ILIGAN CITY – Mayor Nursiya Ismael of Lantawan, Basilan has turned over 34 loose firearms surrendered by constituents to the military in a ceremony at the 19th Special Forces Company headquarters in Barangay Tabuk, Isabela City, Basilan. Brig. Gen. Domingo Gobway, Joint Task Force Basilan...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Eleven wanted persons were arrested and loose firearms were seized in the Caraga region over the weekend, the Police Regional Office 13 reported on Monday, March 20. Suspects were apprehended on Saturday, March 18, during the implementation of search...
Making gun ownership more expensive in the Philippines will reduce the proliferation of loose firearms. (Maxx/ Unsplash) That's the premise of House Bill (HB) No.3367, mainly authored by Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte. In essence, the measure seeks to promote responsible gun...
Police raided the house of a 47-year-old man and arrested him after he yielded undocumented firearms and explosives in Barangay Rizal, Bongabon, Nueva Ecija on Tuesday, Feb 7. A report to Col. Richard V. Caballero, Nueva Ecija police chief, said the suspect had two hand grenades, a caliber .45...
ILIGAN CITY – The mayor of the municipality of Hadji Muhtamad in Basilan turned over 23 loose firearms surrendered by residents on Monday, Jan. 30. AUTHORITIES receive 23 loose firearms turned over by a municipal mayor from Basilan. (Photo via Bonita Ermac) Mayor Arsina Nanoh handed over these...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Brig. Gen. Mafelino Bazar, Police Regional Office-Cordillera chief, reported that 92 individuals were arrested and 1,149 assorted guns were seized in the intensified campaign against loose firearms in the region in 2022. Bazar said the Kalinga Provincial Police Office had...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Police arrested on Friday, Jan. 6, an Indonesian and two Filipinos for transporting unlicensed high-powered firearms in Kiamba, Sarangani. Major Ludovico Rendaje, Kiamba police chief, identified the suspects as Indonesian Anton Gobay, 29, and his Filipino companions...
CEBU CITY — Suspected shabu worth P7.1-million was seized while more than 100 drug suspects were arrested in simultaneous police operations in Central Visayas on Sunday, Dec. 18. A total of 107 anti-illegal drug operations were conducted in the region-wide police operations dubbed as Simultaneous...
CABUYAO CITY, Laguna – A man working in a car wash shop was collared for possession of a loose firearm in Barangay Banlic on Wednesday, Nov. 30. Cabuyao City Police Station (CPS) identified the suspect as alias Dominic, a resident of Cabuyao. The police conducted a follow-up operation after...
BIÑAN CITY, Laguna – Authorities arrested two suspects for violating the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act in two search warrant operations in Barangay Langkiwa on Saturday, Nov. 26. Biñan City Police Station (CPS) operatives arrested alias Ruben and confiscated...
PADRE GARCIA, Batangas – Police arrested a 29-year-old gardener after he yielded suspected shabu valued at P836,000 and guns during a raid in Barangay Bukal here on Friday, Nov. 18. POLICE inventory pieces of evidence from Marco Amparo after the raid. (Batangas police photo) Batangas Police...
TARLAC CITY – Police arrested three suspected gunrunners in Concepcion, Tarlac on Wednesday, Nov. 16. Lt. Col. Warly Bitog of the Tarlac Police Provincial Office identified the suspects as Lolito Pineda, 44; Wilfredo Puno, 55, and Aldrin Larete, 47. The suspects were arrested after they sold...
