With the 2019 mid-term elections drawing nearer, the PNP headed by Director General Oscar D. Albayalde also maintained that they are fully implementing the law to curb down gun-related violence on the streets.

THE Philippine National Police’s ongoing crackdown against violators of the country’s strict gun laws is sparing no one, even local government units and government-owned and controlled corporations which have failed to renew their licensed firearms, the Journal Group learned yesterday.

NATIONAL Capital Region Police Office chief Director Guillermo Lorenzo T. Eleazar yesterday described the result of the latest Social Weather Stations survey which showed that eight out of 10 Filipinos fully support the Duterte government’s war on drugs as a fitting morale-booster to NCRPO members who have been doing their best to win the campaign against drugs and crimes.

AMID several bomb scares which forced the cancellation of classes in three Manila universities last week, the Philippine National Police leadership yesterday warned anew that those behind such “cruel jokes” will eventually be identified and prosecuted over an offense which would lead to a lengthy jail term.

PHILIPPINE National Police chief, Director General Oscar D. Albayalde yesterday stressed that the proposed Anti-Communist Task Force is an unarmed unit and is created to help the government convince New People’s Army rebels to surrender and return to the mainstream of society.

PHILIPPINE National Police chief Director General Oscar D. Albayalde yesterday said that a total of 520 policemen who tested positive for substance abuse have been fired from the police force and more will be facing the same fate if found using shabu, marijuana and other prohibited drugs.

AS the country’s premier law enforcement agency, the 190,000-member Philippine National Police (PNP) views the killing of local chief executives (LCEs), like town mayors, as a major concern.

POLICE yesterday transported some three tons of relief goods composed of bottled water, canned goods, slippers, rubber shoes and blankets to the ‘Ompong’-ravaged towns of Itogon and Kibungan in Benguet yesterday.

IN case a stranger calls or sends you a text message that you are being watched by the police for your illegal drug activities, simply ignore since you’re probably dealing with an extortionist or a scammer.

AN improvised explosive device went off in a highway in General Santos City at around 11:40 a.m. yesterday injuring seven innocent people, the youngest a 3-year old girl, police said.

CALLING on all Filipinos to pray “so that we will weather the storm,” Philippine National Police chief Director General Oscar D. Albayalde yesterday assured the public that all police search-and-rescue personnel and equipment have been prepositioned in areas that will be hit by super typhoon Ompong.

PHILIPPINE National Police chief Director General Oscar D. Albayalde on Wednesday ordered the dismantling of all stationary police and other government checkpoints nationwide amid complaints that they are being used to extort money from motorists and drivers of delivery trucks and vans.

PHILIPPINE National Police chief Director General Oscar D. Albayalde has announced the creation of a National Investigation Task Group that will oversee the probe into the recent spate of killings of local chief executives (LCEs), some of them linked to illegal drug trafficking.