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...
The Senate has approved on third and final reading a bill seeking to improve Republic Act 10591 or the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act. Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa, sponsor of the Senate Bill No. 2895, said that the enactment into law of the bill would help clarify...
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...
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...
BURDEOS, Quezon – Police apprehended a man for allegedly threatening to shoot his father with a shotgun on Thursday afternoon in Barangay Amot, this town. Investigation said the suspect, Ericson Alarma, pointed a 12-gauge shotgun at his father Reynaldo during an altercation. Reynaldo reported the...
BOLINAO, Pangasinan – A 42-year-old woman was allegedly shot dead by her drunk neighbor during a confrontation in Barangay Cabuyao here on Thursday, Jan. 23. Police identified the victim as Merlisa Caigas Castil. Investigation said Castil accosted the suspect, Danilo Ebelte Escala, 57, for...
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...
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...
BUTUAN CITY – Police arrested the first gun ban violator in the May elections in Northern Mindanao or Region 10. Police Regional Office 10-Regional Public Information Office chief Police Major Joann N. Navarro said the suspect was apprehended by the Tagoloan Municipal Police Station (MPS) of the...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – The Police Regional Office 4-A on Sunday launched Commission on Elections checkpoints to deter election violence and implement the gun ban in the Calabarzon region. POLICE conduct a Comelec checkpoint in Laguna. Lawmen conducted a checkpoint on the national highway in...
