Concerns and allegations that the home visit on delinquent firearms owners could be weaponized for political intimidation for the midterm elections are baseless and mere speculations, the chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) said. PNP chief Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil stressed that their...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo said they are closely studying the proposal to ban the deployment of Filipino workers to Kuwait, following the tragic death of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) there. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo In an...
CAMP Olivas, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – The Police Regional Office-3 seized 101 firearms and arrested 103 individuals in Central Luzon from Jan. 12 to 28 for violating the election gun ban. Thirty-eight firearms were confiscated in checkpoints, 21 in police responses, 39 in buy-bust...
ILOILO CITY – Twenty-one individuals have been arrested for violating the election gun ban in Western Visayas. The Police Regional Office-6 said all the violators were civilians. The most recent violator was from Bacolod City, a 54-year-old man caught carrying a gun replica. POLICE conduct a...
With 19 affirmative votes, the Senate approved the measure seeking to grant Philippine citizenship to Chinese national Li Duan Wang. Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros opposes the bill granting Philippine citizenship to Li Duan Wang. During Monday’s plenary session, January 27,...
CEBU CITY – Twenty-five persons have been arrested in Central Visayas since the election gun ban was enforced on Jan. 12, the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas said. The PRO-7 also said that 35 firearms – 13 pistols and 22 revolvers – and bullets were seized. Among...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) imposes another temporary ban on the entry of domestic and wild birds, as well as poultry products, from South Dakota in the United States following a recent outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). In a statement on Thursday, Jan. 23, the DA said...
At least 250 violators were apprehended in the first week of the nationwide implementation of gun ban for the midterm elections, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Tuesday, Jan. 21. The same election security resulted in the confiscation of 255 firearms. Based on the PNP data, Metro...
Senator Risa Hontiveros has called on the Senate to deny Filipino citizenship to a Chinese national who has ties with Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) actors. During Hontiveros’ interpellation on the Bill granting Filipino citizenship to Li Duan Wang aka Mark Ong, the senator...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (Facebook) Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo has told the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) not to pursue a new deployment ban fo Kuwait as it would negatively affect over an quarter of a million overseas...
As the Commission on Elections (Comelec) gun ban officially took effect last Sunday Jan. 12, 2025, signalling the start of the election period for the May 2025 National and Local Elections, various checkpoints were also deployed nationwide as part of the poll body's implementation of Resolution...
Police arrested 31 violators and confiscated at least 80 firearms on the first day of the implementation of the nationwide gun ban on Sunday, Jan. 12. Police Brig. Gen. Jean Fajardo, spokesperson of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said the aggressive operations against unauthorized possession...
