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PNPA cadets to undergo coronavirus testing
The Philippine National Police Academy will test its cadets for COVID-19 in the wake of two cadets' deaths due to heat stroke and electrolyte imbalance
All activities of PNPA Class of 2024 suspended following 2 deaths
Cadet Fourth Class Jiary Jasen Papa dies due to low potassium intake days after a fellow cadet died of heatstroke
Hong Kong police raid opinion pollster ahead of opposition vote
The overnight move comes days after China imposed a sweeping new national security law on the financial hub after months of civil unrest last year
More than 1,000 Philippine cops infected with coronavirus
Some 455 police personnel have recovered, while 9 succumbed to the disease
Ilocos Sur policewoman who mishandled molestation complaint relieved from duty
Staff Sergeant Merly Joy Pascua reportedly didn't process the complaint filed by the 15-year-old girl from Cabugao town. The teenager was ambushed on her way home.
Slain Jolo soldier’s kin hopes ‘justice will prevail’ as AFP, PNP launch own inquiry
The military and police will check for 'what went wrong' when cops gunned down 4 soldiers on an intelligence mission in Jolo
What are Hong Kong police's new powers?
Here are some of the key powers granted Hong Kong authorities when conducting national security investigations
Cops who killed soldiers in Sulu restricted to Camp Crame
The 9 Jolo cops who gunned down 4 intelligence officers are detained in Camp Crame as the National Bureau of Investigation continues its probe
Rights group leader served arrest warrant by cop disguised as delivery man
The warrant is served despite the rights leader already obtaining a recall order since April
Suspects in slay of soldier, 3 others surrender in Basilan
The suspects – all barangay peacekeepers – surrender to the 4th Special Forces Battalion through the assistance of a village chief
Navotas PNP files complaint vs 17 residents for breaking quarantine, going to party
'The family’s utter disregard of safety regulations endangered their lives and all those living at H. Monroy,' says Mayor Toby Tiangco
Rappler Talk: Patricio Abinales on PNP's institutional weaknesses
On Monday, July 6, Rappler editor-at-large Marites Vitug talks to Asian studies professor Patricio Abinales about how the Philippine National Police can be reformed
Kalinga town 'welcomes home' hero who was among soldiers slain in Sulu
Major Marvin Indammog, the commanding officer of the Army soldiers killed by policemen in Jolo, Sulu, is honored as a 'full-blooded Igorot warrior'
'Kill 1,000 and I will protect you'
There was a time the PNP stood for what is right, even if it meant hurting their president
Army admits lapses: Soldiers rushed to Sulu crime scene to check on their dead
The Army says the soldiers wanted to check if the victims were still alive and to secure intelligence equipment
17 Mandaue City police test positive for coronavirus
Mandaue City is still under general community quarantine
Jolo police chief sacked as probe over cops who killed soldiers begins
The relief further paves the way for an impartial investigation conducted by the National Bureau of Investigation
Former AFP chief posts footage of Sulu crime scene, slams PNP 'violations'
(3rd UPDATE) Now head of the National Irrigation Administration, retired general Ricardo Visaya tells Camp Crame to 'stop covering up [for] their abusive men'
AFP backs Army chief’s 'murder, rubout' claim on soldiers' deaths
The Armed Forces of the Philippines says Army chief Gilbert Gapay has basis for his claim on what happened in Sulu, but defers to the probe of the National Bureau of Investigation
‘Extremely saddened’ Duterte wants to talk to 9 cops in Jolo ‘misencounter’
'Lungkot na lungkot siya. Ang ginamit nga niyang salita ay siya ay ‘nanlambot, extremely sad,’ says Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque
$500,000 bond set for Atlanta officer who shot black man
'This court does not feel this amount is excessive,' Judge Jane Barwick says
‘It was murder’: Army bares details of Jolo police ‘rubout’ of 4 soldiers
The soldiers’ unarmed commander raised his hands while his deputy was working on his laptop when police shot them dead in broad daylight, says the Army
Army enraged; police shot 4 intel soldiers in Sulu without gunfight
The Philippine Army says there was 'no provocation' on the part of the soldiers to 'warrant such carnage'
U.S. 'Golden State Killer' pleads guilty to 13 murders
He also confesses to dozens of rapes, robberies, and kidnappings
PNP, AFP agree to let NBI lead Sulu probe
Police and military officials seek 'impartiality' in the investigation into the encounter between police and soldiers that led to the death of 4 military intelligence officers
Año orders detention of Sulu cops who gunned down 4 soldiers
Interior Secretary Eduardo Año joins the Armed Forces in urging the National Bureau of Investigation to conduct an impartial probe into the incident
Policemen gun down 4 AFP soldiers in Sulu
(3rd UPDATE) The dead all belonged to Army intelligence. The Armed Forces of the Philippines calls on the National Bureau of Investigation to step in to conduct an impartial investigation.
Nowhere to run: Why some abused sex workers don’t want cops’ help
Part 2: Even as sex workers or prostituted women claim they experience systematic abuse from the police, they are blamed when they are raped and told ‘it’s part of the job anyway’
Female, 3 other suspected ISIS-linked terrorists killed in Parañaque police raid
(3rd UPDATE) Police reports say the suspects had links to Abu Sayyaf bomb expert Mundi Sawadjaan, who helped plot suicide bombings in Sulu in 2019
Zamboanga del Norte town police chief arrested for extortion
Godod town police chief Captain Haran Ulah allegedly demanded P10,000 in 'protection money' from a local treasure hunter
Probe ordered into police death of black man in Colorado as anger flares
Elijah McClain, 23, died last August in Aurora, near Denver, 3 days after he was put in a chokehold by police, injected with ketamine to sedate him, and suffered cardiac arrest
Police reform bill clears U.S. House but deadlock awaits in Senate
President Donald Trump is opposed to the House measure, and says the Democrats were aiming to 'weaken our police' and end officer immunity
Republican police reform bill blocked in U.S. Senate
The Republican proposal, which President Donald Trump supports, would discourage but not ban tactics like choke holds
3 men charged with murder of U.S. black jogger Ahmaud Arbery
9 counts, including murder, aggravated assault, and false imprisonment are laid against the 3 men
15 QC cops fired after 6 POGO workers escape detention
The 6 Chinese POGO workers escape detention in Camp Karingal, Quezon City
Caving in to criticism, PNP scraps Chinese help desks
Instead, police stations are ordered to set up ‘tourist police assistance desks’ to cater to tourists, regardless of nationality
Dutch arrest hundreds at coronavirus protest clashes
The city's top official did not just ban the demonstration because of coronavirus measures, the ANP national news agency says
High-tech surveillance amplifies police bias and overreach
Instead of repeating the mistakes of the past 12 years or so, communities have an opportunity to reject the expansion of big data policing. The dangers have only increased, the harms made plain by experience.
U.N. resolution condemns systemic racism without naming U.S.
An initially strongly-worded text proposed earlier this week is watered down, first to remove the call for an international probe, and finally to strip away any mention of the United States
Cops arrest online sex trafficker in Taguig who abused own son, sister
'One of the victims was a differently abled 27-year-old deaf female, the younger sister of the suspect and who is also the mother of some of the children rescued,' says Police Colonel Sheila Portento
U.N. urged to hold U.S. 'accountable' over racism, police violence
The American Civil Liberties Union warns countries that 'partial or half-baked measures of accountability won't remedy structural racism'
Trump says police 'not treated fairly' after latest race shooting
'I thought it was a terrible situation, but you can't resist a police officer,' US President Donald Trump says of Rayshard Brooks' death in an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity
7 Moro lawmakers want House probe into warrantless arrest of 2 Muslim traders
Manila cops arrest jewelry traders Abdullah Palawan Maute and Saadudin Alawiya in San Andres Bukid, claiming to find illegal drugs in their home
16 foreigners arrested for 'partying' in Makati bar
(UPDATED) Police say they caught 15 Cameroonians and 1 Nigerian violating social distancing rules and drinking beer at a bar
Atlanta police officer charged with murder for shooting black man
Atlanta District Attorney Paul Howard says police officer Garrett Rolfe aggravated the case by kicking Rayshard Brooks' body as he lay on the ground bleeding
U.S. Republicans unveil police reform bill focusing on transparency
'This is not about trying to create partisan differences. This is about coming together and getting an outcome,' says Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
Floyd's brother tells U.N. 'black lives do not matter' in U.S.
'You in the United Nations are your brothers' and sisters' keepers in America, and you have the power to help us get justice for my brother George Floyd,' says Philonise Floyd
Police fire tear gas as thousands join French health care protest
Protesters clad in black set fire to a vehicle and pelt the police with projectiles, chanting, 'Everybody hates the police'
Extreme right 'boogaloo' follower charged with police murders
Officials say the suspect is associated with the underground 'boogaloo bois' ideology, which espouses a mix of anti-government extremism and civil and race war.
Africa urges U.N. probe of U.S. 'systemic racism,' police violence
'When national processes consistently fail, international processes are needed,' says John Fisher, head of Human Rights Watch's Geneva office
