CAMP Olivas, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Police Regional Office-3 chief Police Brig. Gen. Redrico Maranan said on Thursday, Nov. 28, that 939 loose firearms were seized in Central Luzon from Oct. 1 to Nov. 27. Maranan said 924 were short firearms and 15 were light weapons. Two-hundred...
CAMP MARCELO A. ADDURU, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – The Police Regional Office-2 seized 4,400 loose firearms in the Cagayan Valley region from 2019 to 2024. LOOSE firearms seized in the Cagayan Valley region are presented in a press briefing in Camp Adduru, Tuguegarao City on Wednesday....
BUTUAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-13 reported on Monday, Nov. 25, the recovery of 212 loose firearms and nine explosives from Oct. 24 to Nov. 24. PRO 13-Regional Public Information Office chief Police Major Jennifer S. Ometer said 144 firearms were voluntarily surrendered under “Oplan:...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – The Police Regional Office-3 (Central Luzon) has intensified its campaign against loose firearms to ensure the safety and security of the public. The PRO-3 Regional Operations Division said 842 guns were seized in the region from Oct. 1 to Nov. 23 –...
The police and military in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao raised the critical challenge posed by the growing number of unregistered firearms as the region prepares for its first-ever parliamentary elections in May 2025. The Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region...
CAVITE – A Chinese national was apprehended by the authorities after pointing a gun, which turned out to be an illegal firearm, at his kitchen helper's husband in Kawit on Sunday, Nov. 17. A report from Regional Police Office 4A stated that the 35-year-old suspect is a businessman from Jilin,...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) will conduct a nationwide verification and accounting of firearms as part of the security measures for the 2025 midterm national and local elections. PNP spokesperson Brig. Gen. Jean Fajardo said the priority of the verification and accounting are gun owners...
Presidential Peace Adviser Carlito Galvez Jr. (left) checks the unlicensed firearms surrendered by residents in Basilan in exchange of agricultural tools and equipment as part of the ASPIRE program held in Sumisip, Basilan last week. (Photo: OPAPRU) To ensure that the first ever parliamentary...
The Central Luzon regional police has intensified the campaign against loose firearms ahead of the 2025 midterm elections in a bid to deny private armed goons the instruments to sabotage poll results. Police Brig. Gen. Redrico Maranan, director of the Police Regional Office 3, said that from Oct. 1...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Ninety-one loose firearms were surrendered to the police during the month-long implementation of "Oplan Katok" in Central Luzon from August 1 to 31. Police conducted house-to-house visits to remind firearm holders to renew their licenses or...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – The Police Regional Office 4-A confiscated 2,929 loose firearms from January 1 to August 31 in the Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon area. POLICE Regional Office 4-A Director Police Brig. Gen. Paul Kenneth Lucas (center) presents confiscated firearms from...
TACLOBAN CITY – Three suspected drug pushers were apprehended, leading to the discovery of high-powered firearms and explosives, on Friday, August 9, at Allen Port in Allen, Northern Samar, a day after suspected shabu worth P61 million was found there. Police intercepted an L-300 van driven...
