ILOILO CITY – Police have arrested 92 violators of the gun ban in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in Western Visayas from August 28 to October 10. The Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 said 87 of them were civilians. THE Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) conducts a checkpoint in...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – The Police Regional Office-1 has arrested 24 violators and confiscated 22 firearms in the Ilocos region in line with the Commission on Elections gun ban for the barangay elections on October 30. Police Brig. Gen. John C. Chua, PRO-1 chief, said that these accomplishments...
CEBU CITY – The Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) has arrested more than 200 persons as part of the strict enforcement of the election gun ban. Police Major Nolan Tagsip, spokesperson of CPPO, said the operations against loose firearms have been relentless as part of their preparation for the...
Beyond the volume that shall be allocated for its domestic requirements, the government of Indonesia has assured continuous coal supply that can be utilized by the power plants in the country, according to Energy Secretary Raphael P.M. Lotilla. “Our bilateral with Indonesia is making sure that...
ILOILO CITY – Sixty-four individuals have been arrested since the gun ban for the barangay and SK elections in Western Visayas took effect on August 28. A consolidated report by the Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 said these violators were arrested from August 28 to September 30. POLICE...
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija – Police seized 95 loose firearms, explosives, and bladed weapons and arrested 40 violators of the barangay elections gun ban in this province from August 28 to September 26. Police Col. Richard Caballero, Nueva Ecija police chief, said six violators were...
A man in possession of an improvised handgun (sumpak) was arrested by members of the Pasay police substation 5 in Baclaran early Wednesday morning, Sept. 27. Pasay City police chief Col. Froilan Uy said the suspect, identified as Danilo Tatac, alias “Daboy,” was arrested at around...
President Marcos has clarified that the government will not be imposing a fishing ban in the country as this could have adverse effects on the livelihood of local fishermen. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (RTVM screenshot) Marcos said this after he was quoted as saying that the...
ILOILO CITY – Forty-five individuals have been arrested for violating the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections gun ban in Western Visayas. The Police Regional Office-6 said 43 were civilians and two were a security guard and an off-duty jail officer. Police Major Mary Grace Borio,...
Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara on Friday, September 22, welcomed the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) decision to exclude the government fuel subsidy program from the ban on spending during the election period for the 2023 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) polls. With this,...
CAVITE – A man was arrested after allegedly firing an airsoft gun at a dog that chased him in Naic, Cavite, on Tuesday, Sept. 19. The Cavite Police Provincial Office identified the suspect as Ivan Paul R. De Guzman. Initial investigation says the suspect was driving an e-bike when he was chased...
A man who identified himself as a former police official was arrested after handguns and shotguns were found inside his vehicle while he was entering Camp Crame in Quezon City on Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 19. Police would not identify the arrested suspect but based on the initial information,...
