BACOLOD CITY – A policeman and his companion were arrested for alleged involvement in gun-running activities in Barangay Robles, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Sept. 24. The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG)-Negros Island Region (NIR) arrested the 31-year-old...
BACOLOD CITY - Police Col. Joeresty Coronica, Bacolod police director, revealed that 13 shooting incidents in this highly-urbanized city since 2021 were connected to a suspected gun-for-hire recently arrested in Sipalay City, Negros Occidental. In a press briefing on Wednesday, Sept. 24, Coronica...
CEBU CITY – At least 16 gun-for-hire groups in Central Visayas were dismantled in the first eight months of this year, the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) reported. Eighteen were arrested and 12 members were killed in police operations. Thirty-five firearms and two grenades were...
CALAUAG, Quezon – An alleged gun-for hire and drug pusher was killed in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Sumilang here on Thursday afternoon, Aug. 21. Quezon police director Police Col. Romulo Albacea identified the suspect as Kenneth de Guzman Buñales. Buñales’ companion was also killed in...
BUTUAN CITY – Police have arrested two men wanted for the murder of a 24-year-old male pageant contender in Cagayan de Oro City two years ago. The suspects were arrested on July 3 in Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur, police said in a statement Monday. The suspects aged 35, a nurse, and 37, a...
Three employees of a firearms and ammunition manufacturing company were hospitalized after an explosion occurred inside its factory in Barangay Fortune, Marikina City on Monday, July 7. According to the Marikina City Police, the explosion happened at around 2:43 p.m. One of the worker reportedly...
A 21-year-old man allegedly involved in the illegal sale of firearms was killed in an armed encounter with police during a gun buy-bust operation in Pasig City. Maj. Loreto Tigno, chief of the Pasig City Police Station-Investigation Management Section, said the operation was conducted in Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY – Sixty-nine persons were apprehended for violating the election gun ban in Negros Island from Jan. 12 to June 11. The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office caught 41, followed by Bacolod City Police Office with 15, and Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office with 13. Police...
CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga – A total of 619 violators were nabbed in Central Luzon during the five-month implementation of the nationwide gun ban for the May 12 midterm elections. Aside from the arrest of violators, 640 assorted illegal firearms were also seized in the region from Jan. 12 to June 11,...
BUTUAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-10 recorded 112 violators in the five-month election gun ban in Northern Mindanao. “We are happy to present to you our significant accomplishments in its implementation of 2025 NLE in Northern Mindanao region,” said PRO 10-Regional Public Information...
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested 82 individuals in Western Visayas region for violating the Commission on Elections gun ban that started on Jan. 12 and ended midnight on June 12. The Police Regional Office-6 said majority of the violators of the gun ban were civilians with 78. Four were uniformed...
Just weeks after being released from jail, a 34-year-old man landed again in jail after police recovered P700,000 worth of shabu and a gun from him during a drug sting in Barangay San Juan, Taytay, Rizal on Wednesday, June 4. Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO) director Col. Felipe Maraggun...
