{"id":26050,"date":"2014-09-17T18:58:56","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T10:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=26050"},"modified":"2014-09-20T11:36:55","modified_gmt":"2014-09-20T03:36:55","slug":"pnp-spokesperson-questions-report-on-cops-cum-gambling-lords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/09\/17\/pnp-spokesperson-questions-report-on-cops-cum-gambling-lords\/","title":{"rendered":"PNP spokesperson questions report on cops-cum-gambling lords"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/PNP-Logo-copy1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26053\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/PNP-Logo-copy1.jpg\" alt=\"PNP-Logo-copy1\" width=\"525\" height=\"709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/PNP-Logo-copy1.jpg 525w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/PNP-Logo-copy1-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>MANILA &#8211; Chief Superintendent Reuben Theodore Sindac, a spokesperson of the Philippine National Police (PNP), called to question the timing and veracity of a news report that said some police officers are engaged in illicit activities as gambling lords.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview over radio station DZMM on Tuesday, Sindac said that the report could have been an attempt to besmirch the police force, especially after the September 1 EDSA \u201chulidap\u201d highway robbery-abduction incident involving ten policemen.<\/p>\n<p>Sindac noted that one group of reporters is responsible for the spread of the reports in question.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tignan nila yung by-line. Isang grupo na lang ang sumusulat nang ganyan e. Isang group ng mga writer, mga reporter,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added, though, that despite his questions as to the report\u2019s accuracy, he will still look into the matter, especially while there is an ongoing hunt for wayward cops within the force.<\/p>\n<p>Sindac added that he will also initiate an investigation into ManilaVice-Mayor Isko Moreno\u2019s allegations that some police officers own trucking companies and that they do not comply with the truck ban.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that these policemen may just be trying to help friends who own trucks, as they are not allowed to maintain another occupation outside of the force.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hindi po talaga pwede mag moonlight ang pulis ng ibang hanap-buhay.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The PNP spokesperson was referring to a report carried by a leading daily on Tuesday, alleging that there are at least 27 policemen on the force running gambling operations.<\/p>\n<p>Due to all the alleged anomalies in the PNP, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Bureau of Internal Revenue BIR) are looking to carry out a lifestyle check of police personnel and officials, in order to expose corruption in the force.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8211; Chief Superintendent Reuben Theodore Sindac, a spokesperson of the Philippine National Police (PNP), called to question the timing &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":26053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,1145,95],"tags":[7855,7854],"class_list":["post-26050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-headline","category-news-ph","tag-chief-sup-sindac","tag-corruption-in-pnp","mauthors-angie-duarte","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26050","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=26050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}