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.
The National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) is the primary intelligence gathering and analysis arm of the Government of the Philippines in charge of carrying out overt,covert,and clandestine intelligence activities. The NICA directs,coordinates,and integrates all intelligence activities,both foreign and domestic,concerning national security,serving as the leading intelligence collector of the national government,focusing on the country's strategic intelligence requirements. It is mandated to prepare intelligence estimate on local and foreign situation for the formulation of national security policies by the President and the National Security Council.
On July 27,2003,the Oakwood mutiny was staged by a group of about 300 armed defectors from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) led by Army Capt. Gerardo Gambala and Navy Lt. Senior Grade Antonio Trillanes IV against the Arroyo administration. The group forcibly seized and occupied Oakwood Premier in Glorietta,Makati for almost 20 hours. They expressed grievances against the government's supervision of the military,and demanded the resignation of Defense Secretary Angelo Reyes,PNP Director General Hermogenes Ebdane,and AFP Chief of Intelligence Service Victor Corpus;They also aired their grievances against the military establishment and anomalies on the AFP. The mutiny was covered heavily by the local press,who dubbed the group as "Magdalo" in reference to their insignia,which alludes to the Magdalo faction during the Philippine Revolution,despite the group officially calling themselves "Bagong Katipuneros". The mutiny ended after the government successfully negotiated with the group. Several prominent participants of the mutiny,including Trillanes and Gambala,were later charged.
Leandro "Larry"Ramos Mendoza was a Filipino politician who served as Executive Secretary of the Philippines. He previously served as Chief of the Philippine National Police and DOTC Secretary.
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency is the lead anti-drug law enforcement agency,responsible for preventing,investigating and combating any dangerous drugs,controlled precursors and essential chemicals within the Philippines. The agency is tasked with the enforcement of the penal and regulatory provisions of Republic Act No. 9165,otherwise known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
Hermogenes "Jun" Edejer Ebdane,Jr. is a Filipino politician and retired police officer with the rank of Director General. He is the Governor of Zambales since 2019,previously held this position from 2010 until 2016. He was also the Secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways from 2005 to February 2007 and again from July 2007 to 2009.
Eduardo Manahan Año is a Filipino public official and retired general of the Philippine Army who currently serves as the National Security Adviser under the administration of President Bongbong Marcos since 2023. He previously served as Secretary of the Interior and Local Government in the Cabinet of President Rodrigo Duterte from 2018 to 2022,the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines from 2016 to 2017,and the Commanding General of the Philippine Army from 2015 to 2016. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines,Año,along with the rest of the Philippine government's Cabinet Secretaries,became part of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases,a task force formed to advise the President on the strategies which would effectively manage the spread of COVID-19 in the country.
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 Philippine drug war,known as 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,it is estimated by human rights organizations that more than 20,000 civilians have been killed in "anti-drug operations" carried out by the government and its supporters.
The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) is a division of the Philippine National Police (PNP) that has jurisdiction over Metro Manila,also known as the National Capital Region. It is headquartered in Camp Bagong Diwa.
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.
Arturo Carbonel Lomibao is a retired Filipino police officer. He served as Chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) from March 14,2005 to July 5,2006,and retired with the rank of 4-star Police Director General.
Benjamin "Benjie" Bañez Magalong is a Filipino politician and retired police officer serving as the mayor of Baguio since 2019. Before entering politics,he served in the Philippine Constabulary and Philippine National Police (PNP) for 38 years. He was the chief of the Cordillera regional police office,the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG),and the Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management (DIDM). He retired with the rank of Police Deputy Director General as the PNP's Deputy Chief for Operations.
Debold Menorias Sinas is a Filipino retired police general who served as Chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) from November 2020 to May 2021. During his tenure,he oversaw the COVID-19 community quarantines in the Philippines. However,he was also accused of violating the COVID-19 lockdown rules himself.
The Sinagtala Class of 1986(English:light from above,lit. Starlight) was the first to graduate from the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) after the 1986 People Power revolution,and the first batch of new military officers to serve the administration of the late President Corazon Aquino.
Camilo Pancratius Pascua Cascolan was a Filipino police general who served as the 24th Chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) from September to November 2020 under President Rodrigo Duterte. After his retirement from the PNP,President Bongbong Marcos appointed him as an undersecretary of the Department of Health where he served from October 2022 until his death in November 2023. He was the first Cordilleran to lead the country's national police force.
Rommel Francisco Dayleg Marbil is a Filipino police officer who serves as the Chief of the Philippine National Police.
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