CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - The director of the Police Regional Office in Central Luzon (PRO-3) on Thursday ordered the immediate relief and removal from post of 10 members of the Provincial Intelligence Unit (PIU) after allegedly being involved in a robbery. PRO-3 Regional Director Brig. Gen. Matthew P. Baccay said in a statement the order stemmed from an incident where the concerned lawmen launched an operation against illegal cockfighting. A report said the police operatives arrived at the residence of one Alberto Gopez in Barangay Duat, Bacolor town last March 19 and accosted 10 men inside for illegal cockfighting, divesting them of their money and other valuables. Gopez and his group reportedly pleaded to the operatives not to pursue the formal complaint against them. However, the operatives released them and left the place without returning the bet money, Baccay said. He said the 10 PIU members were immediately transferred to the Provincial Personnel Holding and Accounting U
HUMANITARIAN TEAM. A team of responders from the Police Regional Office in Central Luzon (PRO3) was dispatched on Monday (Dec. 20, 2021) to provide assistance to the victims of Typhoon Odette in Cebu. The group will distribute more than 1,000 relief packs to the affected families. (Photocourtesy ofPRO-3) CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - The Police Regional Office in Central Luzon (PRO3) has dispatched responders to assist the victims of Typhoon Odette in Central Visayas. Brig. Gen. Matthew Baccay, PRO3 regional director, said Tuesday the team headed to Cebu on board three trucks on Monday to distribute more than 1,000 relief packs to families affected by "Odette" last week. He said the humanitarian move was their immediate response to the call of Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, Gen. Dionardo Carlos, to help fellow Filipinos especially in times of crisis. "The Central Luzon cops, together with our stakeholders, recognize the crucial need of assisting our kababayan
Jake Cuenca (Instagram photo) MANILA - Actor Jake Cuenca will face charges for hitting a police vehicle in Mandaluyong City and a steel barrier when he tried to escape on Saturday night. Eastern Police District Director Brig. Gen. Matthew Baccay said in aradio interviewon Sunday that Cuenca, 33, will be charged with reckless imprudence resulting in damage to property and disobedience to agents in authority. A passing delivery rider was also hit by a stray bullet as the police tried to "disable" the actor's black sports utility vehicle. Based on the report by the Mandaluyong City Police Station, the incident happened along Silangan Street, near Pantaleon Street, in Barangay Barangka Ibaba at about 8:30 p.m. Cuenca's vehicle hit the left side of the police patrol car and rammed a barrier. Baccay said the police were conducting anti-illegal drug operations in the area when Cuenca's vehicle passed by. "The police chased the vehicle until the Pasig City area, part