Annex E - Style Sheet
Annex E - Style Sheet
Annex E - Style Sheet
STYLE GUIDE
Modified January 7, 2019
ANNEX “E”
Guidelines on the Standard Preparation
Of PNP Communications
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3. LETTER
a. LETTERHEAD
NOTE:
a) “Republic of the Philippines,” “NATIONAL POLICE COMMISSION,” and
“Camp BGen Rafael T Crame” should be ARIAL size 10, while
“NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS” and “OFFICE OF THE CHIEF, PNP”
should be ARIAL size 11;
b) There are NO PNP and NHQ logos;
c) Do not spell out the PNP in the Office of the Chief, PNP;
d) There is no dot (.) on the middle initial of BGen Rafael T Crame and or
the middle initial of personalities the other PNP camps are named after;
e) There is a comma (,) in between the words, “HEADQUARTERS” and
“PHILIPPINE”;
f) Only the NHQ, PNP and name of the originating office shall be printed in
BOLD letters;
g) There are NO italized letters in the header; and
h) The Star Flag should be center aligned.
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b) For D-Staff/P-Staff:
NOTE:
a) The phrase “NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS” in the header shall only be
used for headers of the Command Group, D-Staff, and P-Staff; and
b) The PNP and Office/Unit Logo must be included in the header.
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d) For PROs/PPOs/CPOs/MPS/CPS:
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1) PRESIDENT
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2) VICE PRESIDENT
Vice President MARIA LEONOR G. ROBREDO (bold, dotted middle initial)
Republic of the Philippines
Quezon City Reception House
th
100 11 St., Bargy. Mariana
New Manila, Quezon City
NOTE: The Office of the Vice President (staff, media relations, etc.) is now
officially located at the Quezon City Reception House.
3) SENATORS
Senator RALPH G. RECTO (bold, dotted middle initial)
Senate of the Philippines
Room 508 5th Floor, GSIS Building, Financial Center
Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City
4) REPRESENTATIVES/CONGRESSMEN
Representative RODOLFO T. ALBANO (bold, dotted middle initial)
1st District of Isabela
Room S-201, House of Representtaives
Quezon City
5) DEPARTMENT SECRETARIES
Secretary EDUARDO M. AÑO (bold, dotted middle initial)
Department of the Interior and Local Government
DILG-NAPOLCOM Center
EDSA corner Quezon Avenue
Quezon City
6) CHAIRMAN, NAPOLCOM
Chairman EDUARDO M. AÑO (bold, dotted middle initial)
National Police Commission
DILG-NAPOLCOM Center
NAPOLCOM Building
EDSA corner Quezon Avenue
West Traingle, Quezon City
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7) UNDERSECRETARIES
Undersecretary BERNARDO C. FLORECE (bold, dotted middle initial)
Undersecretary for Peace and Order
Department of the Interior and Local Government
DILG–NAPOLCOM Center
EDSA corner Quezon Avenue
Quezon City
8) ASSISTANT SECRETARIES
Assistant Secretary MANUEL B. FELIX (bold, dotted middle initial)
Assistant Secretary for Peace and Order
Department of the Interior and Local Government
DILG–NAPOLCOM Center
EDSA corner Quezon Avenue
Quezon City
9) OMBUDSMAN
Ombudsman SAMUEL R. MARTIRES (bold, dotted middle initial)
Ombudsman Building, Agham Road
North Triangle, Diliman, Quezon City
10) MAYORS
Mayor HERBERT M. BAUTISTA (bold, dotted middle initial)
Quezon City Hall, Elliptical Road
Quezon City
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12) ARCHBISHOPS
His Excellency
Most Rev. LUIS ANTONIO G. TAGLE (bold, dotted middle initial)
Archbishop of Manila
Residencia del Arzobispo
121 Arzobispo Street, Intramuros
Manila
Your Excellency:
13) PRIESTS
Rev. Fr. MARLON A. CAMARGO (bold, dotted middle initial)
Sta. Catalina de Alejandria Parish Church
Arayat, Pampanga
14) AMBASSADORS
His Excellency
Ambassador DANIEL R. PRUCE (bold, dotted middle initial)
British Embassy Manila
120 Upper McKinley Road, McKinley Hill
Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City
16) JUSTICES/JUDGES
Honorable LUCAS P. BERSAMIN (bold, dotted middle initial)
Chief Justice
Supreme Court of the Philippines
Ermita, Manila
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NOTE:
a) For consistency of style, the names of PNCOs should be in UPPERCASE
letters ONLY in the addressee line of a letter. They will resume their
normal case style in the main body of the text.
b) All middle initials and name suffixes (JR., SR.) shall be dotted EXCEPT for
that of POLICE and MILITARY personnel.
(Example: PDDG FERNANDO H MENDEZ, JR)
c) PNP, BJMP, and BFP Ranks (SPO4, PSUPT, PDG, F/DIR, J/CSUPT)
shall not be dotted.
19) For the sake of brevity, “MR.” and “MS.” should be used only in
SALUTATION and NOT in the addressee line.
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NOTE:
Avoid “Greetings!” and “Peace on Earth” to start an official letter. The first
paragraph should be what the letter is about. Relatedly, avoid using “With my
warm/warmest regards” and “Thank you. God bless!” to close a letter
especially if the content is about crimes, violence, and official policing matters.
It’s best to use this line for personal letters and if the content brings good
news.
4. GRAMMAR
a. Subject-Verb Agreement
2) If the noun phrases are introduced by each and every, the subject is
singular. Relatedly, the noun following these adjectives must be singular.
a) Every PNP office and unit is directed to participate.
a.1.) Each personnel (WRONG)
b) The DPCR, together with the PCRG, is launching the campaign today.
b. That/Which/Who
1) THAT is used for a restrictive clause which is part of a sentence that you
can’t get rid of because it specifically restricts some other parts of the
sentence.
2) WHICH is for a nonrestrictive clause, which is something that can be left off
without changing the meaning of the sentence. You can think of a
nonrestrictive clause as simply additional information.
Example:
a) This is in reference to the said incident that transpired on May 28, 2018.
The said incident, which was sensational, transpired on May 28, 2018.
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b) I met with the CPNP who was very gracious. – WRONG (Without a
comma before “who,” the statement would mean that there is another
CPNP lurking around Crame, who is not very gracious.)
I met with the CPNP, who was very gracious. – CORRECT
c) The DPCR that was tasked to handle the project released the
information. WRONG (The use of “that” would indicate that there are
more than one DPCR in the PNP.)
d) The DPCR, which was tasked to handle the project, released the
information. CORRECT
c. Transitive Verbs
1) Per PNP jargon, transitive verbs should be followed by objects (nouns), not
by prepositions. EXAMPLE:
a) REQUEST for
b) DEMANDED for
c) DISCUSSED about
d) CONSIDERED as
e) ORDERED for
5. PREPOSITIONS
a. on –
1) for days, specific dates, and occasions
on Monday, on Christmas, on September 29, 1983
b. in –
1) for weeks, months, years, parts of the day (except at night), and seasons
in January, in 1998, in week 6, in the morning, in summer
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c. at –
1) to indicate a specific time/place/address
a) I was waiting at the airport.
b) The suspect was waiting for the victim at the corner of Pasong Tamo
and Ayala Avenue.)
c) Also:
c.1.) He was detailed TO/assigned TO the PPSC.
c.2.) It resulted IN
c.3.) The OPR in the implementation
c.4.) They proceeded TO
c.5.) In compliance WITH
c.6.) In accordance WITH
c.7.) conform WITH
c.8.) In support OF
c.9.) on behalf (representative of)
“On behalf of the PNP, I thank you all for attending this meeting.”
c.10.) in behalf (for the benefit of)
“We are raising funds in behalf of the typhoon victims.”
c.11.) responsible for
c.12.) guidelines for
c.13.) procedures for
c.14.) taken care of
c.15.) with regard
c.16.) presided over
“The meeting was presided over by CPNP.”
6. PUNCTUATION
a. Use comma before AND when enumerating three or more items for clarity:
Examples:
I would like to thank my parents, Joy and God. WRONG
I would like to thank my parents, Joy, and God. CORRECT
b. Use semi-colon ONLY when necessary and NOT as a substitute for commas:
Example:
The following suspects were arrested: Juan dela Cruz; Pedro Penduko; Juan
Tamad; and Islaw Kalabaw. WRONG
The following suspects were arrested: Juan dela Cruz, Pedro Penduko, Juan
Tamad, and Islaw Kalabaw. CORRECT
d. Others
1) caliber .45 pistol/ammunition (dotted without “mm”) OR caliber 45mm
pistol/ammunition (not dotted with “mm”)
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2) 9mm pistol/ammunition
3) No comma after e.g. and i.e.
4) et al. (no period after et, with period after al)
5) Use of apostrophes after an acronym is discouraged (rules of the PNP
NOT PNP’s rules, instructions of the SILG NOT SILG’s instructions)
7. HYPHENATION
a. Phrases that have verb, noun, and adjective forms should appear as separate
words when used as verbs and as one word when used as nouns or
adjectives.
Example:
The engine will eventually break down. (verb)
We suffered a breakdown in communications. (noun)
Please clean up your room. (verb)
b. Generally, hyphenate between two or more adjectives when they come before
a noun and act as a single idea.
Example:
friendly-looking man
(compound adjective in front of a noun)
friendly little girl
(not a compound adjective)
brightly lit room
(Brightly is an adverb describing lit, not an adjective.)
c. When adverbs not ending in -ly are used as compound words in front of a
noun, hyphenate. When the combination of words is used after the noun, do
not hyphenate.
Example:
The well-known actress accepted her award.
Well is an adverb followed by another descriptive word. They combine
to form one idea in front of the noun.
The actress who accepted her award was well known.
Well known follows the noun it describes, so no hyphen is used.
8. Other phrases:
a. 2-year limit NOT two (2) year limit
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c. cause-oriented group
d. crime-free community
e. crime-prone areas
f. data-gathering procedure
g. drug-related cases
h. kidnap-for-ransom
i. land-based operations
j. police-community relations
k. police-to-population ratio
l. quick-impact projects
m. riding-in-tandem criminals
o. third-level position
9. UPPERCASE/LOWERCASE
a. Bicol region
Ilocos region
10. FIGURES
a. Four Thousand Pesos (preferred) or
four thousand pesos (but consistent within a text and NOT ALL CAPS)
11. ABBREVIATIONS
a. No./no. = number; NOT Nr./nr.
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b. Counterterrorism
h. onboard
n. “AM/NN/PM/MN” (preferred)
13. Collective nouns and mass nouns DO NOT have a plural form:
a. Ammunition
b. Baggage
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c. equipment
d. furniture
f. jewelry
g. Luggage
h. Training
i. Armament
14. ENUMERATION
a. Use either numbers or letters for enumeration and keep consistency within a
text. Do not mix them up:
1., 2., 3. or
1.
2.
3.
Or
a., b., c. or
a.
b.
c.
b. Use “the” for other acronyms that are pronounced by the letter
Example: PNP, DSWD, DILG
SENTENCE USAGE: “According to NAPOLCOM, the PNP is doing a great
job.”
d. DATE format:
September 9, 2014 NOT 9 September 2014 nor September 09, 2014
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e. TIME format:
1:00 AM/PM and 12:00 NN/MN NOT 1:00 o’clock AM/PM nor 0100H/1300H
nor 1:00 in the afternoon
f. When slant is used, no space before and after (office/unit NOT office / unit,
we/I would like to… NOT we / I would like to …)
h. Use practise when used as a verb, practice when used as a noun. Similar
with advise – verb and advice – noun.
j. Bold Font
Avoid using bold font in combination with italics, quotation marks, and
uppercase letters to emphasize a word, phrase or sentence. Choose one style
and be consistent.
Example:
The suspects Elmer Cruz and Richard Santos were arrested this morning.
The suspects Elmer Cruz and Richard Santos were arrested this morning.
NOT:
The suspects “ELMER CRUZ” and “RICHARD SANTOS” were arrested this
morning.
k. Italics
Titles of books, magazines, newspapers, plays, movies, artworks, and
musical compositions are always in Title Case and set in italics.
Example:
J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings
reading the Philippine Daily Inquirer
l. Quotation Marks
1) Titles and subjects of memorandum circulars, executive orders, Letters of
Instructions, and newspaper and magazine articles are set in Title Case
and enclosed in quotation marks.
Example:
She dedicated the song “The Wind Beneath My Wings” to her husband.
LOI “Tamang Bihis”
Oplan “Sita”
Memorandum Circular No. 01-2019 with subject, “Mabuhay”
Executive Order 52 “National Feeding Program”
Executive Order No. 226 series of 2003 entitled, “Institutionalizing Patrol
117 as a Nationwide Hotline Number”
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Example:
The sign changed from "Walk," to "Don't Walk," to "Walk" again within 30
seconds.
She said, "Hurry up."
She said, “He said, ‘Hurry up.”
3) Use single quotation marks for quotes within quotes. Note that the period
goes inside all quote marks.
Example:
Clay said, "Lawrence shouted, 'Do not treat me that way!’ before leaving."
PLACEMENT IN
PUNCTUATION RELATION TO THE HOW IT SHOULD
MARK CLOSING APPEAR
QUOTATION
Period Inside “Thank you, sir.”
“Thank you,” said
Comma Inside
Pik.
“To Dream”; “To
Deny”; and “Thank
Semi-colon Outside
You” are good
books.
“They said”: “Go
Colon Outside
ahead.”
She said, “Thank
Question Mark or
you!”
Exclamation Point (as
Inside
part of quoted
material) She said, “Are you
thankful?”
He was the boy
Question Mark or who cried “Wolf”!
Exclamation Point (not
Outside
part of quoted Was he not the
material) same boy who
cried “Wolf”?
m. Pagination
All documents (CMCs, MOAs, MOUs, MCs, etc.) that have more than two
pages must have page numbers, except letters and memoranda. For
uniformity, pagination must be at the lower right corner of the page following
the herein format:
Page 1 of 2 pages
Page 2 of 2 pages
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n. Additional Styles
1) Please be informed and For information of (redundancy). Once the “please
be informed” phrase is used in the previous paragraph, the “for information”
phrase should no longer be used.
2) The acronym of Philippine National Police – PNP and all other acronyms
should only be abbreviated in the first instance if it will be used again in the
succeeding paragraphs otherwise, do not abbreviate.
3) When referring to numbers 1 to 10, write only in words (e.g. one caliber .45
pistol). When referring to numbers 11 or more, write the numerical figures
only (e.g. 25 caliber .45 ammunition, 65 rounds, 85 PNCOs – except for
legal documents). However, Don’t mix-and-match digits and words unless
required for purposes of clarity and Don’t start a sentence with digits.
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