A total of 474 people, including soldiers and policemen, were arrested in the implementation of the nationwide gun ban for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE). PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said the same gun ban implementation since Aug. 28 also resulted in the confiscation...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Police arrested two men for allegedly violating the barangay election gun ban in Famy and Calamba City, this province, on Friday, September 8. The Police Regional Office 4-A identified the suspects as Noej de Leon and Jerwin Retusto. De Leon was involved in a...
ILOILO CITY – Two security guards were arrested on Thursday, September 7, in Malay, Aklan for violating the gun ban in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections. Police did not identify the suspects who were arrested in the port across world-famous Boracay Island. Police Lt. Col. Danis...
ILOILO CITY – Police have arrested 12 civilians in Western Visayas for violating the gun ban in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections next month. The Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 said these individuals were apprehended in checkpoint operations spearheaded by the Commission...
CEBU CITY – Twenty-six individuals have been arrested in Central Visayas since the gun ban for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections next month has been enforced. Police Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare said most of the arrests were made during random checkpoints or implementation of search...
(Unsplash) Economist-solon Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda says the Philippines should start looking at sources of rice outside the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). In a statement, Salceda specifically mentioned countries like...
CAVITE – Authorities seized more than 54 grams of suspected “shabu” in a buy-bust operation in General Trias City early Wednesday morning, Aug. 30. The Cavite Police Provincial Office said the operation conducted by the General Trias City Police Station (CPS) led to the arrest of alias Oca,...
Two men were arrested for violating the gun ban imposed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for the upcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan election (BSKE). Southern Police District (SPD) Director Brig. Gen. Roderick Mariano said the arrested suspects were identified as...
CAVITE – A man was arrested in Trece Martires City for violating the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) gun ban for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) on Monday night, Aug. 28. The Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) identified the suspect as alias Mel. The suspect was...
ALAMINOS, Laguna – A 58-year-old man was apprehended for violating the election gun ban in Barangay Poblacion here on Monday, August 28. Police Lt. Gen. Rhoderick Armamento, commander of the Area Police Command for South Luzon, identified the suspect as Efren Robiso, married, jobless,...
A man possessing a firearm was arrested by police at a Commission on Elections (Comelec) checkpoint in Pasig City on the first day of the nationwide gun ban on Monday, Aug. 28, for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) period. Pasig Police Chief Col. Celerino Sacro Jr. identified...
Private schools believe that their financial viability will be compromised under the passage of the "no permit, no exam" ban claiming that it is "tantamount to a death sentence" as it will force them to cut corners in their operations and cause systemic damage to the private...
