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Allowing civilians to own semi-automatic rifles actually promotes responsible gun ownership, according to the Philippine National Police (PNP) as it allayed fears that the move may lead to the increase in criminal incidents across the country. With almost 704,000 loose guns based on its record, PNP...

Police seized more than 8,000 loose firearms in the series of operations across the country in the past three months. Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said the same operations that include checkpoint operations and anti-drug operations also resulted in the...

The Philippine National Police (PNP) has started accounting for more than 600,000 firearms with expired licenses as it intensified the campaign against loose firearms ahead of the presidential elections next year. CIDG file photo Firearms with expired licenses are classified as loose guns and based...

Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Thursday, Aug. 26, all unit and area commanders to start the security preparations for the 2022 presidential and local elections. eleazar on qcp Eleazar explained that early security preparations have been...

Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Thursday, July 1, all police units across the country to intensify the operations against private armed groups as part of the early police preparations for the 2022 national and local elections. At the same...