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Philippine National Police’s Director General Alan Purisima, when asked by reporters whether the shooting that occurred in Atimonan, Quezon, was a rubout or shootout, replied: “What rubout? The leader of the PNP team was injured and critically wounded in that incident. They (the casualties) were the ones who fired at the policemen and soldiers manning the checkpoint!”
Apparently, for the good director general, when an encounter between bad elements and policemen happens and a policeman is injured critically, there’s no way the incident could be a summary execution.
Posted: January 16th, 2013 in Inquirer Opinion,Letters to the Editor | Read More »
The number seemed odd, as if someone had arbitrarily made it up. But according to Interior Secretary Mar Roxas, the Philippine National Police needs 60,000 new policemen to meet its goals.
Posted: October 27th, 2012 in Editor's Pick,Editorial,Featured Headline,Inquirer Opinion | Read More »
By Rogelio A. Pureza
The State shall establish and maintain one police force, which shall be national in scope and civilian in character, to be administered and controlled by a national police commission….
Posted: September 29th, 2012 in Inquirer Opinion,Talk of the Town | Read More »
Cops should beware of doing kotong (extortion). Their next victim might be related to their boss—a lesson for policemen from the incident involving a kotong police official who victimized the son of Chief Supt. Leonardo Espina.
Posted: September 24th, 2012 in Inquirer Opinion,Letters to the Editor | Read More »
By Rigoberto Tiglao
What the late Secretary Jesse Robredo could not accomplish in life in the past two years, he did through his death: the removal of Undersecretary Rico E. Puno from the Department of the Interior and Local Government, and the end of the latter’s hold over the Philippine National Police.
Posted: September 20th, 2012 in Columnists,Columns,Editor's Pick,Inquirer Opinion | Read More »
How do you solve a problem like Rico E. Puno? The senior undersecretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government, a close personal friend of President Aquino’s, gained national notoriety barely two months into the new administration’s term when it became known during the unfortunate Luneta hostage crisis in August 2010 that he had been given control of the Philippine National Police—an unusual arrangement that effectively halved the scope of responsibilities of the new DILG head, the highly regarded reform-oriented Magsaysay awardee, Jesse Robredo.
Posted: September 10th, 2012 in Editor's Pick,Editorial,Inquirer Opinion | Read More »
By Neal H. Cruz
We hope, the elections in 2013 and others that will follow later, will be clean. No more massive cheating that characterized the elections during the GMA administration. This was what Sen. Koko Pimentel, chairman of the Senate committee on electoral reforms, expressed at the Kapihan sa Manila at the Diamond Hotel last Monday. Pimentel himself [...]
Posted: October 19th, 2011 in Columnists,Columns,Inquirer Opinion | Read More »
By Patricia Evangelista
Several important events have occurred in the last few days. Eid Kabalu confirmed his resignation from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. A storm named Falcon demonstrated its respect for democracy, and ripped through the New Manila home of coconut king Danding Cojuangco. Manila shared its celebration with the rest of Metro Manila’s colleges with the [...]
Posted: June 26th, 2011 in Columnists,Columns,Inquirer Opinion | Read More »
By Patricia Evangelista
Edita Burgos is going to court. There is a ruffle of white lace at her throat. The cap of dark hair is the same, the black jacket and fading slacks the same. She sits quietly, smiling and nodding at the newcomers who come to offer their support. She has the complaint in a folder, along [...]
Posted: June 11th, 2011 in Columnists,Columns,Inquirer Opinion | Read More »
