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Sinas orders relief of Makati police chief, 3 other officers over alleged lapses in Dacera case

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 20 06:03 PM

Philippine National Police chief Gen. Debold Sinas has ordered the relief of Makati City's police chief, 2 investigators and a medico legal officer of the Southern Police District (SPD) over supposed lapses in handling the case of flight attendant Christine Dacera's death. Read more »

Arrest warrants, hold departure orders out for 9 Sulu cops tagged in killing 4 soldiers

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 06:46 PM

A Sulu court has issued warrants of arrests and hold departure orders against the 9 police officers tagged in the killing of 4 soldiers in Jolo, in June 2020, the DOJ said Friday.  Read more »

Enrile’s former aide seeks release after over 6 years in detention over pork barrel scam

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 06:01 PM

Jessica Lucila “Gigi” Reyes, who is represented by veteran lawyer Estelito Mendoza, on Jan. 13 filed a petition for habeas corpus before the Supreme Court invoking due process and her right to speedy trial.    Read more »

Supreme Court OKs Peralta’s early retirement, search on for next chief justice

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 14 02:56 PM

The Supreme Court en banc has approved the early retirement of Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta effective on March 27, the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) announced on Thursday. Read more »

Sulu cops tagged in killing 4 soldiers released; PNP says no arrest warrants to keep detention

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 12 03:58 PM

Philippine criminal rules require that suspects can only be detained without charge for up to 36 hours.  Read more »

Good at recycling? Aguirre return to gov't is Duterte's 'exclusive' call, says spox

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 12 03:22 PM

The appointment of officials to the government is an "exclusive" call of President Rodrigo Duterte, his spokesman said on Tuesday, after a lawmaker criticized the return of former Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II to state service.    Read more »

Ex-DOJ chief Vitaliano Aguirre II appointed as NAPOLCOM commissioner

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 11 09:05 PM

Former Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II has been appointed as a commissioner of the National Police Commission, an official said Monday. Read more »

SC junks writ of kalikasan petition vs SMC's Bulacan airport project

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 05 06:28 PM

The Supreme Court has unanimously junked the “Writ of Kalikasan” petition against San Miguel Corporation’s (SMC) plan to build an airport in Bulacan for supposedly lacking in form and substance.  Read more »

PNP sacks 9 cops in 4 soldiers' slay in Sulu; Lorenzana urges PNP, AFP to move forward

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 02 12:00 PM

MANILA— The Philippine National Police has fired nine of its officers tagged in the shooting death of 4 soldiers at a checkpoint in Sulu last year— an incident that had driven a wedge between the police and military.   Read more »

Sinas denies discouraging public from documenting crimes

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 24 01:06 PM

The head of the Philippine National Police denied on Thursday discouraging the public from documenting crimes.  Read more »

Minors source of viral Tarlac killer cop video, 'very scared' in wake of incident: PNP Chief

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 25 02:25 AM

MANILA — A 12-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl were the source of the now viral video of an off-duty officer who shot dead his unarmed neighbors in Tarlac, the head of the Philippine National Police said Thursday, as public outrage over the incident simmered, drawing heavy condemnation to the police force.    Read more »

Sinas says hopes to leave PNP a 'disciplined' police force upon retirement

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 25 02:19 AM

MANILA - Philippine National Police chief Gen. Debold Sinas said Thursday he would like to leave the police force disciplined when he steps down after 6 months, as the organization is again mired in controversy following a cop's brutal killing of unarmed civilians on Sunday. Read more »

Sinas says sorry to family of killer cop's victims at wake visit

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 24 09:58 AM

Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Gen. Debold Sinas said on Thursday that he visited the wake of the woman and her son who were killed by an unarmed officer, who spurred calls for an end to authorities' alleged impunity and brutality. Read more »

Police chief ng Dolores, Quezon sinibak dahil sa umano'y social gathering

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 23 03:53 PM

Sinibak muna sa puwesto ang hepe ng Dolores Municipal Police Station sa Quezon province dahil sa umano'y paglabag nito sa direktiba ng Philippine National Police ukol sa mga social gathering.   Read more »

'Sising-sisi siya': Sinas said Tarlac killer cop surrendered out of remorse

Rose Carmelle Lacuata, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 22 07:21 PM

Police Staff Sergeant Jonel Nuezca promptly surrendered out of remorse for shooting dead last Sunday an unarmed woman and her son in Paniqui town, Tarlac, police officials said Tuesday.   Read more »

Mayor ng Bato, Catanduanes sa pinasibak na police chief: 'Pag walang respeto, papatayin na?'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 22 07:48 PM

Hindi nagustuhan ni Mayor Juan Rodulfo ng Bato, Catanduanes ang pahayag ng police chief ng kanilang bayan kaugnay ng kontrobersiyal na pagpatay ng isang pulis sa mag-ina sa Paniqui, Tarlac.   Read more »

Catanduanes town police chief relieved after comments on Tarlac shooting

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 22 04:24 PM

The police chief of Bato town in Catanduanes has been relieved after making controversial comments over the shooting of a mother and son by a cop in Tarlac province. Read more »

S. Africa's chief justice slammed for prayer against 'satanic' vaccine

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 12 10:09 AM

South Africa's chief justice on Friday vehemently defended a prayer he made against "satanic" COVID-19 vaccines, seeming to refer to a conspiracy theory that they could "infuse 666" into people's DNA Read more »

Counter-terrorism chief died of gunshot wound after office shooting: NBI

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 08 06:39 PM

MANILA — A gunshot to the abdomen killed the National Bureau of Investigation's Counter Terrorism Division chief following a shooting incident inside his office late Monday evening, the agency confirmed Tuesday. Read more »

Chinese state media journalist responds to US senator’s racist tweet with sexist insult

Shi Jiangtao, South China Morning Post
Posted at Dec 06 10:02 AM

Online nationalists overlook China Daily bureau chief’s use misogynist slur to praise ‘Wolf Warrior’ attack on Republican Marsha Blackburn. The Trump supporting politician was widely criticized after saying Chinese had ‘5,000-year history of cheating and stealing’. Read more »