Manila, Nov. 18 -- Philippine National Police (PNP) officer-in-charge, Lt. Gen. Archie Francisco Gamboa on Monday ordered the dismissal of three police officers from the service for allegedly extorting money from bidders for the procurement of PHP334-million body cameras for the police force.

Gamboa officially signed the dismissal order against Majors Emerson Sales and Rholly Caraggayan, who are now both AWOL (Absent Without Official Leave) and Angel Beros, who is still in active service.

"Today I will sign their dismissal from service, of course, they have 10 days to appeal my decision to me, but what do you expect? After that, they can appeal at the national appellate board," Gamboa told reporters on the sidelines of a blessing ceremony...