Panfilo "Ping" Morena Lacson Sr. is a Filipino former politician and police general who served as a senator for three terms:from 2001 to 2013 and from 2016 to 2022. He was the Director General of the Philippine National Police (PNP) from 1999 to 2001,and was a candidate in the 2004 and 2022 Philippine presidential elections.
The Philippine National Police is the armed national police force in the Philippines. Its national headquarters is located at Camp Crame in Bagong Lipunan ng Crame,Quezon City. Currently,it has approximately 228,000 personnel to police a population in excess of 100 million.
Jueteng is a numbers game played in the Philippines. First reported in the late 1800s while the Philippines was under Spanish rule,it was made illegal in 1907 after the United States occupied the Philippines. Despite this,and successive subsequent crackdowns,the game remains popular throughout Luzon,while similar games exist in the rest of the Philippines.
Mario Teodoro "Ted" Failon Etong is a multi-awarded Filipino broadcast journalist both on radio and television. He also served as a representative of the 1st district of Leyte from 2001 to 2004.
The Manila Peninsula siege occurred on November 29,2007,at The Peninsula Manila hotel in Makati,Philippines. Senator Antonio Trillanes IV,Brigadier General Danilo Lim,and 25 other Magdalo Group officers walked out of their trial for the 2003 Oakwood mutiny coup attempt and marched through the streets of Makati. The mutineers called for the ousting of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo,and seized the Rizal function room on the second floor of the Manila Peninsula Hotel along Ayala Avenue. Former Vice-president Teofisto Guingona,Jr. as well as some of the soldiers from the Armed Forces of the Philippines joined the march to the hotel.
The Mamasapano clash was a shootout that took place during a police operation by the Special Action Force (SAF) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) on January 25,2015,in Tukanalipao,Mamasapano,then-undivided Maguindanao. The operation,codenamed Oplan Exodus,was intended to capture or kill wanted Malaysian terrorist and bomb-maker Zulkifli Abdhir and other Malaysian terrorists or high-ranking members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
Ronald Marapon dela Rosa,also known as Bato,is a Filipino politician and retired police officer who is currently serving as a senator of the Philippines since 2019. He served under the Duterte administration as the chief of the Philippine National Police from July 1,2016,to April 19,2018,overseeing the government's anti-drug campaign;he also served as the Director General of the Bureau of Corrections from April 30 to October 12,2018.
The War on Drugs is the intensified anti-drug campaign that began during the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte,who served office from June 30,2016,to June 30,2022. The campaign reduced drug proliferation in the country,but has been marred by extrajudicial killings allegedly perpetrated by the police and unknown assailants. By 2022,the number of drug suspects killed since 2016 was officially tallied by the government as 6,252;human rights organizations and academics,however,estimate that 12,000 to 30,000 civilians have been killed in "anti-drug operations" carried out by the Philippine National Police and vigilantes.
Rolando Rosal Espinosa Sr.,the mayor of Albuera,Leyte,died on November 5,2016,at the Baybay City Provincial Jail. He was detained at the jail due to his arrest for illegal drug possession in October 2016. According to the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG),Espinosa was killed during a shootout that he initiated when the CIDG came to the jail to serve him a search warrant. Espinosa's death occurred amid allegations that he was involved in the drug trade by President Rodrigo Duterte,who initiated the Philippine Drug War intending to kill criminals using or distributing drugs. The Commission on Human Rights and Karapatan have held Duterte accountable for Espinosa's death,with Senate condemning the death as an instance of extrajudicial killing.
Jee Ick-Joo was a South Korean businessman kidnapped by two policemen and later found dead on October 18,2016,within the grounds of Camp Crame,the headquarters of the Philippine National Police (PNP). A funeral parlor cremated his remains and flushed his ashes down a toilet. The policemen who kidnapped him were charged with kidnapping,carnapping,and homicide,while the officer who allegedly planned the attack was acquitted.
A rent-sangla scam,also known as rent-tangay scam,is a confidence trick that began to be performed in the Philippines in early 2017.
Oscar David Albayalde is a retired Filipino police officer who served as the Chief of the Philippine National Police from April 2018 until his optional retirement in October 2019.
The Chief of the Philippine National Police is the head of the Philippines' national police body,the Philippine National Police (PNP). The position is invariably held by a Police General,a four-star general police officer.
Christine Lee Silawan,a 16-year-old high school student and church collector,was found dead in a vacant lot in Lapu-Lapu City,Cebu. Her body was discovered with multiple stab wounds and her face skinned beyond recognition. She was also naked from the waist down and raped.
Since September 2018,allegations of an ouster plot against Rodrigo Duterte,the President of the Philippines,have been publicized by the military,who mainly implicated opposition figures and critics of the Duterte administration of involving in the plot. Several opposition groups who have been tagged heavily criticized their inclusion and subsequently denied the involvement in the plots.
Both the national government and local governments have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines with various declarations of emergency,closure of schools and public meeting places,lockdowns,and other restrictions intended to slow the spread of the virus.
The following are the events in related to Philippine law in 2017. This includes developments in criminal investigations of national notability.
Nicanor A. Bartolome is a Filipino retired police officer who served as the chief of the Philippine National Police.
Jesus Ame Versoza is a Filipino retired police officer who served as the chief of the Philippine National Police.
Ret. PMGen. Reynaldo "Rey" Ignacio Berroya was a Filipino retired police officer who served as the Administrator of the Light Rail Transit Authority.
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