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'Lumalabas na isa na naman itong pagsasalamin o mukha ng impunity na ilang mga taon na nating nilalabanan,' says Senator Risa Hontiveros

The police suspects in the killing of Jemboy Baltazar all received lighter penalties. The sanctions range from acquittal to imprisonment of up to six years.

Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), has approved the dismissal from the service of the police sergeant who arrested but accidentally killed an 18-year old with special needs during an anti-illegal gambling operation in Valenzuela City in May this year. In

PNP chief, Gen. Guillermo Eleazar (File photo) MANILA - The police officer who shot and killed a teenager with special needs during an anti-illegal gambling raid in Valenzuela City has been dismissed from the service, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, said on Tuesday. "I have signed the order for the dismissal from the service of PSMS (Police Senior Master Sergeant) Christopher Salcedo for grave misconduct and less grave irregularity in the performance of duty,...

The term #PulisAngTerrorista (Police are terrosists) trended on Twitter Tuesday morning following the shooting and killing of another civilian by a police officer in just a month. #PulisAngTerrorista made it to the top list of Twitter trends, with at least 17,100 tweets as of noon, after Master Ser

Search You Are Here:Home → 2021 → June → 1 → ‘Kill-kill-kill mindset’ caused police officer to kill grandmother, rights groups say ‘Kill-kill-kill mindset’ caused police officer to kill grandmother, rights groups say By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA Human rights groups expressed alarm at the spate of killings of civilians by police officers, with Karapatan calling for a system change within State security forces. Following the killing of a 52-year old grandmother by a po...

The hashtag "#PulisAngTerorista" landed on local Twitter's trending list on Tuesday morning after Filipino online users learned another incident of police

“I don’t want to preempt the investigations being conducted on the case, particularly that of the NBI (National Bureau of Investigation),” the PNP chief Police General Guillermo Eleazar said. “We will accept and abide by any findings of the NBI and of the IAS (Internal Affairs Service) in the case. In the meantime it would be prudent to wait for the outcome of the investigations being conducted,” he added.

Another witness to the shooting of a teenager with special needs in Valenzuela has appeared before authorities to explain whether the victim was part of another

  THERE is no glory in taking the life of an innocent civilian in the guise of performing one’s legitimate duty.   And if a policeman is accused of killing an 18-year old boy and accusing him of “nanlaban” during an illegal cockfighting raid then we should not look the other way but collectively condemn such barbaric act.   Edwin Arnigo, who was reportedly within the autism spectrum, went out of his house in Barangay Lingunan, Valenzuela City on Sunday to buy ice candy when Master Serg...