BUTUAN CITY – Police have arrested 45 individuals for violating the Commission on Elections (Comelec) gun ban in the Caraga region from Jan. 12 to the present. Police Regional Office-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Christopher N. Abrahano said six violators were caught in Butuan City, 23 in...
Senate deputy minority leader Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, April 29 applauded the Department of Justice (DOJ) for filing cases of human trafficking against former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque, Cassandra “Cassie” Li Ong and 40 others who were allegedly involved in the illegal activities...
BUTUAN CITY – Police apprehended 87 Commission on Elections (Comelec) gun ban violators in Northern Mindanao in 100 days. DE GUZMAN (FB) Police Regional Office 10-Regional Public Information Office chief Police Major Joann G. Navarro said 81 firearms and 703 bullets were confiscated from January...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Four soldiers were arrested in San Simon, Pampanga on Wednesday, April 9, for allegedly violating the election gun ban. VARIOUS items recovered from the suspects. Police Regional Office-3 Director Police Brig. Gen. Jean Fajardo said the suspects were...
Alleged gun runner arrested in a buy-bust operation in Bacoor City on April 7 (Photo from PRO 4A/MANILA BULLETIN) CAVITE – Authorities apprehended an alleged gun runner and seized high-powered firearms and ammunition in a buy-bust operation in Bacoor City on Monday, April 7. Police...
Ang Probinsyano Party-list Rep. Alfred delos Santos (Contributed photo) Is the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) nationwide gun ban being followed? Ang Probinsyano Party-list Rep. Alfred delos Santos can't help but ask this question following...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is eyeing the imposition of lifetime firearms ownership prohibition to all the violators of the election gun ban amid cases of gun attacks that include the recent road rage incident in Antipolo City. PNP chief Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil said such drastic...
BUTUAN CITY – Police have arrested 31 individuals in the Caraga region for violating the election gun ban that started on Jan. 12. The Police Regional Office 13-Regional Operations Division Monitoring Action Center said 33 firearms were seized as of Friday, March 21. PRO 13-Regional Public...
Around 200 workers and 16 of their employers were arrested during a raid on an illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) hub in Ayala Avenue, Makati City on Wednesday afternoon, March 19. According to the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC), the operation, in...
Deputy Minority Leader Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, March 18 slammed Li Duan Wang, the Chinese national who is applying for Philippine citizenship, disclosing that he is an incorporator of the biggest Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) service provider. Sen. Risa Hontiveros (Photo...
Former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque likely left the Philippines using the same route that dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo used, Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado said. Former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (MB file photo) The BI chief pointed...
Forty-nine foreigners were arrested Friday night, March 14, in a commercial building in Pasay City where they were operating online hubs similar to the now banned Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs). Agents of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)...
