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Belarus authorities free detainees amid protests
MINSK, Belarus — Tens of thousands of people flooded the heart of the Belarus capital of Minsk on Friday in a show of anger over a brutal police crackdown this week on peaceful protesters that followed a disputed election, and authorities sought to ease rising public fury by freeing at least 2,000 who were jailed…
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Local PNP gets a lift
By Mar T. Supnad MARIVELES, Bataan – In this fishing locality, “bayanihan,” or the fine art of inter-locking exchange of favor, remains intact. Whatever one needs, one fills the gap, at no cost. With an age-old tradition in place, the local police recently got another lift – this time from Barangay Alas-asin, which recently provided…
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3 PNP generals top choices to replace retiring Gamboa
By John Clifford Lintao WITH just a few weeks left, the search for the next Philippine National Police chief is now down to three top generals, including Metro Manila’s top cop, who was dragged over the controversial “mañanita” birthday bash inside the regional camp last May. Aside from National Capital Regional Police Office chief Major…
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Cops to do contact tracing, says Palace
By Fernan Angeles WITH no more funds to defray the cost of hiring more personnel for the government’s Covid-19 response, cops are set to be deployed to do contact tracing to strengthen its effort to the public health crisis. In an early morning interview aired over CNN Philippines, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque and Philippine National…