Is this for real? But, really, more than 30 people killed in a week is nothing to be happy about.
“National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) chief Carmelo Valmoria said that the crime rate in Metro Manila decreased in August,” reports Non Alquitran in The Philippine Star.
The report revealed that “statistics from the NCRPO showed that 757 crimes were recorded from August 11 to 17 but it decreased to 692 from August 18 to 24, and, finally 605 from August 25 to 31.”
The report also added that “murder and homicide cases went down from 38 cases weekly during August 11 to 17 to 32 cases from August 25 to 31.”
Valmoria noted that the drop in crimes was a “result of our reinvigorated anti-crime programs we started last June 16.”
Valmoria explained that the NCRPO “increased the number of checkpoints, which are manned by three teams per shift for the 38 police stations in the metropolis.”
