Message of RD, PRO6 (Oath taking of 350 recruits) (July 01, 2009)
THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE IS SCHEDULED TO RECRUIT 15,000 POLICEMEN IN FIVE YEARS TIME. AND MAYBE THE FIGURE WILL INCREASE CONSIDERING THE NUMBER OF THOSE WHO ARE RETIRING FROM SERVICE OR SEPARATED DUE TO DEATH, DISMISSAL AND RESIGNATION.
THIS IS A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO OUR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE SEEKING EMPLOYMENT IN THE GOVERNMENT. THE PNP WELCOMES NOT ONLY GRADUATES OF CRIMINOLOGY COURSE. ANY BACCALUAREATE DEGREE HOLDER WITH APPROPRIATE ELIGIBILITY MAY BE ADMITTED IN THE POLICE SERVICE.
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Total gun ban in Bora still on “drawing board” - Cuevas (June 25, 2009)
Camp Martin Delgado, Iloilo City –Entry of guns to Boracay Island should be banned.
This is part of the plan of Police Regional Office 6 (PRO6) in ensuring better security in the country’s top tourist destination.
PRO6 top cop, Police Chief Superintendent Isagani R. Cuevas, said the prohibition of carrying firearms in Boracay Island is part of the holistic plan to deter any terroristic attack and maintain better peace and order situation.
The top cop, however, clarified that the ban is effective only to all persons entering the island and off-duty security guards and law enforcers roaming therein.
“Security guards on duty in resorts are allowed to carry firearms. There is a law for that,” Cuevas said.
“But, if they are not on duty, they are barred to carry their firearms, particularly if they are already outside the premises of establishments they are intended to secure,” he added. .(click to continue)
Intel ops to yield more suspects and witnesses in Aklan robbery (June 25, 2009)
Camp Martin Delgado, Iloilo City –Three suspects in June 5 robbery in Buruanga, Aklan are now behind bars. At least two remain at large and still subjects of ongoing police intelligence operations.
Police Regional Office 6 (PRO6) director, Police Chief Superintendent Isagani R. Cuevas said they are still gathering more intelligence information to establish the identities of other suspects in robbery incident in Brgy. Bagumbayan, Buruanga, Aklan where two former PNP members were among the suspects and now facing charges for the offense.
Police Officer III (POIII) Rex delos Reyes, POI Jeremiah Pilapil and Julius delos Reyes were apprehended less than an hour after they held up a delivery van.
Delos Reyes was on absence without official leave (AWOL), while Pilapil was already dropped from rolls of the PNP. .(click to continue)
PRO6 supports DOH against A(H1N1) (June 25, 2009)
Camp Martin Delgado, Iloilo City – The PNP is ready to augment police personnel to Department of Health (DOH) in conducting quarantine activities relative to Influenza A(H1N1).
This, Police Regional Office 6 (PRO6) director, Police Chief Superintendent Isagani R Cuevas, said the additional personnel may be detailed to airports and seaports if DOH so desires in its conduct of quarantine to persons entering the region.(click to continue)
PNP bares opens recruitment via Lateral Entry Program (June 25, 2009)
Camp Martin Delgado, Iloilo City – The PNP National Headquarters reported about 2,000 vacancies in Police Senior Inspector (PSINSP) and Police Inspector (PINSP) positions based on the PNP rank profile as of March 31, 2009.
The report came with the announcement of the opening of Calendar Year 2009 Lateral Entry Program for Line Officers and Technical Service Officers.
The PNP rank profile suggests that there are 1,104 vacancies for the rank of PSINSP and 763 for the rank of PINSP or a total of 1,867 vacancies.
Additional vacancies of 392 for PINSP and 741 for PSINSP are being projected based on the PNP Promotion Program via vertical entry mode, giving a total of 1,112 vacancies for the rank of PINSP and 786 vacancies for the PSINSP rank.
To maintain the pyramidal structure of the PNP rank profile, it is important that 80% of the vacancies for the rank of PINSP be filled up or an equivalent of 890 slots, a directive from Camp Crame contained.(click to continue)
“State-of-the-art” commo equipment eyed with PNP ICTM (June 24, 2009)
Camp Martin Delgado, Iloilo City – The visit of Police Chief Superintendent Leo M. Kison to Police Regional Office 6 (PRO6) recently came with a good news.
Kison, who is a deputy chief of the newly created Directorate for Information and Communication Technology Management (DICTM), was here Friday to orient the PRO6 officers with the functions, programs and projects of his office.
Kison revealed that among the priority projects of DICTM is the procurement of “state-of-the-art” communication facilities and equipment to “promote, develop, and regulate integrated and strategic ICT systems, and reliable and efficient communications infrastructure in support to the PNP.”
DICTM was activated April 1, becoming one of the two administrative units created in line with reorganization plan of the PNP. Its main role is to “integrate and standardize all the major PNP information systems and resources to further improve frontline services.” (click to continue)
PNP bans anew the wearing of police uniform (June 23, 2009)
Camp Martin Delgado, Iloilo City – Only active–duty members of the Philippine National Police can wear the police uniform.
This stern warning is contained in a memorandum of PNP National Headquarters directing police personnel assigned in beat, foot, bike, mobile patrols as well as those deployed in chokepoints/checkpoints “to flag down and accost with courtesy any person wearing police uniform or any clothing with PNP/POLICE/PULIS markings and other suspicious looking persons and those riding in tandem on a motorcycle to validate/verify their true identity.”
The order came out in response to a series of crime incidents perpetrated by suspects wearing PNP athletic attire and general office attire ( GOA) uniform.
In October last year 10 heavily-armed men posing as cops clad in SWAT shirts broke into St. Scholastica's College in Malate, Manila, disarming its security guards and taking away their guns and other valuables.(click to continue)
PNP STAR RANK OFFICERS TAKE OATH IN MALACAŇANG (June 17, 2009)
Fifty two (52) star rank officials of the Philippine National Police (PNP) will take their oath administered by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo today in a ceremony held at Malacañang Palace. (click to continue)
PNP BADGE OF HONOR FOUNDATION PAYS TRIBUTE TO OUTSTANDING COPS (June 16, 2009)
The PNP Badge of Honor Foundation together with the Metrobank Foundation, Outlooke Pointe Foundation and the UP Arts Studies Society opened yesterday an exhibit entitled “Moving Stills: In their Shoes” paying tribute to eight of the winners of the Search for the Country’s Outstanding Policemen (C.O.P.S) 2008 at the UP Galeria 2.
The event was attended by the Chief PNP, Director General Jesus A Verzosa; Director for Police Community Relations (DPCR), PDir German Doria; Director of the Police Community Relations Group (PCRG), PCSupt Nicanor A Bartolome; Director of the Police Security and Protection Group (PSPG), PCSupt Lina Sarmiento and other senior officers of the PNP.(click to continue)
Case raps await holders of guns with expired licenses (June 11, 2009)
Camp Martin Delgado, Iloilo City – Gun owners would be facing charges for violations of law upon failure to heed the PNP’s call to renew their expired firearms licenses.
Police Regional Office 6 (PRO6), through its Firearms, Explosives, Security Agencies and Guards Supervision Section (FESAGSS), cited Section 5 of Republic Act 8294 as the basis of the filing of the case for illegal possession of firearms against the said gun owners.
FESAGSS chief, Police Chief Inspector Lope Manlapaz, said guns with expired licenses are considered unlicensed firearms; hence, possession of the same is prohibited by law.
Recently, PRO 6 sent out a call to all gun holders with expired licenses to apply for renewal to avoid inconvenience for possessing the said firearms. (click to continue)
PNP to promote 7,686 cops to next higher ranks (June 9, 2009)
Camp Martin Delgado, Iloilo City – The projected rank profile of the Philippine National Police as of March this year revealed 7,686 promotional vacancies in its ranks. This opens the 2009 promotion program to fill up the vacancies in the ranks from Police Officer II (POII) to Police Superintendent (PSupt).
There are 2,640 vacancies for the ranks from Police Inspectors to PSupt, while 5,046 vacancies for the ranks from POII to Senior Police Office IV (SPOIV).
The processing of the 2009 promotional program started May 1 and shall be completed on or before October 15, 2009. This gives ample time for the National Headquarters Promotion Boards to review for confirmation the worksheets and resolutions of the different Police Regional Offices and National Support Units prior to the attestation of appointments and issuance of promotion orders. (click to continue)
PRO6 calls for the renewal of gun licenses (June 8, 2009)
Camp Martin Delgado, Iloilo City – There are about 29,440 firearms with expired licenses in Western Visayas. Or so the records of Firearms and Explosives Division (FED) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) showed.
The number is part of the estimated 500,000 firearms with expired licenses nationwide as earlier revealed by PNP Chief, Director General Jesus Versoza.
These firearms may be in the hands of civilians, government employees, police officers, or members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
Police Chief Inspector Lope Manlapaz, Chief of Firearms, Explosives, Security Agencies and Guards Supervision Section (FESAGSS), of Police Regional Office 6 said that a directive from PNP National Headquarters calls for the immediate action regarding the expired licenses of these firearms.
“We will be sending communication to owners of these firearms, reminding them to renew the licenses of their guns,” Manlapaz said.
The PNP, by sending letters to gun owners, will also be inquiring as to the status of these firearms. “We want to know if they still have in their possession the firearm/s or not,” he added.
The firearm license renewal fees ranged roughly from P2,500 to P3,700, inclusive of surcharges, depending on the caliber. The higher the caliber, the higher the fees.
“The expired gun license stripped its owners of the privilege of possessing the firearm/s,” Manlapaz explained.
The PNP sends out this call to help gun owners avoid more inconvenience resulting to the possession of guns with expired license.(click to continue)
47 Erring Motorist Apprehended in Central Negros (June 8, 2009)
Camp Montelibano Sr., Bacolod City . A total of 47 violators of Republic Act 4136 were cited for violating the No Plate, No Travel and No Helmet, No Travel policies in the 4th District yesterday.
Police Chief Inspector Rico Santotome Jr, team leader of the NOPPO Special Operations Task Force, said that 14 motorcycles were likewise impounded during the operations conducted in Bago City , Valladolid , San Enrique and Pontevedra.
Majority of the violators were cited for not wearing protective gear, shoes and for overloading while drivers of those impounded vehicles have either expired licenses or none at all.
The Negros Occidental PNP spokesman, who is likewise a Land Transportation Office deputized agent, added that the road safety and management program of NOPPO is line with the TEAM NEGROS action plan in coordination with Governor Isidro Zayco and the provincial government.
NOPPO director Police Senior Superintendent Manuel Felix further stressed that road safety, particularly among Negrense students, teachers as well as guardians and parents is of primary concern for the PNP in Negros Occidental more so that classes have started in all levels in the province.(click to continue)
PNP reiterates safety measures to students, parents (June 5, 2009)
Camp Martin Delgado, Iloilo City – Students and parents must take extra precautions as opening of classes is usually marked with higher rates of street crimes.
The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO6), in its weekly Talakayan Sa Isyung Pulis program with Radyo ng Bayan (DYLL), Friday, reiterated several security and safety tips to be observed by students and parents alike to avoid being victims of robbery, wallet/cellular phone snatching, kidnapping, rape, and other crimes.
“Criminal elements always take advantage of opening of classes as parents and students rush for last-minute enrollment and buying of school supplies, hence, the need for everyone to be wary this time,” PRO6 top cop, Police Chief Superintendent Isagani R Cuevas, said.
Bringing big amount of money and wearing of excessive jewelries are among the top “no-no” when going to school.
Parents must also remind their children not to accept gifts or rides from people they don’t know well.(click to continue)
PRO6 holds workshop on ISO, anti-criminality and anti-terrorism campaign plans (June 5, 2009)
Camp Martin Delgado, Iloilo City – Revision, enhancement and revitalization of campaign plans pertaining to insurgency, criminality and terrorism top the objectives of today’s workshop of directorial staff, provincial directors, group directors, and chiefs of police of the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO6).
PRO6 chief of staff, Police Senior Superintendent Edgar L. Layon, heads the workshop, which is necessary for the preparation of Integrated Area/Community Public Safety Plans (IA/CPSP) of the provincial and municipal governments.
Though the local government units (LUGs) spearhead the preparation of IA/CPSP, the inputs of the PNP relative to fighting insurgency, criminality and terrorism are vital.(click to continue)
Cops undergo moral and leadership training (June 3, 2009)
Camp Martin Delgado, Iloilo City – The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO6) holds a thirty-day seminar for police personnel starting today (June 3) at Regional Special Training Unit Classroom, Camp Martin Delgado, Iloilo City.
Thirty-two cops from different police units in the region participated in the said seminar dubbed as "Moral Enhancement and Character Development Seminar.”
PRO6 top cop said the seminar is aimed towards the reforms in human resource management and the call for each police officer to lead the PNP organization towards a genuine transformation.(click to continue)
50 PNP personnel undergone Gender Sensitivity Training (April 28, 2009)
Camp Pastor Martelino, Kalibo, Aklan – – The Aklan Police Provincial Office is consistently conducting different activities to further enhance the knowledge of every PNP members regarding police work in the community.
A two (2)-day Gender Sensitivity Training was conducted to Fifty (50) PNP personnel from different police stations in Aklan province who have not yet undergone the said training held at Aklan Police Provincial Office, Multi-Purpose Hall, New Buswang, Kalibo, Aklan.
The training aims to increase the level of awareness of Police officers to be active in performing their duties and functions in order them to know the equal opportunity of men and women in the society. Consequently, PNP personnel will value the significance of sexual characteristics meant for every individual in the community.(click to continue)
No fatalities during Pana-ad Festival - NOPPO (April 26, 2009)
Camp Montelibano Sr., Bacolod City. A 17-year old minor was shot while another one was stabbed during the final day of Pana-ad Sa Negros Festival last week.
Police Inspector Robert Dejucos, chief of the Investigation Branch of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office, identified the shooting victim as a resident of Barangay Blumentritt in Murcia town who suffered a gunshot wound on his upper left breast inflicted by unknown assailants.
Also, another 17-year old resident of Barangay Mansilingan in Bacolod City was rushed to a hospital after he was stabbed on the right side of his body by unidentified suspects.
Both were declared out of danger by their attending physician.
Meanwhile, the week-long festivities recorded no untoward incidents except for 21 cases of stolen and lost cell phones and other valuables. Two suspects of cell phone snatching were arrested and endorsed to Police Station 7 of the Bacolod City Police Office according to Police Superintendent Armando Tubongbanua, Task Force Commander of TF Pana-ad. (click to continue)
Three top drug peddlers arrested in Hinoba-an (April 25, 2009)
Camp Montelibano Sr., Bacolod City. Joint operatives of the Special Operations Task Force (SOTF)-AIDSOTG of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office and Hinoba-an PNP neutralized three illegal drugs personalities in the town last Friday evening.
Police Chief Inspector Rico Santotome Jr, NOPPO spokesperson and at the same time head of the Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operations Task Group of NOPPO identified the apprehended drug peddlers as Armando Indino, 54, and spouses Edgardo, 45, and Rizalina Lazalita, 34, in an entrapment operation conducted by the police.
Seized during the buy-bust operation conducted at the residence of the Lazalitas in Barangay 1 Poblacion, Hinoba-an were seven plastic sachets of suspected shabu, two pieces P500 bills used as marked money, one Nokia 1110 cell phone, one roll aluminum foil, scissors, lighters, plastic straws, one forcep and P1, 166 cash believed to be proceeds of their nefarious activities. (click to continue)
Visayas Inter-Agency Conference On Dangerous Drugs Law Opens in Cebu (April 21, 2009)
Camp Montelibano Sr., Bacolod City. A three-day seminar workshop on Dangerous Drugs Law for judges, prosecutors and law enforcers opened yesterday in Lapu-Lapu City in Cebu province
Police Chief Inspector Rico Santotome Jr, provincial head of the Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operations Task Group (AIDSOTG) of NOPPO and one of the participants in the three-day affair, said that Sec Vicente Sotto III, chairperson of the Dangerous Drugs Board, delivered his message to the participants from Regions 6, 7 and 8 during the opening program last Tuesday afternoon.
The general objective of the said seminar-workshop is to coordinate and integrate the overall efforts of the Criminal Justice System especially in the field of prosecution and criminal investigation.
Opening day resource persons include Asst Secretary Ma Belen Matibag, the deputy executive director for operations of DDB, Hon Nimfa Cuesta Vilches, deputy court administrator of the Supreme Court, Dr Benjamin Reyes of the Department of Health and Atty Cesar Posada, legal consultant of DDB.(click to continue)
VERZOSA EXPANDS TASK FORCE USIG FUNCTIONS (April 18, 2009)
The PNP Task Force USIG will now handle cases involving slain foreigners in the country.
PNP Chief, Director General Jesus A Verzosa announced that this is part of the expanded functions of Task Force USIG that he approved recently which include also the establishment of Regional Task Force USIG units in the Police Regional Offices.
Task Force USIG was organized in 1996 to coordinate all PNP investigative efforts to solve cases of violence committed against militant and political personalities; and working journalists.
“As part of its expanded functions Task Force USIG will now lead the investigation of cases of slain foreigners for better coordination of efforts of all units and offices involved in the investigation of these cases,” Verzosa said.(click to continue)
AFP/PNP bishop visits PRO 6 (April 14, 2009)
Camp Martin Delgado, Iloilo City – Most Reverend Leopoldo S Tumulak, the bishop for the armed forces and the police visited today Police Regional Office 6 (PRO 6) located in Camp Martin Delgado here in Iloilo City.
Tumulak is taking a pastoral visit to all police and military units in the region.
He presided the Holy Mass for the PNP personnel here, with the chaplains of PRO6 and AFP units joining him as concelebrants.
Tumulak also led the ground-breaking ceremony for the baptismal pool to be constructed adjacent the Most Holy Rosary Chapel inside Camp Delgado.
The baptismal pool is the project of Chapel Council headed by Police Chief Inspector Elma Magbanua, the administrative officer of Iloilo City Police Office.
In his homily, Bishop Tumulak reminded the PNP personnel of the indispensable role of parents in the moral and spiritual formation of children.
“Money is not enough to raise God-fearing children”, he said.(click to continue)
No grease money, no fixers in the PNP recruitment (April 6, 2009)
Camp Delgado, Iloilo City – The Police Regional Office 6 reiterated its warning to applicants in the PNP recruitment to be wary with persons identifying themselves as fixers.
PRO6’s Personnel and Human Resource Development Division evaluated 623 applications vying for the 350 slots in this year’s PNP regular and attrition recruitment programs.
The region’s top cop, Police Chief Superintendent Isagani R Cuevas, said there are reports of persons extorting money from applicants.
“We don’t have the identity of the suspects yet, but I have directed our intelligence unit to verify the said information,” Cuevas said.
The PNP applicants underwent the agility test on April 1-2. Those who passed the test still have to undergo neuropsychiatric test, medical and dental examinations, drug tests, and panel interview. (click to continue)
PRO6 receives 2 computers (April 6, 2009)
Camp Delgado, Iloilo City – The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO6) received today two units of personal computer with printer from of the Public Safety Saving and Loan Association Inc (PSSLAI).
The Public Safety Savings and Loan Association INC (PSSLAI) is a non stock savings and loan association that aims to serve the Philippine National Police, its members and their relatives up to the second degree of affinity.
PSSLAI donated the equipment in pursuit of its “Balik Tanaw “ Program, a manifestation of its gratitude for the constant patronage of the PNP members.
The computers will be turned over to PRO6’s Personnel and Human Resource Development Division and Negros Occidental Provincial Executive Senior Police Officer (PESPO).
Police Chief Superintendent Isagani R Cuevas presented a Certificate of Appreciation to PSSLAI thru its Marketing Officer, Ms Charmaine Velez Job, during the flag raising ceremony.
“This is a big help to the concerned police units,” he said. (click to continue)
PRO6, Shell ink MOU to tighten security (March 25, 2009)
Camp Delgado, Iloilo City – The Pilipinas Shell pledged its support to the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO6) by providing fixed visibility points for police personnel in all retail gas stations region wide. This is among the provisions of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed Tuesday at Brgy. Lapuz, La Paz by Police Chief Superintendent Isagani R Cuevas of PRO6 and Mr Mark Gayon, the Pilipinas Shell – Visayas Retail District Manager.
The MOU is pursuant to Pilipinas Shell Performance Team for Security Program.
The MOU also provided that Pilipinas Shell shall (1) initiate local dialogues with PRO6 on a regular basis relative to the security situation, share ideas on how to improve the peace and order in the locality and provide intelligence information whenever available, (2) provide a space for police/community billboard where police can post announcements, posters of wanted persons and distribute crime prevention leaflets to the public; and (3) provide a logbook in each Shell station and record the visits of patrolling policemen and the different activities in the area. (click to continue)
11 towns get patrol motorbikes (March 22, 2009)
Camp Delgado, Iloilo City – The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO6) turned over today 11 Honda 200cc motorcycles to police stations as part of its goal of improving its services to the public.
Antique Police Provincial Office received three units of patrol motorcycles for San Remegio, Sebaste, and Sibalom Municipal Police Stations (MPSs). Capiz PPO has four which were intended for Cuartero, Dao, Ivisan, and Panitan MPSs. Guimaras PPO got two units for Jordan and San Lorenzo MPSs. And two units went to Iloilo Police Provincial Office for Mina and Tubungan MPSs.
Town mayors and Chiefs of Police received the patrol motorcycles.
PRO6 top cop, Police Chief Superintendent Isagani R Cuevas, said with the support pouring in from PNP National Headquarters, particularly on improving its lift capability, better services are also expected to be provided to the public. (click to continue)
NAPOLCOM honors top 10 examinees (March 16, 2009)
Camp Delgado, Iloilo City – The National Police Commission (Napolcom) 6 awarded today certificates of recognition and commendation to top 10 successful examinees in October 26, 2008 entrance and promotional tests.
Napolcom 6 Director, Honey F. Paredes, said that since 2006 her office started the giving of recognition to the top 10 examinees to boost their morale and motivate them to continuously aspire for excellence.
“Being in the top 10 of the very few who passed the exams is indeed worthy of recognition,” she said adding that only 284 or 13.40% passed of the 2,119 examinees who took the test. The statistics is higher than the April 27, 2008 examination where there were only 171 or 8.17% of the 2,093 examinees passed the tests.
She further disclosed that of 1,352 who took the PNP entrance examination, only 111 or 8.21 percent passed; only 144 or 25.58 percent of the 563 passed the Police Officer examination, 27 or 15.34 percent of 176 passed the Senior Police Officer examination and only two of the 22 passed the Police Inspector examination. (click to continue)
PRO6’s anti-illegal drug strategy: “Jail the small-time pushers!” (March 12, 2009)
Camp Delgado, Iloilo City – “When all small-time drug pushers go to jail, we anticipate the end of the illegal trade.”
The region’s top cop, Police Chief Superintendent Isagani R Cuevas, said that running after the ‘small fish’ will eventually kill the ‘big fish’, an analogy he uses for people who are into the illegal drug industry.
Cuevas made the statement in defense of the series of accomplishment of the Regional Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operations Group (RAIDSOG) where only the considered small-time pushers were arrested and filed with charges in court.
RAIDSOG made its seventh buy-bust operations this quarter resulting to the arrest of Elder Tulio, Tuesday, at Zone 2, Brgy Boulevard, Molo, Iloilo City.
Tulio was arrested after he handed over to a police poseur-buyer one heat-sealed plastic sachet of suspected illegal drugs for P600.00. A case for violation of Sections 5 and 11 of Article II of RA 9165 was already filed by 4 th Assistant City Prosecutor Raymond Joseph G Javier and docketed under IS No VI-10-INQ-09C-00126.
RAIDSOG has four successful buy-bust operations in January and two operations were conducted in February. (click to continue)
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