CEBU CITY – The Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) vowed a more intensified campaign against loose firearms as the May election approaches. POLICE Brig. Gen. Redrico Maranan, chief of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas, examines firearms turned over to the Cebu Provincial Police Office....
CAMP OLIVAS, San Fernando City, Pampanga – The Police Regional Office-3 recovered 260 loose firearms under the intensified Revitalized Katok campaign from Jan. 10 to Feb. 15. Police Regional Office-3 Director Police Brig. Gen. Jean S. Fajardo said the program strengthens the region’s efforts to...
CAMP COL. RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – The Police Regional Office-13 has seized 158 loose firearms, two improvised explosive devices, and 132 bullets as it intensified the implementation of the election gun ban in the Caraga region. “No letup on election gun ban drive as campaign period...
The Nueva Ecija Police Provincial Office reported that 459 loose firearms were confiscated and surrendered in five months from September 2024 to January 2025. LOOSE guns seized in Nueva Ecija. Nueva Ecija police chief Police Col. Ferdinand Germino said 100 loose firearms were confiscated in...
CEBU CITY – As a result of an intensified campaign, at least 430 unlicensed firearms were confiscated last month in various areas in Central Visayas. POLICE Brig. Gen. Redrico Maranan, chief of PRO-7, shows a cache of seized firearms to Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary...
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...
A 67-year-old man was arrested for allegedly making and selling unlicensed homemade firearms in Baras, Rizal. The arrested suspect during a media interview. Authorities confiscate alleged homemade firearms from a senior citizen in Baras, Rizal. (Photo from Rizal PPO) The Rizal Police Provincial...
CATBALOGAN CITY – The provincial government of Samar recently rewarded P10,000 to each individual who surrendered loose firearms under the Balik Armas program. ON the table are loose guns surrendered to authorities. Gov. Sharee Ann Tan commended the Samar Police Provincial Office for their...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – Police said 1,151 loose firearms were confiscated and 82 gun violators were arrested in the Cordillera region from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2024. The Police Regional Office-Cordillera said the province of Abra had the highest number of gun violators with 37, followed by the...
COTABATO CITY – Government forces on Sunday confiscated high-powered firearms from a civilian while serving a warrant of arrest against a murder suspect in the Special Geographic Area of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (SGA-BARMM). The Special Security Task Group in SGA-BARMM,...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa underscored the need to update the 11-year-old Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act (Republic Act No. 10591) in a bid to “further advocate responsible gun ownership and ensure the government’s right to regulate the same". Sen. Ronald...
CAMP MARCELO A. ADDURU, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – Police recovered unlicensed guns, accessories, and bullets from a septuagenarian during a search warrant operation in Barangay Inaban, Dupax del Norte, Nueva Vizcaya on Thursday, Nov. 28. The suspect was identified as Cledera, 76, widow, and...
