Regions
Maguindanao police chief sacked

THE Philippine National Police (PNP) has removed the chief of the Maguindanao police hours after a town police chief in the province and a fellow policeman were killed in an ambush on Tuesday morning.

BGen. Robert Rodriguez of the PNP Directorate for Personnel and Records Management signed the memorandum sacking Col. Christopher Panapan as Maguindanao police director to be replaced by Col. Roel Rullan Sermese.