Philippine National Police Chief Police General Benjamin Acorda Jr. | INQUIRER PHOTO / NINO JESUS ORBETA The country's overall crime rate decreased by 7.8 percent in nearly nine months, and more than 54,000 crime suspects were arrested, thanks to 'aggressive and honest law enforcement operations,' the Philippine National Police said on Saturday. In a news forum in Quezon City, Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr., chief of the PNP, said that from Jan. 1 to Sept. 15, 2023, the PNP recorded 11,975 incidents compared to the same period last year, representing a 7.

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