El Salvador national yields P16.5-M cocaine at NAIA

By Ferdinand Patinio

MANILA – Airport authorities led by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) apprehended on Monday a foreign national carrying cocaine worth more than PHP16 million concealed in his luggage, at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Pasay City.

In a statement Tuesday, the BOC-NAIA said they arrested a Salvadoran national after operatives found 3,120 grams of cocaine inside his luggage, with an estimated street value of PHP16.53 million, as confirmed by the Philippine Drug Enforce -

PNP to start probe on 'measly' 2022 service incentive of cops

By Christopher Lloyd Caliwan

MANILA – The Philippine National Police (PNP) will start the investigation on the release of service recognition incentives (SRI) to police officers for fiscal year 2022 after reports that some received less than the agreed amount.

PNP Chief, Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr., said they would coordinate with Interior Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. and other concerned offices to look into the matter.

“We are constantly coordinating with the SILG (Secretary of the Interior and Local Government). Tinitingnan natin ito kasi kung may reklamo, kumbaga may mga dapat tingnan at iniimbestigahan natin and we are now coordinating with other offices na may kinalaman dito and I am asking them. (We are constantly coordinating with the SILG. We are looking into this because if there is a complaint, it seems that there are things that should be looked into we are investigating and we are now coordinating with other offices that have something to do with this and I am asking them),” Acorda

(Photo courtesy of PNP) told reporters when sought for comment after the oathtaking, donning, and pinning of ranks insignia for the Newly Appointed Police Commissioned Officers (NAPCOs) in Camp Crame on Monday afternoon.

“We will be sitting down with them to hear for myself, kasama ng aking command group, and we might be inviting also from the other officers ng DILG to see to it and hear together kung ano po yung explanation na ito and from there, we can see kung ano ang next move natin (We will be sitting down with them to hear for myself, together with my command group, and we might be inviting other officers of the DILG to hear together what this explanation is and from there we can see our next move).”

Earlier, Abalos said he would also seek guidance from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) regarding the policies on the payout of the incentive.

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., through Administrative Order (AO) 1, authorized in December last year the release of a one-time SRI for employees in the executive branch in recognition of the collective and invaluable