DAGUPAN CITY – Some 123 candidates in the Ilocos region have voluntarily surrendered 149 firearms as of Feb. 24 since the election period started last month. Ilocos Police Regional Office (PRO 1) director Brig. Gen. Emmanuel Peralta said a total of 471 guns were surrendered or deposited to the...
BACOLOD CITY - A youth peasant organizer of Anakbayan Negros was arrested for alleged illegal possession of firearm, ammunition, and explosives in Barangay Camang-Camang, Isabela, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Feb. 19. A youth peasant organizer of Anakbayan Negros was arrested for alleged illegal...
Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Holy Spirit Station (PS 14) personnel recovered 205 pieces of explosives and firearms, as well as ammunition hidden at the basement of a house in Barangay Pasong Tamo, Quezon City on Saturday evening, Feb. 19. The PS 14 received the report of the discovery from...
Four Chinese were arrested by members of the Las Pinas City police for alarm and scandal and for possession of firearms on Monday (Jan. 24). Police identified the suspects as Zhao Yi, 32; Zheng Chao, 32; Zhuang Zhi, 34; and Li Xue, 32, a businesswoman, all residents of Unit 617 Tower 2, Avida...
President Duterte tried to convince New People’s Army (NPA) members to lay down their guns and surrender to the government by speaking of how wicked firearms are. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) But first, Duterte admitted to having a gun collection himself. And he happens to have a...
Two female drug suspects and their male companion were arrested during a buy-bust operation Wednesday in Pasay City and yielded almost half a million worth of illegal drugs and firearm. Col. Cesar Paday-os, Pasay City police chief, identified the suspects as Danica Mae Caingat, 23, Angilain Khell...
The campaign to ensure the peaceful and honest conduct of the 2022 elections is on the right track with the series of operations that led to the arrest of gun-runners and members of partisan armed groups and the confiscation of loose guns, the Philippine National Police (PNP) assured on Sunday,...
Two men were arrested in Taguig and Mandaluyong for possession and sale of firearms and grenades. The operations were carried out by the Southern Police District (SPD) Intelligence Division and District Special Operations Unit in Taguig and Mandaluyong. Nichol John Jerusalem and Bruce de Leon...
Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, Chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), called for a thorough investigation Friday, September 10, into the discovery of an arms cache in three separate law enforcement operations in Quezon City and Bulacan. PNP Chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar (File photo) Eleazar said...
A man who was given a warning by authorities for not wearing a face mask was arrested after turning out to be in possession of illegal drugs and weapons in Taguig Wednesday. Brig. Gen. Jimili Macaraeg, director of the Southern Police District (SPD), identified the suspect as Jamoran Cayagcag, 27....
In a bid to celebrate the important role of women in its service, the Philippine Coast Guard District Southwestern Mindanao (CGDSWM) has hosted an all-female firearms proficiency cup in Zamboanga City. The firearms proficiency cup, initiated by the Police Regional Office (PRO), was held at the Camp...
Joint police and Coast Guard personnel recovered several handguns and high-powered firearms from four alleged members of a gun-running syndicate in Looc, Northern Samar. Joint authorities have recovered illegal weapons and firearms from four alleged gun-running suspects in Looc, Northern Samar, the...
