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...
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...
