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                    [Title] => Retirement triggers major revamp at PNP
                    [Summary] => Eight ranking officials of the Philippine National  Police (PNP) have been affected in a recent revamp following the retirement of the chief of the directorate for  comptrollership last Wednesday.


Sources said PNP chief Director General Arturo Lomibao met with the eight newly appointed heads of the directorial staff and regional directors last Wednesday before flying to Jakarta, Indonesia for a two-day multilateral meeting of the chiefs of ASEAN police and heads of counter-terrorism of all ASEAN countries.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1165072 [AuthorName] => Bebot Sison Jr. [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 302869 [Title] => Cop, 4 crime gang men slain in Davao shootout [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Suspected criminals opened fire on policemen out to serve an arrest warrant, sparking a gunbattle that killed all four gunmen and a police officer in Tagum City, Davao del Norte last Wednesday, police said.

The police were to serve the warrant for one of the men who had been accused of robberies, killings and drug trafficking, when he and his three unidentified companions fired at the police officers, Chief Superintendent Antonio Billones said.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 295143 [Title] => PNP officers up for promotion with retirement of No. 2 man [Summary] => Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Arturo Lomibao is preparing a "short list" of police officers to be promoted with the scheduled retirement of his No. 2 man, Deputy Director General Ricardo de Leon, on Sept. 10.

Lomibao and his staff held a private meeting yesterday to "finalize" the list, which will immediately be forwarded to Malacañang for realignment or approval.

The next reshuffle of officers will take place in November and December when a large number of police officials are set to retire.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805358 [AuthorName] => Non Alquitran [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 277361 [Title] => Velasco’s retirement triggers 9 PNP promotions [Summary] => The retirement of Deputy Director General Reynaldo Velasco on May 22 could trigger promotions for nine ranking officials of the Philippine National Police (PNP).

The nine police officials passed the final screening of the PNP’s Special Officers Promotion and Placement Board (SOPPB) last Tuesday which Velasco had presided over as PNP deputy chief for administration (DCA).

PNP chief Director General Arturo Lomibao has approved SOPPB’s recommendations.
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Justice Secretary Raul Gonzales said he has already ordered Chief Superintendent Antonio Billones, Region 12 police director, to arrest the people behind the Esperat killing who have gone into hiding after learning they have been implicated.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1405213 [AuthorName] => John Paul Jubelag [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 274209 [Title] => DOJ team expediting arrest of mastermind [Summary] => GENERAL SANTOS CITY — The Department of Justice (DOJ) has sent here a team of prosecutors to expedite the arrest of the mastermind in the March 24 killing of newspaper columnist Marlene Esperat in Tacurong City, Sultan Kudarat.

Justice Secretary Raul Gonzales said he has also ordered the issuance of a hold departure order for the suspects whom he refused to identify.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1405213 [AuthorName] => John Paul Jubelag [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 273445 [Title] => 4 held for columnist’s murder [Summary] => GENERAL SANTOS CITY — At least four people, including the alleged gunman, were placed under police custody in connection with the Maundy Thursday killing of newspaper columnist Marlene Esperat in Tacurong City, Sultan Kudarat.

According to local police sources, the suspects’ arrest came after Randy Grecia, the alleged lookout in the killing, surrendered to authorities.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1405213 [AuthorName] => John Paul Jubelag [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 271985 [Title] => Columnist’s killing: Cop, son probed [Summary] => KORONADAL CITY — Probers are looking into the possible involvement of a senior police official and his son in the Maundy Thursday gunslaying of a female columnist of a weekly paper in Tacurong City, Sultan Kudarat, the regional police chief said.

Chief Superintendent Antonio Billones, Central Mindanao police director, refused to identify father and son, but said the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), which heads Task Force Esperat, is investigating them.

Billones declined to give details of the investigation.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097511 [AuthorName] => Ramil Bajo [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 271857 [Title] => Sketch of woman journalist’s killers released [Summary] => The Philippine National Police (PNP) released yesterday artist’s sketches of two alleged assassins of the woman journalist killed in her home in Tacurong City, Sultan Kudarat on Maundy Thursday.

Investigators said witnesses, including the 10-year-old son of the victim, Marlene Garcia-Esperat, 45, a columnist of the Midland Review, provided the descriptions of the suspects. Esperat’s son was with his mom during the assassination.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1165072 [AuthorName] => Bebot Sison Jr. [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 271725 [Title] => Palace vows thorough probe of columnist’s slay [Summary] => Malacañang expressed alarm yesterday over the killing of another journalist, Sultan Kudarat newspaper columnist Marlene Garcia Esperat, and vowed that the case will be thoroughly investigated.

Esperat, 45, who wrote a hard-hitting column for the weekly paper Midland Review, was gunned down in front of her 10-year-old son inside her home in Tacurong City, Sultan Kudarat last Thursday night.

Director General Arturo Lomibao, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, has formed Task Force Esperat to go after those behind the columnist’s gunslaying.
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                    [Title] => Retirement triggers major revamp at PNP
                    [Summary] => Eight ranking officials of the Philippine National  Police (PNP) have been affected in a recent revamp following the retirement of the chief of the directorate for  comptrollership last Wednesday.


Sources said PNP chief Director General Arturo Lomibao met with the eight newly appointed heads of the directorial staff and regional directors last Wednesday before flying to Jakarta, Indonesia for a two-day multilateral meeting of the chiefs of ASEAN police and heads of counter-terrorism of all ASEAN countries.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1165072 [AuthorName] => Bebot Sison Jr. [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 302869 [Title] => Cop, 4 crime gang men slain in Davao shootout [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Suspected criminals opened fire on policemen out to serve an arrest warrant, sparking a gunbattle that killed all four gunmen and a police officer in Tagum City, Davao del Norte last Wednesday, police said.

The police were to serve the warrant for one of the men who had been accused of robberies, killings and drug trafficking, when he and his three unidentified companions fired at the police officers, Chief Superintendent Antonio Billones said.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 295143 [Title] => PNP officers up for promotion with retirement of No. 2 man [Summary] => Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Arturo Lomibao is preparing a "short list" of police officers to be promoted with the scheduled retirement of his No. 2 man, Deputy Director General Ricardo de Leon, on Sept. 10.

Lomibao and his staff held a private meeting yesterday to "finalize" the list, which will immediately be forwarded to Malacañang for realignment or approval.

The next reshuffle of officers will take place in November and December when a large number of police officials are set to retire.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805358 [AuthorName] => Non Alquitran [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 277361 [Title] => Velasco’s retirement triggers 9 PNP promotions [Summary] => The retirement of Deputy Director General Reynaldo Velasco on May 22 could trigger promotions for nine ranking officials of the Philippine National Police (PNP).

The nine police officials passed the final screening of the PNP’s Special Officers Promotion and Placement Board (SOPPB) last Tuesday which Velasco had presided over as PNP deputy chief for administration (DCA).

PNP chief Director General Arturo Lomibao has approved SOPPB’s recommendations.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805358 [AuthorName] => Non Alquitran [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 275827 [Title] => DOJ orders police: Arrest Esperat slay masterminds [Summary] => GENERAL SANTOS CITY — The Department of Justice has ordered the police to arrest the suspected masterminds in the March 24 killing of Sultan Kudarat newspaper columnist Marlene Esperat.

Justice Secretary Raul Gonzales said he has already ordered Chief Superintendent Antonio Billones, Region 12 police director, to arrest the people behind the Esperat killing who have gone into hiding after learning they have been implicated.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1405213 [AuthorName] => John Paul Jubelag [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 274209 [Title] => DOJ team expediting arrest of mastermind [Summary] => GENERAL SANTOS CITY — The Department of Justice (DOJ) has sent here a team of prosecutors to expedite the arrest of the mastermind in the March 24 killing of newspaper columnist Marlene Esperat in Tacurong City, Sultan Kudarat.

Justice Secretary Raul Gonzales said he has also ordered the issuance of a hold departure order for the suspects whom he refused to identify.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1405213 [AuthorName] => John Paul Jubelag [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 273445 [Title] => 4 held for columnist’s murder [Summary] => GENERAL SANTOS CITY — At least four people, including the alleged gunman, were placed under police custody in connection with the Maundy Thursday killing of newspaper columnist Marlene Esperat in Tacurong City, Sultan Kudarat.

According to local police sources, the suspects’ arrest came after Randy Grecia, the alleged lookout in the killing, surrendered to authorities.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1405213 [AuthorName] => John Paul Jubelag [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 271985 [Title] => Columnist’s killing: Cop, son probed [Summary] => KORONADAL CITY — Probers are looking into the possible involvement of a senior police official and his son in the Maundy Thursday gunslaying of a female columnist of a weekly paper in Tacurong City, Sultan Kudarat, the regional police chief said.

Chief Superintendent Antonio Billones, Central Mindanao police director, refused to identify father and son, but said the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), which heads Task Force Esperat, is investigating them.

Billones declined to give details of the investigation.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097511 [AuthorName] => Ramil Bajo [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 271857 [Title] => Sketch of woman journalist’s killers released [Summary] => The Philippine National Police (PNP) released yesterday artist’s sketches of two alleged assassins of the woman journalist killed in her home in Tacurong City, Sultan Kudarat on Maundy Thursday.

Investigators said witnesses, including the 10-year-old son of the victim, Marlene Garcia-Esperat, 45, a columnist of the Midland Review, provided the descriptions of the suspects. Esperat’s son was with his mom during the assassination.
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Esperat, 45, who wrote a hard-hitting column for the weekly paper Midland Review, was gunned down in front of her 10-year-old son inside her home in Tacurong City, Sultan Kudarat last Thursday night.

Director General Arturo Lomibao, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, has formed Task Force Esperat to go after those behind the columnist’s gunslaying.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097511 [AuthorName] => Ramil Bajo [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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