Alarma vs carnappers na bumibiktima sa car dealers itinaas

Ni Danilo Garcia (Pilipino Star Ngayon) Updated January 19, 2011 12:00 AM

MANILA, Philippines - Inalerto ni National Capital Regional Police Office (NCRPO) chief, Di­rector Nicanor Bartolome ang mga opisyales nito upang pa­igtingin ang kampanya laban sa mga sindikato ng carnapping na ngayon ay nag-iba na ng modus ope­randi kung saan mga car dealers na ang tinatarget.

Isang command con­ference ang ipinatawag ni Bartolome kamakalawa sa NCRPO Headquarters sa Bicutan, Taguig City kung saan pinulong ang mga district director at mga station­ commanders na dito tinalakay ang pagpapaigting ng kampanya sa naturang mga sindikato.

Ito’y makaraan ang pagkakatagpo sa bangkay ng anak ni Atty. Oliver Lozano na si Emerson Lozano, 44, sa Brgy. Macatian, Porac, Pampanga at sa bangkay ng car dealer na si Venson Evangelista.

Sinabi ni Bartolome na na­tagpuan sa Cabanatuan ang bangkay ni Evangelista.

Isang “special investi­gation task group” ang ka­salukuyang inoorganisa na ng Quezon City Police District (QCPD) para tumutok sa kaso ni Evangelista tulad ng task group na nakatutok naman­ sa pagresolba sa kaso ni Lozano.

Isa sa tinitingnan ng mga imbestigador ang posibilidad na isang sindikato lamang ang may kagagawan ng naturang dalawang krimen dahil sa pagkakahalin­tulad ng modus-operandi na makikipagtransaksyon sa pagbili ng sasakyan, kunwaring magte-test drive hanggang sa dukutin na ang mga biktima.

Kasalukuyan pa umanong kinakalap ng pulisya lahat ng ebidensya upang higit na masala, makilala at masakote ang mga kriminal na nasa likod ng insidente.

Metro's SWAT units get new weapons, gear

Metro police chief Director Nicanor Bartolome puts a flak vest on a female SWAT officer during the distribution of equipment to police units at Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig yesterday. JONJON VICENCIO

By Mike Frialde, Non Alquitran (The Philippine Star) Updated January 13, 2011 12:00 AM


MANILA, Philippines - The Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) units of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) were given new firearms and gear yesterday.

NCRPO chief Director Nicanor Bartolome said the new equipment and weapons include 440 Glock 9mm pistols, 379 armored ballistics vests, and 337 Kevlar helmets.

Bartolome said the new gear have been turned over to the directors of the Eastern, Northern, Southern, Manila and Quezon City Police Districts and the battalion commander of the NCRPO-Regional Public Safety Battalion.

Bartolome said the equipment, which came from the headquarters of the Philippine National Police at Camp Crame, will be a big boost to current capabilities of SWAT units in Metro Manila.

“It is important that our SWAT units get the proper equipment, but it is more important that the members have the proper skills, attitude and disposition,” he said.

Bartolome also stressed that the new equipment and gear were issued to the units and not to individual SWAT members.

“The equipment must remain with the unit. People will come and go, but the equipment will remain with the unit,” he said.

NCRPO aims for zero indiscriminate firing incidents

MANILA, Philippines - The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) is pushing for zero incidents of indiscriminate firing among police officers during the coming New Year revelry, an official said yesterday.

747 firecracker zones sa MM

747 firecracker zones sa MM
Ni Danilo Garcia (Pilipino Star Ngayon)
Updated December 31, 2010 12:00 AM

MANILA, Philippines - May 747 “firecracker zones” ang itinatag ng National Ca­pital Regional Police Office (NCRPO) at mga lokal na pa­mahalaan sa buong Metro Manila.

Ngunit nangangamba si NCRPO Director Nicanor Bartolome na baka walang sapat na bilang ng mga ambulansya sa naturang mga firecracker zones na maghahatid sa mga biktima ng paputok sa mga pagamutan kaya patuloy ang panawagan nito sa pag-iingat sa paghawak ng anumang uri ng paputok.

“Baka di mapunuan yan kasi 747 ang firecracker zones sa Metro Manila pa lang. Ang malaking area mas mataas ang risk. Pati ambulance, yan ang sabi natin, dapat may naka­antabay kahit di one ambulance per zone, but at least accessible at makakarating kung may kailangan,” ani Bartolome.

Muli rin namang nanawagan si Bartolome sa publiko na makipagtulungan sa pulisya sa kampanya laban sa iligal na pagpapaputok ng baril ng pulis man o sibil­yan. Kailangan umano ng pulisya ng tulong ng publiko upang maparusahan ang mga lumalabag sa batas sa pamamagitan ng pagkontak sa hotline ni PNP chief, Director General Raul Bacalzo na 0917-8475757.

Sa naturang bilang ng firecracker zones, may 271 nito ang nasa lungsod ng Maynila. Nararapat umano na maluwag ang lugar, maayos ang bentilasyon, malayo sa kabahayan at may nakaantabay na trak ng bumbero at ambulansya.

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NCRPO chief inspects LRT, MRT

By Non Alquitran and Mike Frialde
(The Philippine Star) Updated December 29, 2010 12:00 AM

MANILA, Philippines - To prevent the spillover of the Sulu violence in Metro Manila, National Capital Region Police Office chief Director Nicanor Bartolome inspected yesterday the Light Rail Transit (LRT) and Metro Rail Transit (MRT) platforms and stations to ensure the safety of the riding public.

The inspection was conducted two days before the 10th anniversary of the infamous Rizal Day bombing which left 22 people dead and scores of others injured.

Most of the casualties in the bombing blamed on Muslim rebels were commuters inside the LRT coach that stopped at the Blumentritt station. “I’m very satisfied with the security measures that the LRT and MRT authorities are implementing,” Bartolome said.

“Even with the big volume of commuters availing of our railway transit systems, our police patrollers and the security personnel are making sure that a repeat of the Dec. 30, 2000 attack will not happen… Never again,” Bartolome assured the commuters.

LRTA officials led by operations managers Ma. Teresa Llera and Wilfredo Bungcarol; chief security officer Jimmy Chua; joined Bartolome and his district directors in his security inspection.

In its first stop, the inspecting team meticulously scrutinized the security procedures being implemented by LRT personnel in Gateway, Cubao terminal of LRT Line 2. They then observed the security inspection in Farmers/Cubao MRT station before boarding the MRT coach heading south to Taft/Pasay Rotonda station. Police and LRTA officials assured the riding public of continued police services to endure their security during the holiday season.

Bartolome then inspected the LRT Line 1 stations along Taft Avenue, stopping at Central Terminal (Arroceros) and visited the exact location of the infamous Rizal Day bombing of 2000 in the LRT 1 Blumentritt station before proceeding to Grand Central station in Monumento, Caloocan City.

The last leg of the inspection was the new MRT line from Caloocan to Muñoz station in Quezon City.

NCRPO aims for a zero firing incidents during New Year

By Non Alquitran (philstar.com)
Updated December 27, 2010 04:55 PM Comments (2) View comments

MANILA, Philippines – The National Capital Regional Police Office (NCRPO) is pushing for a zero incidents of indiscriminate firing among policemen during the coming New Year revelry.

To help attain their goal, NCRPO chief Director Nicanor Bartolome started sealing the muzzle of handguns and long firearms issued to policemen in Metro Manila to prevent the weapons from being fired in the New Year celebration.

Using a masking tape, Bartolome sealed the muzzles of firearms of elements of the Regional Public Safety Battalion (RPSB), Regional Headquarters Support Group (RHSG) and Regional Police Intelligence and Operating Unit (RPIOU) during simple ceremonies at Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City.

Bartolome’s five district directors also made rounds of police stations in their jurisdictions to do the same exercise with the weapons of their men.

“Gen. Bartolome wanted a zero incidents of indiscriminate firing in Metro Manila so he was busy making the rounds of police stations in the metropolis to see to it that the taping of muzzles of firearms of policemen are religiously being carried out,” said Senior Superintendent Dionardo Carlos, NCRPO spokesman.

The NCRPO recorded at least three incidents of indiscriminate firing involving policemen during the 2010 New Year revelry, Carlos said.

The NCRPO director would make rounds of the 16 cities and a municipality in Metro Manila today to inspect the designated firecrackers zones, which should be located in a secluded area to prevent firecracker blast casualties.

Earlier, Bartolome barred Metro policemen from playing with firecrackers to set an example among Metro Manilans not to use illegal firecrackers to welcome the New Year.

Carlos also urged the 12 million Metro Manilans to use legal firecrackers only to contribute to the DOH goal of lesser firecracker blast victims for the year 2011.


Source: http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=643072&publicationSubCategoryId=200

PNP welcomes new police recruits

By Non Alquitran (The Philippine Star)
Updated December 02, 2010 12:00 AM Comments (4) View comments

MANILA, Philippines – The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) welcomed into its fold yesterday at least 723 new police recruits.

NCRPO director Chief Superintendent Nicanor Bartolome administered the oath-taking ceremony of the new police recruits who would undergo a grueling six-month Public Safety Basic Recruit Course (PSBRC).

After graduating from their PSBRC training, the recruits would undergo another six-month Field Training Program (FTP) under the NCR Training School before they would be integrated to the NCRPO headquarters and its five police districts.

The recruits’ families and friends witnessed the activity held at the NCRPO grandstand in Camp Bagong Diwa, Bicutan, Taguig City at 10 a.m. yesterday.

Bartolome said that a total of 1,442 applicants vied for the 2010 NCRPO Recruitment Program where at least 1,247 were males while 195 were females.

After a series of test and validation, only 723 applicants (635 males and 88 females) were successful, according to the Regional Screening Committee headed by Chief Superintendent George Regis, deputy director for operations of the NCRPO. Other members of the recruitment committee were Director Cynthia Navarro, of the National Police Commission (Napolcom), Assistant Regional Director Virgilio Castro of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), Edwin Bulaclac, of the Regional Peace and Order Council, and Vicky Stohner, of the women’s sector.

Bartolome said the recruits underwent a battery of physical, neuro-psychiatric, drug, medical and dental tests after a tough written general knowledge examination.

They also underwent character and background investigation and only those who were finally cleared were allowed in the final interview.

In his short message, DILG-NCR Regional Director Renato Brion encouraged the new police recruits to give utmost dedication in serving the public.

“The country is now experiencing economic growth brought about by the favorable peace and security climate. It is critical that the police maintain the positive conditions to carry on the momentum of change and development under PNoy’s administration” Brion added.


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