{"id":188656,"date":"2018-11-07T04:15:22","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T09:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=188656"},"modified":"2018-11-07T04:15:22","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T09:15:22","slug":"albayalde-warns-cops-soliciting-accepting-gifts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/11\/07\/albayalde-warns-cops-soliciting-accepting-gifts\/","title":{"rendered":"Albayalde warns cops against soliciting, accepting gifts"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_162595\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-162595\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Albayalde.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-162595\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Albayalde-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Albayalde-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Albayalde.jpg 415w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-162595\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cParties per se are not prohibited. What we prohibit inside the stations is drinking &#8212; it\u2019s not right for the people to see them in drinking binges, especially complainants who come to the station. That\u2019s really prohibited,\u201d the PNP chief said. (PNA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; As Yuletide season nears, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, Director General Oscar Albayalde on Tuesday warned policemen and other personnel in the field against soliciting and receiving gifts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Matagal na pong bawal yan pagso<\/em>-solicit (Solicitation has long been banned). Not only even probably with the PNP but I know<em>\u00a0pati yung mga ibang<\/em>\u00a0government agencies\u00a0<em>bawal po mag<\/em>-solicit (Not only in PNP but also in other government agencies). That&#8217;s against the ethics of government employees,&#8221; Albayalde said in an interview on Tuesday during the 2nd National SWAT challenge in Davao City.<\/p>\n<p>He said any police official or personnel found to be engaged in Christmas solicitation would face severe sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>The solicitation is prohibited under Presidential Decree 46 and a corresponding action will be imposed on any PNP personnel who will be found committing such violation.<\/p>\n<p>Albayalde said though Christmas parties are not prohibited, policemen must refrain from drinking liquor inside the police station.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParties per se are not prohibited. What we prohibit inside the stations is drinking &#8212; it\u2019s not right for the people to see them in drinking binges, especially complainants who come to the station. That\u2019s really prohibited,\u201d the PNP chief said.<em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; As Yuletide season nears, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, Director General Oscar Albayalde on Tuesday warned policemen and other &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":162595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-188656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-christopher-lloyd-caliwan","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}