"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...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) reminded on Tuesday, Jan. 7, that its gun ban will take effect on Jan. 12, 2025, until June 11, 2025, as the election period begins. "Kaya po doon sa ating mga kababayan po na bagama’t kayo ay lisensiyadong nagmamay-ari ng baril, bagama’t po kayo ay...
Starting Sunday, Jan. 12, the Philippine National Police (PNP) will be enforcing a nationwide gun ban as part of the security measures for the midterm elections on May 12. PNP spokesperson Brig. Gen. Jean Fajardo said the gun ban implementation has always been part of the election security,...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has suspended the privilege of gun owners to carry their firearms outside their houses in Metro Manila as part of the security measures for the third State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Marcos. The SONA will be held at the Batasang Pambansa in Quezon...
ILOILO CITY – A man from Capiz province was arrested for violating the gun ban as this city celebrated the highlight of the Dinagyang Festival this weekend. A GUN and bullets were confiscated from a man as Iloilo City was celebrates the Dinagyang Festival. (PNP Iloilo City) The Iloilo City...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – The Police Regional Office 4-A seized 263 assorted firearms during the implementation of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections gun ban in the Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon area. PRO 4-A Director Police Brig. Gen. Paul Kenneth Lucas said these...
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested 138 violators of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections gun ban in Western Visayas from August 28 to November 30. THE Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) conducts a checkpoint in Jaro, Iloilo City in line with the gun ban in the barangay elections. ...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 41 persons were arrested for violating the Commission on Elections (Comelec) gun ban in the barangay elections in Negros Occidental. A COMMISSION on Elections checkpoint manned by police officers in line with the barangay elections in Ilog, Negros Occidental on August...
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija – Police seized 60 loose firearms during the implementation of the gun ban in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan election period in this province from August 28 to November 28. As a result, this BSKE was most peaceful election ever in Nueva Ecija, said Police Col....
Pasig City Police Station (CPS) personnel arrested a man carrying a firearm at a Commission on Elections (Comelec) checkpoint on Amang Rodriguez Avenue in Barangay Santolan on Sunday, Oct. 8. According to the report submitted to Pasig Police chief Col. Celerino Sacro Jr., the suspect identified as...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Police arrested eight individuals for violating the election gun ban in Marihatag and San Miguel, Surigao del Sur, on Saturday, October 28. The suspects were identified as alias “Wil,” 33; “Joe,” 42; “Ron,” 38; “Jer,” 48; “Gar”;...
ILOILO CITY – Police have apprehended 115 individuals for violating the gun ban in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in the Western Visayas region. THE Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) conducts a checkpoint in Jaro, Iloilo City in line with the gun ban for the barangay elections....
