PNP officer-in-charge Lt. Gen. Vicente Danao Jr. (File photo) MANILA - The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Friday ordered two regional police offices (PROs) to explain the circumstances over the delay in the completion of some police stations under their jurisdiction. This, after the Commission on Audit (COA) flagged the police force over four uncompleted police stations under the PRO-11 (Davao Region) and PRO-12 (Soccsksargen) with a total contract price of PHP27.707 million. "We will require the concerned PROs to immediately submit their reports as to the status of the four projects and the circumstances pertaining to the perceived delay in the project completion," PNP officer-in-charge, Lt. Gen. Vicente Danao Jr. said in a message to the Philippine News Agency (PNA) when sought for a comment. "Actions of the PNP will depend on the reports and factual circumstances, in relation of course with our existing procurement rules," Danao said. The projects in the rep
PRO-11 regional director Police Brig. Gen. Filmore Escobal. (File photo) DAVAO CITY - The Police Regional Office (PRO) 11 (Davao Region) has created a special investigation task group (SITG) to hasten the investigation into the separate killings of a journalist and a village chief in different provinces on Oct. 30. In a statement Tuesday, the Davao Sur Police Provincial Office (DSPPO) quoted PRO-11 regional director Police Brig. Gen. Filmore Escobal as saying the SITG will be responsible for the investigation on the deaths of Orlando "Dondon" Dinoy, a media personality in Bansalan, Davao del Sur, and Barangay Tubo-tubo village chief Arnold Quizala in Monkayo, Davao de Oro. Dinoy, a print and broadcast journalist in Davao del Sur, was gunned down at about 6 p.m. inside his rented apartment in Bansalan town. On the other hand, Quizala and a certain Alice Montebon, who was also from Monkayo town, were shot dead by unidentified suspects in the morning of the same day. Following t