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                    [Title] => 300 promotions recalled by PNP
                    [Summary] => Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Deputy Director General Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. recalled yesterday the promotion of 300 policemen who were among those cited for their alleged role in the defense of Malacañang Palace during the bloody May 1 siege by followers of deposed President Joseph Estrada.
                    [DatePublished] => 2002-07-24 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
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                    [AuthorID] => 1096615
                    [AuthorName] =>  Christina Mendez
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                    [Title] => Pasay police force back in action
                    [Summary] => Fresh from re-training, members of the original Pasay City police force resume their posts today.


And interim city police chief, Senior Superintendent Oscar Catalan has one simple advice to the policemen: Remember to serve and protect, as the Philippine National Police (PNP) motto goes.

Catalan, the Southern Police District-Intelligence and Investigation chief, admitted that Pasay’s police work needed improvement and this has been addressed by the re-training program.
[DatePublished] => 2002-07-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 104820 [Title] => Waistline policy for cops junked [Summary] => With Panfilo Lacson out of the police service, and at present trying his luck in politics, what happens now to his 34-inch waistline policy which policemen, fearful of being dismissed, used to take to heart?

The answer came yesterday as Lacson’s successor at the Philippine National Police, Deputy Director General Leandro Mendoza, announced he was dumping the policy.

"There’s no need (to continue enforcing it)," said Mendoza, adding that the policy did not help in curbing criminality.
[DatePublished] => 2001-03-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 104812 [Title] => Cebu police units on alert for Manero [Summary] => CEBU — Police units in the province were ordered to be on alert for the possible presence in the province of convicted priest-killer Norberto Manero who escaped from the Sarangani jail before dawn Thursday.

Chief Superintendent Avelino Razon, regional police director, said he was ordered by Philippine National Police chief Deputy Director General Leandro Mendoza to help launch a massive manhunt for Manero.

Other PNP officials, however, said there is a very remote possibility that Manero will hide in Cebu.
[DatePublished] => 2001-03-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 104736 [Title] => Armed men roam around Ecija villages [Summary] => CABANATUAN CITY - Armed goons believed to be members of private armies of unscrupulous politicians have been seen roaming around Nueva Ecija villages supposedly to sow terror in the run-up to the May elections.

Three-term third district Rep. Pacifico Fajardo, Lakas-NUCD provincial chairman who is contesting the re-election bid of Gov. Tomas Joson III, said his men gathered intelligence reports that these armed men have been sighted in Gen. Tinio town and in six barangays in Aliaga.
[DatePublished] => 2001-03-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097277 [AuthorName] => Manny Galvez [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 90083 [Title] => Two Muslims own Dec. 30 bombings [Summary] => Two of the three Muslim suspects under the custody of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) have confessed to the bombings in Metro Manila last Dec. 30 that killed 22 people and wounded nearly 100 others.

NBI Director Reynaldo Wycoco identified the leader of the three as Bassal Diamlan but refused to identify the two others who owned up to the five bombings that rocked five busy places in Manila, Quezon City, Makati City and Parañaque City that day.
[DatePublished] => 2001-03-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 90086 [Title] => Cops ready for fallout if Estrada is arrested [Summary] => The Philippine National Police (PNP) has set up a special police unit to deal with protests should the Sandiganbayan order the arrest of former president Joseph Estrada.

Acting PNP chief Deputy Director General Leandro Mendoza said the special unit would deal with street protests and other disturbances when the government files criminal charges against Estrada.
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At least one-third or 40,000 policemen in the 113,000-strong Philippine National Police (PNP) force have no service firearms, acting chief Deputy Director General Leandro Mendoza said yesterday.

Mendoza lamented yesterday that policemen not only have to worry about maintaining peace and order in the country, they also have to worry about guns and gas.

He said budgetary problems are preventing the PNP from procuring 9-mm. Berretta automatic hand guns.
[DatePublished] => 2001-03-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 90073 [Title] => Palace: Estrada has 120 bodyguards [Summary] => Not just 53 but 120.

Malacañang discovered yesterday that ousted President Joseph Estrada has a whole company of soldiers as personal security force.

However, Presidential Spokesman Renato Corona said the Palace will recall the excess troops from the disgraced leader, most of whom came from the elite Presidential Security Group (PSG).

"We heard that it is not only 60 (soldiers) who were assigned to Erap (Estrada). We heard the real number is about 120. I just don’t know who these people are," Corona said.
[DatePublished] => 2001-03-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 104696 [Title] => Raps poised vs Mancao for campaigning for Ping [Summary] => The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) is filing administrative and criminal charges next week against one of a dozen police officers who were investigated for allegedly openly campaigning for the senatorial bid of former Philippine National Police chief Panfilo Lacson.

Chief Superintendent Nestorio Gualberto, CIDG director, said they have, so far, strong evidence against Senior Superintendent Cesar Mancao, former Luzon chief of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force (PAOCTF), which Lacson used to head.
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