The police and military in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao raised the critical challenge posed by the growing number of unregistered firearms as the region prepares for its first-ever parliamentary elections in May 2025. The Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region...
CAVITE – A Chinese national was apprehended by the authorities after pointing a gun, which turned out to be an illegal firearm, at his kitchen helper's husband in Kawit on Sunday, Nov. 17. A report from Regional Police Office 4A stated that the 35-year-old suspect is a businessman from Jilin,...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) will conduct a nationwide verification and accounting of firearms as part of the security measures for the 2025 midterm national and local elections. PNP spokesperson Brig. Gen. Jean Fajardo said the priority of the verification and accounting are gun owners...
Presidential Peace Adviser Carlito Galvez Jr. (left) checks the unlicensed firearms surrendered by residents in Basilan in exchange of agricultural tools and equipment as part of the ASPIRE program held in Sumisip, Basilan last week. (Photo: OPAPRU) To ensure that the first ever parliamentary...
The Central Luzon regional police has intensified the campaign against loose firearms ahead of the 2025 midterm elections in a bid to deny private armed goons the instruments to sabotage poll results. Police Brig. Gen. Redrico Maranan, director of the Police Regional Office 3, said that from Oct. 1...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Ninety-one loose firearms were surrendered to the police during the month-long implementation of "Oplan Katok" in Central Luzon from August 1 to 31. Police conducted house-to-house visits to remind firearm holders to renew their licenses or...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – The Police Regional Office 4-A confiscated 2,929 loose firearms from January 1 to August 31 in the Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon area. POLICE Regional Office 4-A Director Police Brig. Gen. Paul Kenneth Lucas (center) presents confiscated firearms from...
TACLOBAN CITY – Three suspected drug pushers were apprehended, leading to the discovery of high-powered firearms and explosives, on Friday, August 9, at Allen Port in Allen, Northern Samar, a day after suspected shabu worth P61 million was found there. Police intercepted an L-300 van driven...
By TARA YAP LOILO CITY – Police seized 2,428 firearms and explosives in Western Visayas in the first six months of the year. The Police Regional Office-5 said 2,112 guns and 316 explosives were confiscated from January 1 to June 30. PHILIPPINE National Police (PNP) chief Police Gen. Rommel Marbil...
CAMP COL. RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – The Police Regional Office-13 seized 584 guns and 46 explosive devices in the campaign against loose firearms in the Caraga region from January 1 to June 26. PRO 13-Regional Public Information Office (RPIO) chief Police Major Jennifer S. Ometer said...
BALABAGAN, Lanao del Sur – Residents have sought justice for a barangay captain who was killed in a firearms buy-bust operation conducted by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group here on June 22. RESIDENTS of Balabagan, Lanao de Sur seek justice for Barangay Poblacion Captain Billy...
Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Wednesday June 26, a crackdown on loose firearms and private armed groups (PAGs) as part of the preparations for the midterm elections next year. Marbil described the presence of loose firearms and PAGs as...
