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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 28) Dozens of police personnel from the Quezon City Police District Station 3 tested positive for COVID-19, the Quezon City government announced Tuesday.
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte said of the 161 policemen who underwent swab tests on July 23, 82 had positive results while 79 were negative. All positive cases were asymptomatic and have been fully inoculated against the disease, said QC Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Unit chief Dr. Rolando Cruz.
The 82 policemen who tested positive were assigned to Police Station 3 (Talipapa), Police Community Precinct 1 (Unang Sigaw), and Police Community Precinct 2 (Bahay Toro).
Of the infected cops, 48 have already been admitted to the city’s HOPE quarantine facility Tuesday night while the remaining 34 will be brought there today, added Cruz.
Published May 15, 2021, 3:24 PM
Top officials of both the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) are set to meet to fill up gaps and iron out weaknesses in the procedure on coordination and interoperability between the two law enforcement agencies after another ‘miscoordination’ occurred between their ground operatives on Friday, May 14, in Quezon City.
PNP Chief Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo T. Eleazar said he and PDEA Director General Wilkins Villanueva will lead the top-level meeting expected to be held at Camp Crame in Quezon City.
“Illegal drugs syndicates are taking advantage of the weaknesses or gaps in the rules of procedure on coordination and inter-operations between the PNP and the PDEA. Kasama ang PDEA, ito ang tututukan natin ngayon para maiwasan na maulit pa (Together with PDEA, we will focus o this to prevent the repeat of the incident),” said Eleazar.
By ERWIN COLCOL, GMA News
Published February 28, 2021 9:06am
A screengrab from the CCTV footage taken from the fastfood restaurant parking lot on Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City shows the shooting incident on Wednesday, FEb. 24, 2021 between operatives of the Philippine National Police and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency. The Senate will not push through with its scheduled inquiry this week into the fatal shootout between police personnel and Philippine Drug Enforcement Authority (PDEA) agents in Quezon City. The Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs, chaired by former police chief now Senator Ronald Dela Rosa, was supposed to conduct the inquiry on Tuesday, March 2.