ILOILO CITY – Sixty-four individuals have been arrested since the gun ban for the barangay and SK elections in Western Visayas took effect on August 28. A consolidated report by the Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 said these violators were arrested from August 28 to September 30. POLICE...
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija – Police seized 95 loose firearms, explosives, and bladed weapons and arrested 40 violators of the barangay elections gun ban in this province from August 28 to September 26. Police Col. Richard Caballero, Nueva Ecija police chief, said six violators were...
A man in possession of an improvised handgun (sumpak) was arrested by members of the Pasay police substation 5 in Baclaran early Wednesday morning, Sept. 27. Pasay City police chief Col. Froilan Uy said the suspect, identified as Danilo Tatac, alias “Daboy,” was arrested at around...
President Marcos has clarified that the government will not be imposing a fishing ban in the country as this could have adverse effects on the livelihood of local fishermen. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (RTVM screenshot) Marcos said this after he was quoted as saying that the...
ILOILO CITY – Forty-five individuals have been arrested for violating the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections gun ban in Western Visayas. The Police Regional Office-6 said 43 were civilians and two were a security guard and an off-duty jail officer. Police Major Mary Grace Borio,...
Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara on Friday, September 22, welcomed the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) decision to exclude the government fuel subsidy program from the ban on spending during the election period for the 2023 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) polls. With this,...
CAVITE – A man was arrested after allegedly firing an airsoft gun at a dog that chased him in Naic, Cavite, on Tuesday, Sept. 19. The Cavite Police Provincial Office identified the suspect as Ivan Paul R. De Guzman. Initial investigation says the suspect was driving an e-bike when he was chased...
A man who identified himself as a former police official was arrested after handguns and shotguns were found inside his vehicle while he was entering Camp Crame in Quezon City on Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 19. Police would not identify the arrested suspect but based on the initial information,...
Imposing fishing bans in certain areas is among the steps undertaken by the government to address overfishing and boost the country's aquaculture, President Marcos said. Marcos said the government has come up with plans to address overfishing and one of them is imposing fishing bans and other...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – The Police Regional Office-13 seized 107 loose firearms and 11 explosives during the week-long intensified Simultaneous Anti-Criminality Law Enforcement Operations in line with the election gun ban from September 6 to 12. The PRO-13 Regional...
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija – Police arrested 26 persons and seized 52 loose firearms and four explosives since the start of the Commission on Elections gun ban for the barangay elections in this province on August 28. Police Col. Richard V. Caballero, Nueva Ecija police chief, said 22 firearms...
ILOILO CITY – Twenty-seven violators of the gun ban in the barangay elections next month were arrested in Western Visayas as of September 11. POLICE conduct a checkpoint in San Dionisio town, Iloilo province in line with the 2023 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections. (Tara Yap)...
