Palace tells PNP: Don’t use ‘yantok’ to punish quarantine violators

Dec 7, 2020 | Metro

Malacañang on Monday objected to the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) directive to whip quarantine violators with “yantok” or rattan sticks during the holiday season.   “Hindi po pupuwedeng gamitin iyan na pang-hit or pamalo dahil hindi naman po iyan...

Military, police to be prioritized in Covid-19 vaccination – Duterte

Aug 25, 2020 | Top Stories

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said the military and the police, as the country’s “line of defense,” would be prioritized for Covid-19 vaccination once the vaccine was available. “Ang mauna sa bakuna ay iyong mga tao na nasa listahan ng...

DILG reiterates ban on misting, spraying people following death of police doctor

Jun 10, 2020 | Nation

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Wednesday reiterated the ban on misting and spraying disinfectants on people after the death of police doctor Casey Gutierrez last May 30. Gutierrez, along with three other PNP Medical Reserve Force...

Camp Crame gets own Covid-19 testing lab

May 27, 2020 | Metro

The Philippine National Police (PNP) inaugurated on Tuesday its own coronavirus disease (Covid-19) Reverse Transcription – Polymerase Chain Reaction testing facility at the Crime Laboratory in Camp Crame, Quezon City. “We see it clearly, there is a need to...

P81.6M worth of illegal drugs seized in Taguig buy-bust; 2 suspects killed

May 25, 2020 | Metro

A buy-bust operation in Taguig city Friday night resulted in the confiscation of some P81.6 million worth of illegal drugs and the killing of two suspects. Retrieved from two suspects were 12 packs of dangerous drugs, suspected to be shabu, concealed in Chinese tea...