Three men, including a reporter, were arrested for illegal possession of firearms and ammunition during a police buy-bust operation in Makati City on Monday night, May 26. The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) identified the suspects as "Gaynor," 52, reporter; "Patrick," 26; and...
ILOILO CITY – Police said the robust campaign against loose firearms prevented major election-related violence in Iloilo province. POLICE conduct a checkpoint in Leganes town, Iloilo province. (Tara Yap) The Iloilo Police Provincial Office said almost 250 firearms were retrieved beginning Jan....
TACLOBAN CITY - Police arrested on Monday five men for carrying firearms in Arteche, Eastern Samar as part of an intensified drive against poll gun ban violators. Police officers intercepted an Isuzu Elf truck carrying the armed individuals in a checkpoint on a major highway in Barangay Tangbo...
Four persons were killed in a gun attack in a remote barangay in Hadji Mohammad Adjul, Basilan on the eve of the midterm elections on Sunday, May 11, the military’s Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) said. Col. J-jay Javines, Westmincom spokesperson, said the armed attack occurred near a...
BANGUED, Abra – Authorities arrested 12 individuals and confiscated several firearms and ammunition in an operation in Pidigan town, this province, over the weekend. A lawyer who tried to intervene was likewise arrested and may be charged with obstruction of justice. Police Col. Daniel Pel-ey,...
BUTUAN CITY – Police have arrested 45 individuals for violating the Commission on Elections (Comelec) gun ban in the Caraga region from Jan. 12 to the present. Police Regional Office-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Christopher N. Abrahano said six violators were caught in Butuan City, 23 in...
BUTUAN CITY – Police apprehended 87 Commission on Elections (Comelec) gun ban violators in Northern Mindanao in 100 days. DE GUZMAN (FB) Police Regional Office 10-Regional Public Information Office chief Police Major Joann G. Navarro said 81 firearms and 703 bullets were confiscated from January...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Four soldiers were arrested in San Simon, Pampanga on Wednesday, April 9, for allegedly violating the election gun ban. VARIOUS items recovered from the suspects. Police Regional Office-3 Director Police Brig. Gen. Jean Fajardo said the suspects were...
Alleged gun runner arrested in a buy-bust operation in Bacoor City on April 7 (Photo from PRO 4A/MANILA BULLETIN) CAVITE – Authorities apprehended an alleged gun runner and seized high-powered firearms and ammunition in a buy-bust operation in Bacoor City on Monday, April 7. Police...
Ang Probinsyano Party-list Rep. Alfred delos Santos (Contributed photo) Is the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) nationwide gun ban being followed? Ang Probinsyano Party-list Rep. Alfred delos Santos can't help but ask this question following...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is eyeing the imposition of lifetime firearms ownership prohibition to all the violators of the election gun ban amid cases of gun attacks that include the recent road rage incident in Antipolo City. PNP chief Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil said such drastic...
CEBU CITY – A suspected member of a gun-for-hire group was arrested in a buy-bust operation at dawn on Thursday, March 27, in Barangay Mambaling here. Police identified the suspect as Nathaniel Sermillon Cenabre, 19, a member of the Gibo gun-for-hire group. A recent police operation resulted in...
