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THE National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) 10 will summon PO2 Joel Caamiño Thursday in connection with the alleged "salvage" attempt involving one of Caamiño's farm workers. NBI Regional Director Jose Justo Yap said Caamiño will be made to appear at the NBI office to answer the accusations against him made by Victor Cabulay. Cabulay has accused Caamiño, along with two others, of viciously beating him Monday night in Barangay Canitoan, this city.

We want to hear his side so mag-explain lang naman siya   -Jose Justo Yap

 

ACTING City Police Director Noel Armilla of the Cagayan de Oro City Police Office (COCPO) said the dismal results of the Philippine National Police's (PNP) general firearms amnesty program may force authorities to impose stiffer penalties for violators of the country's gun laws. Armilla said gun owners with expired licenses must avail of the on going nationwide gun amnesty program, which began October 1 and will last until month end, to avoid eventual prosecution. PNP chief Director General Jesus Verz

Pursuant to the duty of the state to protect its citizens and maintain peace and order, there is a need to implement a national firearms control program that would reduce the number of loose firearms by an average of three percent a month through aggressive continuing law enforcement actions, to include a general amnesty for loose firearms   -Executive Order

 

LOCAL police rounded up over 50 suspected criminals in a fresh campaign against lawless elements in Cagayan de Oro City. At least six motorcycles with no sufficient documents were also seized by authorities in the first 48 hours grind to curb criminality. "But perception of the public is also very important. For the police to become more effective, we need feedback and cooperation of the civilians," said City Police Director Noel Armilla. For his part, Deputy Police Director Antonio Montalba said to

But perception of the public is also very important. For the police to become more effective, we need feedback and cooperation of the civilians   -Antonio Montalba

 

The low number of gun owners who have availed of an ongoing gun amnesty program has disappointed City Police officials with acting City Police Director Noel Armilla observing that gun owners in the city seem to not mind having unlicensed firearms. Armilla said the Cagayan de Oro City Police Office (COCPO) estimate some 1,200 guns in the city either to have expired licenses or to have never been registered but so far, only more than 100 have been accounted for. Armilla said the Philippine National Poli

Ang mga holders ang murag dili gusto nga malisensiyahan ang ilang mga armas so maglisod gyud ta ani kung sila mismo dili mo-cooperate sa kampanya sa polis   -Noel Armilla

 

POLICE authorities last Tuesday said they have pinpointed at least four suspects responsible for the killing of a Basilan policeman last September 18. Police Superintendent Antonio Montalba, deputy police director of the Cagayan de Oro City Police Office (Cocpo), said they have the names of the suspects in the killing of Insp. John Rey Lozada of the Basilan Police Station, who was stabbed dead after he chased down a mugger who took the bag of his wife at the Night Café in Divisoria. Montalba, however,

Wala pa nadakpan ang mga suspects pero nailhan na ug duna na kitay mga pangalan   -Antonio Montalba

 

POLICE rounded up 70 suspected criminals in Cagayan de Oro over the weekend, in a fresh campaign against criminality following the killing of a policeman whose wife was robbed at the weekly Night Café. Last weekend's series of arrests captured persons caught in the act while committing crimes while some have pending arrest warrants, said Acting City Police Director Noel Armilla. The anti-crime campaign throughout the city yielded bladed weapons, dried marijuana leaves, solvents—popularly known as "rug

That incident really triggered this drive so we reinstated the anti-crime drive that Col. Antonio Montalba had implemented during his time   -Noel Armilla

 

ACTING Police Director Noel Armilla said the Cagayan de Oro City Office (Cocpo) remains on high alert status for the remaining festivities of the Kagay-an Festival. "We have maintained the high alert status despite the declined threats to the city. We are ready and (let me assure fiesta revelers) Cocpo is on top of the situation," said Armilla. Armilla said Cocpo already coordinated with the 4th Infantry Division based in Cagayan de Oro. "In coordination with 4ID, they will provide K9 units and addi

We have maintained the high alert status despite the declined threats to the city. We are ready and (let me assure fiesta revelers) Cocpo is on top of the situation   -Noel Armilla

 

THE detention of a suspected communist leader, arrested over the weekend, in a less defended civilian facility is causing a security nightmare to the local police authorities. Acting City Police Director Noel Armilla said they asked the court Monday to transfer the custody of Alfredo Mapano from the Misamis Oriental Provincial Jail to a military facility "equipped" to house a "high-risk political dissident." A "heightened alert" was immediately raised hours after the suspected rebel leader's arrest, A

He (Mapano) is the no. 1 man of the CPP (Communist Party of the Philippines) in the region. That’s why he is to be considered as a high-risk detainee, thus would need maximum security. With his important designation in the CPP, he is prone for rescue operations of his comrades in the New People’s Army   -Noel Armilla

 

AUTHORITIES arrested an alleged high-ranking cadre of the New People's Army, the armed wing the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP-NPA), over the weekend. Alfredo Mapano, 55, alias Pedro Panis, was nabbed at the Middleton Appartelle in Barangay Carmen by personnel from the Police Station (PS) and the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (Nica) Saturday evening. The military said Mapano commanded at least five rebel sub-groups located in Agusan provinces, Bukidnon and Misamis Oriental.  

LAW enforcers in Cagayan de Oro are gearing for the implementation of the amnesty program for loose firearms as the Philippine National Police (PNP) is set to launch it throughout the country next week. Acting City Police Director Noel Armilla said the 700-strong Cagayan de Oro City Police Office (Cocpo) is readying measures to implement the amnesty program throughout the city's 80 barangays. As of May 2009, the PNP said the number of loose firearms has reached 1,110,277 of which 559,326 firearms have