light of the escalating tensions there. They were also advised to keep their communication lines open with the Embassy and their community coordinators and inform them of their whereabouts. They are further advised to contact...
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06Jul2011MANILA, July 6 (PIA) -- Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario is set to visit China from July 7 to 8 upon the invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Yan Jiechi. A news release posted on the DFA website said that del Rosario will be meeting with Vice President Xi Jinping and his counterpart, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi. According to the release, del Rosario’s visit to China is intended to advance bilateral relations. It said that during the visit, de...
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21Jun2011Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario urged ASEAN partners to take a common position and, as a family of nations, together seek common approaches in addressing challenges. The call for support was made during his recent meeting with the Ambassadors of ASEAN member-states based in Manila where he briefed them on Philippine perspectives on recent developments in the West Philippine Sea, and on the country's proposal for a rules-based regime in the area. Under the ASEAN Charter, ASE...
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02Jun2011MANILA, June 2 (PIA)--The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) urges Filipinos in Yemen to consider sending their minor children and dependents to the Philippines while commercial flights are available and the international airport is open. This, after the DFA encouraged anew Filipinos in the North African country to avail of the gvernment’s voluntary repatriation program in the light of continuing political tension and escalating violence in the capital city of Sanaa. &nbs...
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04Apr2011"Those who traffic in illegal drugs respect no laws, no boundaries and have no scruples about destroying lives. Our response must be relentless, with government and the citizenry working together to ensure vigilance and mutual support to prevent our countrymen from being used by drug pushers as sacrificial pawns, whether at home or abroad." Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte during the press conference announcing the confirmation of the execution of Villanueva, Credo, and B...
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