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NCRPO nabs more than 20,000 ‘tambays’ in Metro Manila

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Amid criticisms, the Philippine National Police (PNP) continues to round up local ordinance violators and loiterers, arresting more than 20,000 in Metro Manila in more than two weeks.
According to the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), 20,979 local ordinance violators were rounded-up from June 13 to June 29. President Rodrigo Duterte on June 13 ordered the PNP to accost “tambays” or those loitering in the streets especially at night.

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CPP: Police crackdown on ‘tambays’ prelude to martial law

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The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) joined the ranks of critics against the police crackdown on the so-called “tambay” saying it is a prelude to the declaration of martial law nationwide.

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Duterte hits critics, says ‘no arrest’ made in crackdown on ‘tambays’

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President Rodrigo Duterte hit back at his critics and claimed that no arrests were made following his order to the police to launch a crackdown on “tambays” (loiterers or idlers). “Yung utos ko sa pulis na ‘yung mga tambay. Sundin lang ninyo ‘yung utos ko. Wala namang inaaresto,” Duterte in his speech during  Certificate of Land Ownership Award […]

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