CEBU CITY – Five hitmen, including the suspected leader of a gun-for-hire-group and three alleged members, were arrested in separate police operations here. POLICE Brig. Gen. Redrico Maranan (left), chief of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas, and Police Col. Enrico Figueroa (second from...
BUTUAN CITY – Police have arrested 31 individuals in the Caraga region for violating the election gun ban that started on Jan. 12. The Police Regional Office 13-Regional Operations Division Monitoring Action Center said 33 firearms were seized as of Friday, March 21. PRO 13-Regional Public...
CEBU CITY – Eight alleged members of a gun-for-hire group were arrested in a series of police operations here. POLICE Brig. Gen. Redrico Maranan, chief of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas, talks to suspected members of a gun-for-hire group who were arrested in recent police...
An international peace-building organization has criticized the "selective" implementation of gun ban as it disclosed that the 17 Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) who were arrested in Maguindanao del Sur last month for carrying high-powered firearms were released from detention. In a...
Police have arrested 34 individuals for violating the election gun ban in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Police Regional Office–Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (PRO-BAR) chief Police Brig. Gen. Romeo Macapaz said that 36 assorted firearms were seized from the...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – The Police Regional Office-1 apprehended 27 gun ban violators from Jan. 12 to Feb. 22. Ilocos police chief Police Brig. Gen. Lou F. Evangelista said 24 firearms were confiscated. Seven were from Ilocos Norte, three from Ilocos Sur, four from La Union, and 13 from...
CEBU CITY – More than 500 loose firearms have been seized since the election gun ban was enforced in Central Visayas last Jan. 12. The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) reported that 527 loose firearms were confiscated in the intensified campaign to ensure a peaceful election in May....
Police have arrested almost 1,000 people, including soldiers and policemen, amid the continuous gun ban implementation across the country for the May 12 midterm elections, an official disclosed on Monday, Feb. 17. Police Col. Randulf Tuaño, chief information officer of the Philippine National...
CAMP ALAGAR, Cagayan de Oro City – Twenty-nine individuals, including three uniformed personnel and one security guard, were apprehended by the Police Regional Office-10 from Jan. 12 to Feb. 12 for violating the election gun ban implemented by the Commission on Elections in Northern Mindanao. PRO...
(Photo from SPD) A 25-year-old college student was arrested by members of the Makati City Police for selling firearms in Barangay Magallanes, Makati City on Thursday, Feb. 6, the Southern Police District (SPD) said. The suspect was identified as "Jonathan." He was nabbed during a buy-bust operation...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) reminded the Philippine National Police (PNP) to safeguard the citizens' constitutional rights against unwarranted search and seizures in the implementation of "Oplan Katok." "Oplan Katok" is the PNP's initiative to ferry out unlicensed firearms and those with...
DAVAO CITY – Police and military personnel arrested a mayor and escorts from a town in the Special Geographic Area (SGA) of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in a checkpoint in Barangay Sirawan, Toril District here for allegedly violating the election gun ban...
