Headquarters (commonly referred to as HQ ) denotes the location where most or all of the important functions of an organization are coordinated. In the United States , the corporate headquarters represents the entity at the center or the top of a corporation taking full responsibility for managing all business activities. In the United Kingdom , the term head office (or HO) is most commonly used for the headquarters of large corporations. The intended benefit of headquarters is to carry out purposeful regulatory capacity. The term is also used regarding military organizations .
35-625: Camp General Rafael T. Crame ( Tagalog: [ˈkramɛ] ) is the national headquarters of the Philippine National Police (PNP) located along Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) in Quezon City . It is situated across EDSA from Camp Aguinaldo , the national headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Prior to the establishment of the civilian PNP, Camp Crame was
70-822: A permanent detention facility, known as the Men's Detention Center. The PC Stockade is noted as the place where the first death of a student while under government detention took place: Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila Communication Arts student Liliosa Hilao , who had been brutally tortured before she died. Others who were detained in Camp Crame at different times during the Marcos dictatorship were writers Luis R. Mauricio and Ninotchka Rosca , Obet Verzola, Dolores Stephens Feria, Boni Ilagan , and Pete Lacaba , among others. Numerous political prisoners were documented to have been tortured during their detention in Camp Crame, evidence of which
105-513: A protective wall for Enrile's forces to leave Camp Aguinaldo and cross EDSA to get to join Ramos' forces in Camp Crame. This began a series of events which saw Marcos thrown out of the country, Corazon Aquino installed as president of a Revolutionary Government, the coup plotters able to walk out of Camp Crame unscathed, and Marcos forced into exile in Hawaii . Today, the camp serves as the headquarters of
140-577: A systematic boycott of products and companies associated with Marcos and his cronies. Hoping to take advantage of the disarray, the Reform the Armed Forces Movement (RAM) under then-Defense Secretary Juan Ponce Enrile attempted to stage a coup, and took over Camp Aguinaldo . After he learned that Marcos' forces had uncovered the coup plot, Enrile invited PC Chief Fidel V. Ramos to join their cause and withdraw support from Marcos. Ramos agreed, and
175-494: Is a small group of staff and communicators. Usually very mobile, they exist to allow the commander to go forward in an operation, and command the key parts of it from a position where they can see the ground and influence their immediate subordinates. The main HQs (known as 'main') is less mobile and is involved in both the planning and execution of operations. There are a number of staff assembled here from various staff branches to advise
210-617: Is facing charges related to her alleged links with the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO), was also detained here in September 2024. As of September 2024, pastor Apollo Quiboloy is detained here for charges regarding child and sexual abuse offenses. The camp is currently undergoing renovation, starting with the renovation of the PNP Multipurpose Hall and the camp's swimming pool. There are also plans for
245-477: Is in London . In Japanese budō martial arts such as karate , judo , aikido , kendo , etc., there is usually a headquarters for each organization or region. The Japanese word honbu (本部) is generally used for that, also outside Japan . Sometimes they refer to these headquarters as honbu dojo (本部道場) in which dojo (道場) is a facility provided for practicing discipline, the training ground. Sometimes honbu
280-463: Is the entity at the top of a corporation that takes full responsibility for the overall success of the corporation, and ensures corporate governance . The corporate headquarters is a key element of a corporate structure and covers different corporate functions including strategic planning , corporate communications , tax , legal operations , marketing , finance , human resources , information technology , and procurement . This entity includes
315-530: Is written as ho m bu , the way it is pronounced, but the Hepburn transcription is honbu in which the 'n' is a syllabic n . Luis Beltran Luis "Ka Louie" Diaz Beltran (April 4, 1936 – September 6, 1994) was a Filipino broadcast journalist and newspaper columnist. In 2018, Beltran was identified by the Human Rights Victims' Claims Board as a Motu Proprio human rights violations victim of
350-909: The Philippines Free Press , Rolando Fadul of Taliba , Robert Ordoñez of the Philippine Herald , Rosalinda Galang of the Manila Times ; Ernesto Granada of the Manila Chronicle , Maximo Soliven of the Manila Times , and Luis Beltran and Ruben Cusipag of the Evening News . These early detainees even included eleven opposition delegates from the 1971 Constitutional Convention, including Heherson Alvarez , Alejandro Lichuaco, Voltaire Garcia, Teofisto Guingona Jr. , Philippines Free Press associate editor Napoleon Rama , and broadcaster Jose Mari Velez . The Gymnasium facilities were later used as
385-535: The City of Greater Manila , resulting from Quezon City's merger with Manila and several Rizal towns, from 1942 to 1945. Camp Crame was named after Brigadier General Rafael Crame , who served as the appointed first Filipino Chief of the Philippine Constabulary from 1917 to 1927. The Philippine Constabulary was reorganized numerous times during the Philippines' commonwealth era, being dissolved and reconstituted as
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#1732844963308420-502: The Maguindanao Massacre is also held in a courtroom inside the camp, where primary suspect Datu Unsay mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr. is being detained. Australian Muslim preacher Musa Cerantonio was held here at one point during his deportation from the Philippines. Former Senator Leila de Lima was also detained here from 2017 to 2023, charged with allegedly taking bribes from drug dealers. Dismissed Bamban mayor Alice Guo , who
455-608: The Martial Law Era . Born Luis Diaz-Beltran on April 4, 1936, in Manila , he was known for his outspokenness. During martial law, when he was on the staff of the Evening News, he was one of the many journalists arrested and detained at Camp Crame. After three months of imprisonment, being bankrupt, he bred fighting cocks , calling the champion breed he developed Newshawk. He commented on current issues on radio and hosted Straight from
490-592: The Philippine Daily Inquirer . The pre-martial law show he hosted, Straight from the Shoulder , was revived on GMA Network . He moved from newspaper to newspaper, ending up as a columnist for the Philippine Star. It was then that he became notorious for mentioning in a column about the 1987 coup attempt that then President Corazon Aquino had been hiding under the bed during the coup. For this statement he
525-743: The Russian Orthodox Church is in Danilov Monastery , Moscow . The World Council of Churches , including Orthodox Churches, has its headquarters in Geneva , Switzerland . The headquarters of Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople is located in Istanbul , Turkey . The headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is located in Salt Lake City , Utah . The Anglican Communion Office
560-611: The chief executive officer (CEO) as a key person and their support staff such as the CEO office and other CEO-related functions; the "corporate policy making" functions, including all corporate functions necessary to steer the firm by defining and establishing corporate policies; the corporate services encompassing activities that combine or consolidate certain enterprise-wide needed support services, provided based upon specialized knowledge, best practices, and technology to serve internal (and sometimes external) customers and business partners; and
595-733: The CIS (Criminal Investigation Service) Detenton Area. In the hours just before Martial Law was officially announced on the evening of September 23, 1972, the Camp Crame Gymnasium became the site where the first hundred or so political prisoners - those caught from a list of about 400 journalists, educators, politicians, and others on a list of “National List of Target Personalities” who were labeled "subversives" because they had openly criticized Ferdinand Marcos - were brought before they were moved to other facilities such as Fort Magsaysay in Laur, Nueva Ecija or
630-474: The Marcos regime's political prisoners. Camp Crame later became one of the rallying points of people during the People Power revolution of 1986. In February 1986, reports of election fraud during the 1986 Philippine presidential election caused unrest among Filipinos and saw the organization of various protest activities, including the massive Tagumpay Ng Bayan rally at Rizal Park on February 16, 1986, and
665-771: The Philippine National Police, the force established in 1991 as an entity separate from the AFP; despite the separation, however, the titles to the land on which Camp Crame stands were turned over to the PNP by the AFP only in July 2008. Camp Crame host the PNP Custodial Center which serves as a detainment facility for high profile suspects. Several high-profile personalities have been detained at Camp Crame in recent years, among them deposed President Joseph Estrada . The ongoing trial for
700-584: The Shoulder , a television show which analyzed current events. He was the original host of the television show Brigada Siete . He was the first editor-in-chief of the Philippine Daily Inquirer . He also worked on other newspapers, including the Philippine Star . After President Ferdinand Marcos was overthrown by the EDSA Revolution, Beltran became the editor-in-chief of a new newspaper,
735-425: The bidirectional interface between corporate headquarters and business units. A headquarters normally includes the leader of a business unit and their staff, as well as all functions to manage the business unit and operational activities. The head of the business unit is responsible for overall result of the business unit. A headquarters sometimes functions at the top of a regional unit, including all activities of
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#1732844963308770-513: The columnist and his editor to 2 years of imprisonment and ordering them to pay 2 million pesos in moral damages. But the Court of Appeals reversed the decision of the trial court and acquitted Beltran. His son, Cito Beltran, is also a TV personality, also a columnist and the host of Agenda with Cito Beltran . He has 4 other children, Michael Beltran, Enrique Beltran, Maria Rosario Beltran Altamirano (Marissa) and Ma. Iluminada Beltran (Malu). The case
805-446: The commander, and to control the various aspects of planning and the conduct of discrete operations. A main HQ for a large formation will have a chief of staff (CoS) who coordinates the staff effort; in a smaller HQ this may be done by the second-in-command . The rear or logistic headquarters is some distance from the battle or front line in conventional operations. Its function is to ensure
840-541: The construction of a multi-storey building along the EDSA side of the camp to house the administrative offices of the PNP, as well as condominium buildings and commercial establishments for the general public. In April 2011, the post was recognized by the National Historical Commission ; a marker was placed on the facility with the presence of former President Fidel Ramos . Headquarters A headquarters
875-556: The coup plotters. Marcos ordered the Philippine Air Force’s 15th Strike Wing, commanded by Colonel Antonio Sotelo, to neutralize the helicopters in Camp Crame. Instead of launching an airstrike, Sotelo and his men defected, bringing their helicopters and planes over to join Ramos' forces in Camp Crame. Eventually Enrile and Ramos decided to consolidate their forces in Camp Aguinaldo, with the crowd gathered at EDSA creating
910-563: The logistical support to front line troops, which it does by organizing the delivery of combat supplies, materiel and equipment to where they are needed, and by organizing services such as combat medicine, equipment recovery, and repair. The headquarters of the Catholic Church is Vatican City . The World Headquarters of Jehovah's Witnesses is relocated in Warwick, New York , from its former location, Brooklyn , New York. The headquarters of
945-576: The national headquarters of the Philippine Constabulary , a gendarmerie -type military police force which was the PNP's predecessor. Camp Crame was named after the first Filipino chief of the Philippine Constabulary, Brigadier General Rafael Crame . In 1935, the Philippine Constabulary struck a deal with the City Government of Manila to exchange its Gagalangin barracks compound in Tondo (now
980-636: The nucleus of the Philippine Army at one point, and then reestablished as a police unit under the Army when the Commonwealth's new state police proved too difficult to manage and had to be dissolved. Camp Crame was where the PC's General Strike Force was organized under Brig. Gen. Guillermo Francisco in 1939. After World War II, Camp Crame was used as the headquarters of the Philippine Constabulary, which service command
1015-622: The site of Florentino Torres High School ) for a large tract of land in the New Manila Heights, which was then part of San Juan , Rizal . Part of this tract became Camp Crame, Camp Murphy (now Camp Aguinaldo ), and Zablan Field, site the Philippine Constabulary Air Corps (PCAC, now Barangay White Plains in Quezon City). The camp was later transferred to the jurisdiction of Quezon City in 1941, and briefly became part of
1050-438: The two held a press conference to that effect in Camp Aguinaldo, after Ramos returned to Camp Crame, and Enrile Stayed in Camp Aguinaldo. When Cardinal Jaime Sin learned about Enrile and Ramos' predicament, he went on air through Radio Veritas and appealed to Filipinos near Camps Aguinaldo and Crame to go to the stretch of EDSA in between the two camps, forming a human shield to prevent Marcos' forces from coming down hard on
1085-537: The various business units, taking full responsibility for overall profitability and success of this regional unit. Military headquarters take many forms, depending on the size and nature of the unit or formation they command. Typically, they are split into the forward, main and rear components, both within NATO nations, and those following the organization and doctrine of the former Soviet Union (see Isby, 1988). The forward or tactical headquarters, known as "tac" for short,
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1120-652: The various detention centers in Fort Bonifacio. The prisoners brought to Camp Crame included former President Sergio Osmeña's son Sergio Osmeña III , Senators Soc Rodrigo and Ramon Mitra , businessman Eugenio Lopez Jr. , teacher Etta Rosales , lawyer Haydee Yorac , and a plethora of writers and broadcasters including Amando Doronila of the Daily Mirror , Luis Mauricio of the Philippine Graphic , Teodoro Locsin Sr. of
1155-609: Was gathered by volunteers by the Roman Catholic Church-established Task Force Detainees of the Philippines and then reported to international human rights agencies such as Amnesty International . Camp Crame was also the site of the Command for the Administration of Detainees (CAD), headed by PC Chief Fidel V. Ramos , which was the agency in charge of giving orders for the arrest and detention of
1190-583: Was sued by the President for libel. Aquino went so far as to show journalists that she could not fit under her bed. Beltran, who openly expressed his belief that the President was lacking in competence, countered that his words were not meant to be taken literally, but Aquino still pursued the case against him and the Star's editor-in-chief Maximo Soliven . On October 22, 1992, the trial court ruled in Aquino's favor, sentencing
1225-556: Was then considered part of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). As the headquarters of the Philippine Constabulary, Camp Crame became the site of five of the Marcos regime's most infamous detention facilities for political prisoners : the Men's Detention Center; the Women's Detention Center, the PC (Philippine Constabulary) Stockade; the MetroCom (Metropolitan Command) Detention Area; and
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