CAVITE – The Commission on Elections' (Comelec) gun ban in Bacoor City officially takes effect Wednesday, June 28, ahead of a plebiscite to merge 44 barangays into 18 villages in July. A send-off ceremony for personnel deployed in Comelec checkpoints was held on June 27 at the Bacoor...
ALIAGA, Nueva Ecija – The leader and four members of a group of assassins were arrested in a checkpoint in Barangay Santo Rosario here early Sunday morning, June 25. Police Col. Richard Caballero, Nueva Ecija police chief, identified the suspects as alias “Ronnie,” 41, leader of the Hernandez...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Roads and Traffic Administration (RTA) here is set to include the procurement of speed gun units in the next budget allocation. MOTORCYCLES and four-wheel vehicles ply the route of Don Apolinar Velez St., Cagayan de Oro City, on Wednesday morning, June 14. (Franck Dick...
CAVITE – The gun ban in Carmona officially started on Thursday, June 8, one month ahead of the scheduled cityhood plebiscite on July 8. The Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) said the plebiscite period and gun ban will last until July 15. Cavite PPO has already deployed personnel in established...
(Unsplash) The recent death of a traffic enforcer at the hands of an allegedly drunk motorcycle rider in Tanza, Cavite should serve as a "wake-up call" for the Philippine National Police (PNP) to tighten up its gun ownership rules. Thus, said Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte in a...
The Philippine Navy (PN) welcomed to its fleet on Friday, May 26, its two brand new Acero-class patrol gunboats from Israel. (President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (front, left) is joined by Philippine Navy chief Vice Adm. Toribio Adaci Jr. as he graces the 125th founding anniversary of the Philippine Navy...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced on Monday, May 22 that it will begin accepting applications on June 5 for the gun ban exemption, three months before the election period for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in October. "For the first time, we will be opening the...
ILOILO CITY – A five-day gun ban will be implemented to secure the Manggahan Festival and 31st founding anniversary of the island-province of Guimaras next week. The Philippine National Police (PNP) has approved the request of the provincial government to suspend Permits to Carry Firearms Outside...
The Philippine Navy (PN) will christen two of its brand new patrol gunboats in Fort San Felipe, Cavite City on Monday, May 8. (Photo: Philippine Navy Modernization Office) The two fast attack interdiction craft-missile (FAIC-M), which were manufactured by Israel Shipyards Ltd., will be named BRP...
"Mr. President, what do you do every day?" This was the subject of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s 240th vlog post, giving the public a glance at the daily life of the country's leader. According to the President, the question was sent to his email by a child, and he thought it would be...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has declared a gun ban in two provinces and 63 barangays in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) following an ambush on Lanao del Sur Gov. Mamintal Alonto Adiong Jr on Friday, Feb. 17, that left four people, three of them policemen, dead....
Making gun ownership more expensive in the Philippines will reduce the proliferation of loose firearms. (Maxx/ Unsplash) That's the premise of House Bill (HB) No.3367, mainly authored by Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte. In essence, the measure seeks to promote responsible gun...
