MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) said Wednesday that President Rodrigo Duterte’s order removing the procurement power of the institution due to supposed overpriced speed guns would not affect its big-ticket equipment acquisition for 2020. PNP officer-in-charge Lt. Gen. Archie Gamboa said the PNP has already procured 11 of the 15 major equipment that the agency wants to buy this year even before Duterte issued the directive. “There are only four pending big-ticket items that are still under procurement procedures. There is no problem with regards to that, ‘yung (about the) big-ticket items of the PNP,” Gamboa explained. READ: Duterte removes PNP’s procurement power over ‘overpriced’ speed gunsHowever, PNP spokesperson Brig.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer January 15, 2020 07:07 UTC