Eleazar is new PNP Chief

LIEUTENANT GENERAL Guillermo Lorenzo T. Eleazar has been named as the new head of the Philippine National Police, replacing General Debold Sinas who retires Saturday.

Suspect in murder of Zambo town vice mayor, engineer killed

PAGADIAN CITY – Police said it killed a suspect in the murder of a municipal vice mayor and his engineer following a firefight on Thursday on Igat Island off Margosatubig town in Zamboanga del Sur province in southern Philippines.

Sayyaf gunrunner killed in Sulu

SULU – Security forces killed an Abu Sayyaf gunman in a firefight Saturday in the southern Philippine province of Sulu, police said.

Police serving arrest warrants kill 12 in fierce fighting

MAGUINDANAO – Over a dozen people were killed in fierce fighting Saturday between security forces and gunmen in the troubled Muslim province of Maguindanao, officials said.

Security forces kill 4 ISIS supporters in South Cotabato

KIDAPAWAN CITY – Police commandos killed four Filipino pro-ISIS militants in a clash in the restive southern region of Mindanao.

Police disarm Zambo anti-narcotics chief

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police disarmed the anti-narcotics chief of the local police force after he was tested positive for alleged illegal drug use, officials said.

Sayyaf man in kidnap-slay of Canadian miner captured in Manila

MANILA – Police captured early Thursday two notorious members of the pro-ISIS group Abu Sayyaf, one of them is involved in the 2015 kidnapping of three foreigners – one beheaded in captivity - and a Filipina on a posh holiday resort in the South.

Sayyaf sub-leader captured in Basilan

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police commandos captured an Abu Sayyaf sub-leader following a raid early Saturday in his hideout in the southern province of Basilan, officials said.

Police order probe of general in controversial birthday celeb

AFTER DEFENDING his embattled general for allegedly partying in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic, Philippine police chief Archie Gamboa now ordered an investigation into the celebration following widespread public criticisms.

Cebuano barangay chairman escapes jail, hunt is on

CEBU CITY - The Cebu Provincial Police Office (CCPO) continues its manhunt against a barangay chairman considered by authorities as “high-valued target”, who escaped from jail last week.

Regional police chief Debold Sinas said policemen are searching for Jinnefer Mercader alias Iper who allegedly broke out from the Medellin District Jail.

 

An undated police photo shows Jinnefer Mercader.

Sinas warned the police and the public that the escapee is “armed and dangerous”. “He is really armed and dangerous…kon makita ninyo ni, ayaw gyud mo pagduol ug itawag ug i-report sa polis nato kay tanang polis nakahibawo na sa iyang pag-eskapo,” he said.

“We have established joint trackers with the BJMP (Bureau of Jail Management and Penology),” Sinas said, adding they have disseminated the pictures of Mercader to all police stations and checkpoints and municipal police offices.

Pictures of Mercader also circulated over social media. Mercader, 42, is facing criminal charges of possession of illegal drugs and illegal possession of firearms. He was arrested in his house in Sitio Dapdap, Barangay Cahel in Borbon, Cebu on September 2, 2017.

Seized from Mercader’s possession were an M-4 assault rifle loaded with 20 live bullets, shabu with an estimated value of P311,000 and P120,000 cash. (John Rey Saavedra)

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