BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office has introduced a mobile application to enhance the real-time monitoring of checkpoints in the May 12 elections. POLICE man an election checkpoint in Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, Jan. 12. (Photo courtesy of...
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...
Former Ilocos Sur governor Chavit Singson has decided to withdraw from the senatorial race in the May midterm polls, citing health reasons. Former Ilocos Sur governor Chavit Singson announces his withdrawal from the senatorial race due to health reasons at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay...
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija – Police arrested seven individuals for violating the election gun ban in this province on Sunday, Jan. 12. Police Col. Ferdinand D. Germino, Nueva Ecija police chief, said the suspects were apprehended in checkpoints in the municipalities of San Leonardo, Jaen,...
ILOILO CITY – A businessman in this city is the first violator of the gun ban in the 2025 elections in the Western Visayas region. The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) identified the suspect as Ryan who was arrested past 1 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 12, after he accidentally crashed his pickup truck...
Former vice president Leni Robredo is backing the Senate candidacies of former senators Kiko Pangilinan and Bam Aquino for the 2025 midterm polls. (From left) Former senator Bam Aquino, ex-vice president Leni Robredo, and former senator Kiko Pangilinan (Photo courtesy of Bam Aquino) ...
"Just follow the law. Our lives will be easy." This was the reminder of Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia to the public as the gun ban officially takes effect Sunday Jan. 12, 2025, with the commencement of the election period for the May 2025 National and Local...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Samar Police Provincial Office has deployed over 300 personnel to ensure safe and credible elections this May in the first district of Samar. Police Col. Antonietto Eric Mendoza, Samar police chief, led a send-off ceremony for the Regional Special Operations Task Group-Leyte...
Senate Majority Leader Francis “Tol” Tolentino said on Friday, Jan. 10, that the Senate will prioritize four key bills when the regular session resumes amid a busy legislative agenda. These include postponing the 2025 barangay elections, modernizing the Philippine Institute of Volcanology...
AFP Chief, General Romeo Brawner Jr. speaks during the activation of the National Election Monitoring Center (NEMC) in Camp Crame, Quezon City on Jan. 9, 2025. (Photo: AFP) If Filipinos want to help solve the various societal issues faced by the country, then the first thing to do is to elect...