After all the unresolved complaints about law enforcers’ abuses in the previous administration’s brutal crackdown on illegal drugs, it is refreshing to see disciplinary action being meted swiftly on Philippine National Police officers accused of wrongdoing.
The police officers accused of involvement in an alleged cover-up of a hit-and-run accident that killed a tricycle driver in Quezon City were sacked from their posts.
The Quezon City government said on Wednesday, Aug. 17, that the sisters of Joel Laroa, the tricycle driver who died in a road accident in the city last Aug. 6, have filed charges against the police officer who owns the pick-up truck involved in the incident.
Laroa’s sisters - Arlene Laroa Buenveni
The Quezon City People’s Law Enforcement Board has ordered the preventive suspension for 90 days of at least four police officers in connection with a hit-and-run accident that killed a tricycle driver.
A produtora portuguesa Joana Vicente foi hoje anunciada como a nova presidente executiva do Sundance Institute, que organiza anualmente o festival internacional de cinema de Sundance, referência da produção independente, anunciou hoje o Conselho de Curadores.