MANILA -The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Thursday said it recorded 28 election-related incidents from January 9 up to April 17. PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said of the 28 election-related incidents (ERI), 21 have validated nothing really to do with the election while five were connected to an election that happened in Regions 1 (Ilocos Region), 3 (Central Luzon), 9 (Zamboanga Peninsula), 10 (Northern Mindanao) and Cordillera region, and two incidents still being investigated if they are election-related. Fajardo said the PNP and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) have deployed their personnel to the said regions to ensure orderly and peaceful polls on May 9. Meanwhile, PNP Directorate for Operations director Maj. Gen. Valeriano de Leon said the municipalities of Tubatan and Malabang in Lanao del Sur are now under the control of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) due to the reported threats weeks ago leading to the polls. He said they already had a discussion wit
(From left) Presidential bets Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso, former National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales, Sen. Panfilo Lacson (PNA photo by Robert Oswald P. Alfiler) MANILA - The Philippine National Police (PNP) will probe the alleged plan to sabotage the upcoming May 9 elections as claimed by presidential candidates over the weekend. PNP chief Gen. Dionardo Carlos, during a press briefing at Camp Crame in Quezon City Monday, said they would coordinate with presidential aspirant Senator Panfilo Lacson over claims of election sabotage. "We will get the details from Sen. Lacson to check on it. So far for the monitoring of the election, there have been no major reports of that nature. So we will get it from Sen. Ping," Carlos said. Earlier, Lacson, along with fellow presidential bets Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso and former National Security adviser Norberto Gonzales, confirmed he has received reports of election sabotag
(PNA photo by Lloyd Caliwan) MANILA - The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday recommended that more or less 100 municipalities and 14 cities be placed under the red category for the May 9 elections. "In the last meeting, the red areas all over the country were 100 municipalities and 14 cities. Ngayon, titingnan namin yung update meron tayong color coded, meron tayong green, wala tayong magiging problema sa green areas. Yung yellow and orange binabantayan natin (Now we will look at the update we have color-coded, we have green, we will not have a problem with green areas. We continue monitoring the yellow and orange) but we focus on the red colored areas ito yung aming huling datos (this is our latest data) is 100 municipalities and 14 cities," PNP chief Gen. Dionardo Carlos said in a press conference in Camp Crame. Carlos said he has issued marching orders to each unit commander to focus on the areas that will be placed under the red category to suppress any election-r
Police Regional Police - Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Director Brig. Gen. Arthur Cabalona. (Image courtesy of PRO-BARMM) COTABATO CITY - Police authorities in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) have listed 16 towns and two cities as election "hotspots" in the region. In a report Thursday, Brig. Gen. Arthur Cabalona, BARMM police regional director, said the 18 areas are categorized under "red code" or "areas of immediate concern" in connection with the May 9 national and local elections. Cabalona said 102 communities across BARMM have been initially identified by the police as "areas of concern" or "yellow code" in the upcoming polls. Yellow code refers to areas that have a history of election-related incidents in the last elections, possible employment of partisan armed groups, and the occurrence of politically-motivated election-related instances. Cabalona said Basilan province has four "
SAFE POLLS. As part of its mandate to ensure the safe conduct of the elections, the Philippine National Police in Davao Region processes over 60 security detail applications from political candidates during the election period. Police Region Office-11 director, Brig. Gen. Benjamin Silo, Jr. said they are tasked to validate the necessity of each application before forwarding these to the PNP headquarters for approval. (PNA photo by Christine Cudis) DAVAO CITY - Over 60 political candidates in Region 11 have applied for personal protection from the Philippine National Police (PNP) for the May 9 local and national elections. Brig. Gen. Benjamin Silo Jr., Police Regional Office in Davao Region (PRO-11) director, said the applications have been forwarded to the PNP headquarters in Camp Crame, Quezon City, as of March 30. "These applications from political candidates have been assessed by our team here in Davao Region and upon validation that there are indeed risks to their safety, we f