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                    [Title] => GMA orders tighter security on telecom cell sites
                    [Summary] => Alarmed over the increasing bombing  incidents perpetrated by communist rebels on telecommunication towers of Globe Telecoms, President Arroyo ordered yesterday Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Arturo Lomibao to put in place measures to thwart future attacks on such facilities.


The President asked for a briefing from Lomibao in Malacañang as to why the New People’s Army (NPA) has been targeting cell sites, particularly that of Globe’s. Some 15 telecommunication towers of the firm have been bombed or toppled by the NPA for this year alone. [DatePublished] => 2005-10-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 292807 [Title] => ‘Hulidap’ cops becoming a major PNP headache [Summary] => DAVAO CITY — Law enforcers engaging in the "arrest and extortion" racket — or "hulidap" in police parlance — are increasingly becoming a major problem of the Philippine National Police (PNP).

Senior Superintendent Leopoldo Bataoil, PNP spokesman, said cases of "hulidap" are now on the rise as revealed by the Filipino-Chinese community.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 292645 [Title] => PNP lacks 500 police stations nationwide [Summary] => DAVAO CITY — The Philippine National Police (PNP) lacks 500 police stations, PNP spokesman Senior Superintendent Leopoldo Bataoil said yesterday.

He added that many police headquarters face eviction from the buildings they are temporarily occupying.

"We still lack 500 police stations because most of them are located within buildings owned by local government units (LGUs) or barangay halls," Bataoil said. "Nakikitira lang ang police (The police are just sharing quarters)."
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 283002 [Title] => Weaknesses of PNP to be assessed [Summary] => The Philippines and its main security ally, the United States, launched a three-week-long assessment of the weaknesses of the poorly-regarded Philippine National Police (PNP) force, the US embassy said Tuesday.

The study was being undertaken to "identify key institutional weaknesses and to formulate a blueprint on how to resolve them," the embassy said in a statement.

US specialists in anti-narcotics, counter-terrorism, immigration and customs enforcement will take part in the program, the embassy said.
[DatePublished] => 2005-06-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 279292 [Title] => Women, children in RP still at risk of abuse — Amnesty International [Summary] => Women and children in the Philippines continue to be at risk of physical or sexual abuse despite the passage of laws that criminalize acts of violence against them, Amnesty International (AI) said.

In its annual report for 2005, the London-based human rights organization noted that incidents of domestic violence in the country "remained endemic" while children are exposed to maltreatment when they are jailed together with adults in correction facilities.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 273450 [Title] => Metro police on full alert for transport strike [Summary] => The 17,000-strong National Capital Regional Police Office (NCRPO) will be on a full alert today amid threats by various transport groups to stage a transport strike to protest the recent oil price increase.

But as of late last night, Metro police chief Deputy Director General Avelino Razon Jr. was still conducting a dialogue with the transport groups‘ leaders to avert the planned strike.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805358 [AuthorName] => Non Alquitran [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 272510 [Title] => Palestinian’s arrest disrupts terrorists [Summary] => The arrest of a suspected al-Qaeda-linked Palestinian terrorist has driven his cohorts in the country into hiding as authorities continued to question him.

Fawaz Zi Ajjur, 39, was arrested in Zamboanga City a week ago after he was identified as one of six Arab men who provided training to the Abu Sayyaf in Basilan.

"The arrest of Ajjur will keep his suspected terrorist contacts continually on the run," said Senior Superintendent Leopoldo Bataoil, Philippine National Police (PNP) spokesman.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805318 [AuthorName] => Jaime Laude [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 272263 [Title] => Undercover cops deployed for IPU summit [Summary] => Plainclothes policemen and "secret marshals" have been deployed to key areas in the country as part of beefed-up security measures for the International Parliamentary Union (IPU) summit that starts in Manila on Sunday.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1165072 [AuthorName] => Bebot Sison Jr. [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 225807 [Title] => PNP backs Reyes’ anti-kidnap drive [Summary] => The Philippine National Police (PNP) defended yesterday the creation of a task force led by newly designated anti-kidnapping czar Angelo Reyes to address the increasing number of kidnap-for-ransom cases in the country.

PNP spokesman Senior Superintendent Leopoldo Bataoil said the PNP, under the leadership of Director General Hermogenes Ebdane Jr., fully supports Reyes’ designation as chief of the new anti-kidnapping task force.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 220958 [Title] => SAF man killed in shooting mishap [Summary] => A member of the elite Special Action Force (SAF) of the Philippine National Police was killed after being shot by an M-60 machinegun inside Camp Crame early last night.

Sketchy information identified the victim as Police Officer 1 Ferdinand Manolo. He was shot once in the face.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097368 [AuthorName] => Mike Frialde [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) ) )
SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT LEOPOLDO BATAOIL
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                    [ArticleID] => 301230
                    [Title] => GMA orders tighter security on telecom cell sites
                    [Summary] => Alarmed over the increasing bombing  incidents perpetrated by communist rebels on telecommunication towers of Globe Telecoms, President Arroyo ordered yesterday Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Arturo Lomibao to put in place measures to thwart future attacks on such facilities.


The President asked for a briefing from Lomibao in Malacañang as to why the New People’s Army (NPA) has been targeting cell sites, particularly that of Globe’s. Some 15 telecommunication towers of the firm have been bombed or toppled by the NPA for this year alone. [DatePublished] => 2005-10-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 292807 [Title] => ‘Hulidap’ cops becoming a major PNP headache [Summary] => DAVAO CITY — Law enforcers engaging in the "arrest and extortion" racket — or "hulidap" in police parlance — are increasingly becoming a major problem of the Philippine National Police (PNP).

Senior Superintendent Leopoldo Bataoil, PNP spokesman, said cases of "hulidap" are now on the rise as revealed by the Filipino-Chinese community.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 292645 [Title] => PNP lacks 500 police stations nationwide [Summary] => DAVAO CITY — The Philippine National Police (PNP) lacks 500 police stations, PNP spokesman Senior Superintendent Leopoldo Bataoil said yesterday.

He added that many police headquarters face eviction from the buildings they are temporarily occupying.

"We still lack 500 police stations because most of them are located within buildings owned by local government units (LGUs) or barangay halls," Bataoil said. "Nakikitira lang ang police (The police are just sharing quarters)."
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 283002 [Title] => Weaknesses of PNP to be assessed [Summary] => The Philippines and its main security ally, the United States, launched a three-week-long assessment of the weaknesses of the poorly-regarded Philippine National Police (PNP) force, the US embassy said Tuesday.

The study was being undertaken to "identify key institutional weaknesses and to formulate a blueprint on how to resolve them," the embassy said in a statement.

US specialists in anti-narcotics, counter-terrorism, immigration and customs enforcement will take part in the program, the embassy said.
[DatePublished] => 2005-06-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 279292 [Title] => Women, children in RP still at risk of abuse — Amnesty International [Summary] => Women and children in the Philippines continue to be at risk of physical or sexual abuse despite the passage of laws that criminalize acts of violence against them, Amnesty International (AI) said.

In its annual report for 2005, the London-based human rights organization noted that incidents of domestic violence in the country "remained endemic" while children are exposed to maltreatment when they are jailed together with adults in correction facilities.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 273450 [Title] => Metro police on full alert for transport strike [Summary] => The 17,000-strong National Capital Regional Police Office (NCRPO) will be on a full alert today amid threats by various transport groups to stage a transport strike to protest the recent oil price increase.

But as of late last night, Metro police chief Deputy Director General Avelino Razon Jr. was still conducting a dialogue with the transport groups‘ leaders to avert the planned strike.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805358 [AuthorName] => Non Alquitran [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 272510 [Title] => Palestinian’s arrest disrupts terrorists [Summary] => The arrest of a suspected al-Qaeda-linked Palestinian terrorist has driven his cohorts in the country into hiding as authorities continued to question him.

Fawaz Zi Ajjur, 39, was arrested in Zamboanga City a week ago after he was identified as one of six Arab men who provided training to the Abu Sayyaf in Basilan.

"The arrest of Ajjur will keep his suspected terrorist contacts continually on the run," said Senior Superintendent Leopoldo Bataoil, Philippine National Police (PNP) spokesman.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805318 [AuthorName] => Jaime Laude [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 272263 [Title] => Undercover cops deployed for IPU summit [Summary] => Plainclothes policemen and "secret marshals" have been deployed to key areas in the country as part of beefed-up security measures for the International Parliamentary Union (IPU) summit that starts in Manila on Sunday.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1165072 [AuthorName] => Bebot Sison Jr. [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 225807 [Title] => PNP backs Reyes’ anti-kidnap drive [Summary] => The Philippine National Police (PNP) defended yesterday the creation of a task force led by newly designated anti-kidnapping czar Angelo Reyes to address the increasing number of kidnap-for-ransom cases in the country.

PNP spokesman Senior Superintendent Leopoldo Bataoil said the PNP, under the leadership of Director General Hermogenes Ebdane Jr., fully supports Reyes’ designation as chief of the new anti-kidnapping task force.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 220958 [Title] => SAF man killed in shooting mishap [Summary] => A member of the elite Special Action Force (SAF) of the Philippine National Police was killed after being shot by an M-60 machinegun inside Camp Crame early last night.

Sketchy information identified the victim as Police Officer 1 Ferdinand Manolo. He was shot once in the face.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097368 [AuthorName] => Mike Frialde [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) ) )
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