PNP Photo Gallery

Year 2008

July

REPEATER DONATION - Pampanga Police Provincial Director PSSUPT Keith Ernald LL Siñgian receives from Mr Rene Romero, President of Pampanga Chamber of Commerce and Industry Incorporated (PAMCHAM) one (1) unit of Motorola UHF Repeater system as a way of extending support to enhance the communication equipment of the provincial police force.Inset photo also shows Mr Eddie Chua (leftmost), Director in Charge of the Peace and Order Committee of PAMCHAM and PSUPT Benjamin M Medina, OIC of San Fernando police. Said equipment shall hence be utilized to improve on dragnet operations of Pampanga PPO.

Police Director General Avelino I Razon Jr , Chief, PNP delivers his speech during the Opening Ceremony of the One-Day Jobs Fair hosted by Directorate for Police Community Relations (DPCR) held at Camp Crame Grandstand, Quezon City on July 1, 2008.

Police Director Leopoldo N Bataoil, Director for Police Community Relations, delivers his welcome remarks during the Opening Ceremony of the One-Day Jobs Fair held at Camp Crame Grandstand, Quezon City on July 1, 2008. In front (from left): the CPNP Police Director General Avelino I Razon Jr, Mr Carlo Abella, PESO Head of Quezon City, Ret Gen. Viduya, and PCSUPT Roberto P Rongavilla, Deputy Director for Police Community Relations.

Mamang Pulis with employer, officers and staffs of Public Employment Services Office (PESO) of Quezon City assists applicants during the One-Day Jobs Fair held at Camp Crame Grandstand, Quezon City on July 1, 2008.

Aleng Pulis assists job seekers during the One-Day Jobs Fair held at Camp Crame Grandstand, Quezon City on July 1, 2008.

June

Pampanga police provincial director PSSUPT KEITH ERNALD LL SIÑGIAN receives from Mr Irwin Nucum, corporate and communications officer of the San Fernando Electric Light and Power Company (SFELAPCO) ten (10) pieces of Kevlar Ballistic Helmets as a way of donation to the provincial police force for the use of swat platoon. Said turn-over of special equipment jived with the signing of MOA between an NGO for the USUFRUCT of land and construction of a Compac at Arayat, Pampanga.

May

MEDICAL EQUIPMENT --- PNP Chief, Director General Avelino I Razon Jr., witnesses the turnover of medical equipment from Deputy Director General Jesus A Verzosa (right), representing the donation of the Alpha Phi Omega Lawmen Association. Receiving the donation in Camp Crame is Chief Superintendent Federico Damatac Jr., Director of the PNP Health Service (2nd from left); and Senior Superintendent Ma. Angela Manas-Vidal (left), Chief of the PNP General Hospital.

SHOOTERS' SUPPORT TO PNP HOUSING PROGRAM --- PNP Chief, Director General Avelino I Razon Jr.; and PNP Housing Board Chairman, Deputy Director General Jesus A Verzosa (right), recieve a check for P1.2-million from organizers of the recently concluded Chief PNP Cup Shooting Tournament. The initial amount is part of the P2-million raised by the shootfest for the benefit of the Pulis Gawad Kalinga Special Housing Project. From left: Philippine Practical Shooting Association (PPSA) Chairman Chito Canteras, PPSA President Rommel Cabungcal, and Nerio Dionisio, president of the Association of Firearms and Ammunition Dealers (AFAD).

April

DANGEROUS PLANTS -- Chief Superintendent Romeo Hilomen (foreground), PNP Regional Director for Region 1, leads the symbolic destruction of part of the P90.6-million worth of prohibited Marijuana plants uprooted from a 3-hectare clandestine plantation in Sitio Bekes, Licungan, Sugpon, Ilocos Sur. The bulk of the confiscated Marijuana plants were destroyed on site by PNP and PDEA agents. Present during the symbolic burning ceremony at Camp Florendo in La Union were San Fernando City Mayor Pablo Ortega; PNP Spokesman, Chief Superintendent Nicanor A Bartolome; and Chief Superintendent Ramon Gatan, PRO1 Deputy Regional Director.

Gen. Barias's dialogue with militant leaders on Labor Day rallies is fruitful - peaceful and orderly mass action ensured.

March

PNP bomb investigators search for evidence
Police bomb investigators search for evidence at an explosion site in Manila on March 18, 2008. The explosion was allegedly connected between two opposing fraternity groups injured at least 15 people near the Mendiola area on March 18 at around 4:25 p.m.. The blast outside La Consolacion College was also about 500 - 600 meters away from the Malacanang palace.

February

Top police and military officials, led unity walk
Police and military led by AFP Chief General Hermogenes Esperson (3rd R) and PNP Chief PDGEN AVELINO I RAZON JR (2nd R) with (L-R) Air Force Commander Lieutenant General Pedrito Cadungog, Army Commander Lieutenant General Alexander Yano, Navy Commander Vice Admiral Rogelio Calunsag link arms as they march in formation during ceremony outside the military headquarters in Manila on February 25, 2008, marking the 22nd anniversary of 'People Power' revolt in 1986. The police and military leadership paraded in a show of unity to affirm their loyalty to the chain of command and to the duly constituted authorities.

PNP bomb investigators gather evidence
PNP bomb investigators gather evidence at the site of an explosion in front of a canning factory that killed three people, in General Santos, southern Philippines, 30 January 2008. Three people were killed and 27 injured in a bomb blast in the southern Philippine city of General Santos. The bomb allegedly exploded outside the main gates of a tuna canning factory just after 7:00 pm as workers were going home.

President Gloria Arroyo with Chief, PNP
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo (R) sits beside national PDGEN AVELINO RAZON JR, Chief PNP (L) at the 17th anniversary celebrations of the Philippine National Police in the PNP’s National Headquarters at Camp Crame on February 5, 2008. President Arroyo called for the preservation of political stability in the country.

January

Philippine National Police (PNP) and military personnel are seen at the PNP National Headquarters, as they wait to be deployed, 18 December 2007 in Metro Manila. The police and military personnel will be fielded in tandem to different malls and railway stations to protect the citizens against criminal activity during the official start of the Christmas season.

Year 2007

Philippine National Police (PNP) and military personnel are seen at the PNP National Headquarters, as they wait to be deployed, 18 December 2007 in Metro Manila. The police and military personnel will be fielded in tandem to different malls and railway stations to protect the citizens against criminal activity during the official start of the Christmas season.

PDGen  AVELINO I RAZON JR, Chief PNP shows a poster showing Philippine Marine Capt Nicanor Faeldon, who is wanted in connection with the failed uprising by a group led by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, who occupied the Manila Peninsula hotel in Makati City and sought  President  Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s ouster, last November 29, 2007 other soldiers are also being sought for their alleged roles in the Makati standoff.

PDGEN Avelino I Razon Jr Chief, PNP and DILG Usec. Darius Corpus explains the lifting of the curfew at a press conference in Camp Crame Friday.

PNP-SAF move on the luxury Peninsula hotel, in Manila's financial district in Makati to flush out rebel soldiers 29 November 2007.

PD GEARY L BARIAS, PRO-NCR Director (L) is met by rebel soldiers as he arrives to negotiate with the rebel group after they took over the luxury Peninsula hotel in Manila's financial district of Makati, 29 November 2007.

PNP-CDM units (R) seal off the road around the luxury Peninsula hotel (background) in Manila's financial district of Makati where rebel soldiers are holed up inside, 29 November 2007.

Armed Forces Chief General Hermogenes Esperon (L) hands over to Philippine National Police Chief Police Director General Avelino Razon (R) an M-16 automatic rifle, one of the 161 rifles turned over to police as part of ceremonial turnover of seized and surrendered firearms, at the military headquarters in Manila, 27 November 2007.

Mamang Pulis, Police Director General AVELINO I. RAZON Jr the Chief, Philippine National Pollice, handsout PNP Volunteer ID cards to vegetable dealers after a dialogue with is officials in La Trinidad, Benguet Vegetable Trading Post.

President Gloria Arroyo (L) accompanied by Police Director General Avelino Razon, Chief PNP (C) inspects a member of the Special Action Force (PNP-SAF), wearing a chemical warfare suit during an exercise at Camp Bagong Diwa in Manila 30 October 2007. The police force demonstrated their capabilities in anti-terrorism operations.

PDGEN AVELINO I RAZON JR Chief, PNP inspects the blast site inside Glorietta 2, Ayala mall in Makati City.

Police Chief Superintendent LUIZO C TICMAN, head of the bomb blast probe, shows a diagram of the Glorietta mall basement where a fuel tank was damaged by the blast during a press conference.

PDGEN AVELINO I RAZON JR ,Chief, PNP addresses a press conference saying investigators were probing all angles at the Glorietta mall bomb blast scene.

President Gloria  M.  Arroyo (C) is flanked by PNP Chief PDGEN AVELINO I. RAZON JR (R) and AFP Chief of Staff GENERAL Hermogenes Esperon (L) as they head for a security briefing at the headquarters of the Philippines National Police in Manila, 20 October 2007, a day after a deadly shopping mall bomb attack left nine dead at the Makati financial center.

Investigators and rescue team members prepare to probe the bomb damage of Glorietta mall in Manila's financial district in Makati, 21 October 2007. The blast tore through the plush shopping mall 19 October shattering the concrete floor and punching a hole through the roof, leaving rubble strewn everywhere. Death toll rose to 9 and more injured.

POLICE AND CHURCH COOPERATION --- PNP Chief, Director General Oscar C Calderon discusses developments in the ongoing investigation of cases involving some members of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) during a meeting in Quezon City. Present during the dialogue were UCCP Secretary-General, Bishop Eliezer Pascua; Bishop Solito Toquero (left) and other ministers of UCCP. Calderon vowed to extend all possible assistance to the activites of UCCP even as he explained that the recent arrest of UCCP Pastor Berlin Guerrero in Laguna was covered by a lawful order from the court. Nonetheless, the PNP Chief ordered an investigation of the apparent lapses in police procedure in effecting the arrest.

ALL-PNP SHOOTING COMPETITION --- PNP Chief, Director General Oscar C Calderon (2nd from right) leads police officials in the opening of the Chief PNP Cup shooting tournament at the Armscor Range in Marikina City. A total of 77 teams from the different PNP units and offices are competing in the shotgun and pistol team and individual events. In the firing line for the opening shots are, from left: NCRPO Chief, Deputy Director General Reynaldo P Varilla; Deputy Chief for Administration, Deputy Director General Avelino I Razon Jr.; and Chief of Directorial Staff, Police Director Jesus A Verzosa (right).

Raid on Fake Addidas: Elite policemen guard as police officers searches for counterfeit Adidas shoes in a raid on a shopping mall in the Philippine capital Manila 05 May 2007. The government has stepped up its crackdown on such counterfeits in order to remove its name from foreign blacklists of countries which do not respect intellectual property rights (IPR).

Police look over the bodies of five susp... : Police look over the bodies of five suspected car thieves killed in a shootout with Police in Manila, 16 April 2007. Five suspected robbers were shot dead in a pre-dawn gunbattle with Police on 16 April. An anti-crime task force unit engaged the suspects in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila. The five, clad in police jackets, were killed in an ensuing firefight.

AFGHAN VISITORS --- PNP Deputy Chief for Administration, Deputy Director General Avelino I Razon Jr., receives a symbolic token from Mr. Ghulam Hussain Farmand (left), General Director of the Skills Development Department of the Ministry of Labor of Afghanistan. A 10-man delegation of Afghan labor officials and representatives from the International Labor Organization visited Camp Crame as part of their study tour on migrant workers and labor relations in other Asian countries. With Farmand are, from left, Director Mohammad Naim Salek of the Pension Departmet of the Ministry of Interior, and consular officer Gulmat Khan Zadran of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan.

RP-KOREA POLICE JOIN FORCES AGAINST CRIME --- PNP Chief, Director General Oscar C Calderon and Commissioner General Lee Taek-Soon, Chief of the Korean National Police, signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Seoul seeking better cooperation between the two police forces in addressing common concerns on transnational crime and terrorism. The agreement also aims to improve security conditions for Filipinos living in South Korea and for Koreans residing in the Philippines.

[LEFT] PRESIDENTIAL STREAMER AWARD -- President Arroyo, assisted by PNP Chief, Director General Oscar C Calderon (left) and DILG Secretary Ronaldo V Puno (partly-hidden), awards the Presidential Streamer to Police Regional Office 1 (Ilocos-Pangasinan Region) adjudged as Best Police Regional Office during the 16th PNP Anniversary rites in Camp Crame. The award was received by Chief Superintendent Leopoldo N Bataoil, PRO1 Regional Director (right).

[CENTER] MORE PATROL VEHICLES FOR POLICE -- President Arroyo, DILG Secretary Ronaldo Puno, and PNP Chief, Director General Oscar C Calderon, inspect the 176 Calderon Troop Carrier (CTC) patrol vehicles acquired by the PNP during the blessing of the vehicles in Camp Crame, highlighting the 16th PNP Day celebrations. The 176 CTC vehicles will be distributed to Regional and Provincial Mobile Groups in the different parts of the country. The PNP is also awaiting delivery of 88 more CTC vehicles from the manufacturer.

[RIGHT] GAWAD-KALINGA PNP HOUSING PROGRAM -- President Arroyo awards a housing certificate to PO2 Lea Galope, during the 16th PNP Anniversary ceremony in Camp Crame. Galope is one of 211 beneficiaries of the Gawad-Kalinga PNP Housing Project in Camp Macabulos, Tarlac City.

PNP HOUSING PROJECT IN CALABARZON -- PNP Chief, Director General Oscar C Calderon, formally unveils the 500-unit PNP Integrity Heights Subdivision in San Bartolome, Sto. Tomas, Batangas for personnel assigned in the CALABARZON region. As part of the PNP's flagship program of providing decent housing for police personnel, the housing units will be made available to PNP personnel at affordable amortization rates paid thru the Pag-Ibig Fund. At left is Deputy Director General Avelino I Razon Jr., Deputy Chief for Administration and Chairman of the PNP Housing Board.

CPNP OSCAR C CALDERON during the Multi-Sectoral Dialogue on unsolved militants & journalist killings.

TOP TEN GRAFT BUSTERS --- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo poses with the heads of the 10 Most Compliant Government Agencies in Terms of Integrity Development Action Plan (IDAP) implementation during the awarding ceremonies at Malacanang's Aguinaldo State Dining Room. The awardees are Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, Trade and Industry Secretary Peter Favila, Social Welfare and Development Secretary Esperanza Cabral, Bureau of Internal Revenue Commissioner Jose Mario Bunag, Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita (Office of the President), Education Secretary Jesli Lapuz, Public Works and Highways Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane, Metro Manila Development Authority Chairman Bayani Fernando, Science and Technology Secretary Estrella Alabastro and Philippine National Police Chief Dir. Gen. Oscar Calderon. They were cited for their outstanding efforts and achievements in the government's anti-graft campaign. Also in photo are Presidential Anti-Graft Commission Chairperson Constancia de Guzman (at the President's right) and Tony Kwok (fifth from left), consultant to the Philippine Government Fight Against Graft and Corruption and former head of Hong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC). (OPS-NIB Photo)

August

HI-TECH EQUIPMENT --- PNP Chief, Director General Oscar C Calderon accepts the donation of computer forensic equipment from US Ambassador Kristie Kenney during simple ceremonies in Camp Crame. The computer hardware and software applications are part of the technical assistance package provided by the US Department of State under its Anti-Terrorist Assistance Program to boost the campaign against terrorism.

July

CAPTURED NPA WEAPONS --- PNP Chief, Director General Oscar C Calderon inspects high-powered weapons, explosives, grenades and other equipment recovered from five slain New People's Army terrorists during the failed siege of the Matnog Police Station and Ferry Terminal in Sorsogon during the weekend. Calderon promoted 12 personnel of the Matnog Police Station led by Chief Inspector Jesus Callada (2nd from left) for successfully defending the town against the NPA. Accompanying the Chief PNP are Brig. Gen. Arsenio Arugay of the Philippine Army's 901st Brigade (left); Chief Superintendent Victor Boco, PNP Regional Office 5 Director (4th from left); Chief Superintendent Wlfredo Garcia, PNP Director for Operations; and Senior Superintendent Samuel D Pagdilao Jr., PNP Spokesman.

PNP ASSUMES NEW ROLE IN COUNTER-INSURGENCY --- PNP Chief, Director General Oscar C Calderon issues his guidance to members of the Regional Mobile Group-4B that are now conducting counter-insurgency operations in Mindoro Occidental alongside troops from the Philippine Army. Calderon told the troops that the PNP is taking a more active role in the counter-insurgency campaign of government under Executive Order No. 546.

FOUR-STAR GENERAL --- President Arroyo administers the Oath of Office to the new PNP Chief, Director General Oscar C Calderon who was officially promoted yesterday to the highest rank in the PNP. Witnessing the ceremony in Malacañang are DILG Secretary Ronaldo V Puno and the general's spouse, Mrs. Ma. Theresa Calderon (right). Calderon, a member of the PMA Class 1973,  was formally installed by the president as the 13th Chief of the PNP during earlier ceremonies in Camp Crame yesterday.

June

US AMBASSADOR VISITS CAMP CRAME --- US Ambassador to the Philippines Kristie A. Kenney gets a copy of the PNP coffetable book entitled "In the Name of Service" during her courtesy call on PNP Chief, Director General Arturo C Lomibao at the PNP National Headquarters in Camp Crame.

Newly Promoted Star-Rank PNP Officers --- President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is flanked by PNP Chief, Director General Arturo C Lomibao and 14 newly-promoted police officials during formal oath-taking ceremonies in Malacañang. First row, from left are: CSUPT Claro D Francisco, IAS; PDIR Noe A Wong, TDL; PDIR Emmanuel R Carta, TDPCR; PDIR Servanco M Hizon, TDC; PDIR Antonio P Billones, TDO; PDIR Alejandro C Lapinid, TDRD; PDIR Jose Antonio C Salvacion, TDHRDD; PDIR Jesus A Verzosa, CIDG; 2nd row, from left are: CSUPT Joselito U Tan, Dep DRD; CSUPT Prudencio T Regis Jr., Dep DL; CSUPT Roberto L Rosales, Ex-Offr DHRDD; CSUPT Jaime E Milla, Chief SAGSD; CSUPT Teodorico B Capuyan, Ex-Offr DO; and CSUPT Chito G Delos Santos, Ex-Offr DRD. (Malacañang Photo).

RP Embassy Welcomes PNP Chief --- PNP Chief, Director General Arturo C Lomibao presents a copy of the PNP coffee-table book "In the Name of Service" to Mr. Evan P. Garcia, Deputy Chief of Mission and Charges d' Affaire of the Philippine Embassy in Washington DC. The PNP Chief briefed the embassy officials of the current issues in the country as part of his official visit to Washington DC where he also met with officials of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

ASEAN POLICE UNITY --- National police chiefs from ten Southeast Asian countries formalized anew the agreement to promote cooperation among national police forces in the region during the just concluded 26th ASEAN Chiefs of Police (ASEANAPOL) Conference in Kuala Lumpur with Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Dato Sri Mohd Najib Bin Yun Abdul Razak (7th from left) delivering the keynote address. In the photo are, from left: Dr. Wilfrido Villacorta, ASEAN Deputy Secretary-General; Police Commissioner Dato Paduka Seri Zainuddin Din Jalani (Brunei Darussalam); Police General Hok Lundy (Cambodia); Police General Drs. Sutanto (Indonesia); Police Colonel Khampha Sengdara (Laos); Inspector General Tan Sri Mohd Bakri Bin Hadji Omar (Malaysia, the host country); Police Major General Khin Yi (Myanmar); Police Director General Arturo C Lomibao (Philippines); Police Commissioner Tan Sri Khoo Boon Hui (Singapore); Police General Israphan Snitwongse (Thailand); and Police Lt. General Tran Van Thao (Vietnam).