ILOILO CITY – A petition has sought a 50-year mining ban in Antique, the home province of new Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Raphael “Popo” Mercado Lotilla. Amlig Antique Alliance urged the prohibition to protect the province’s ecological and cultural...
Three men, including a reporter, were arrested for illegal possession of firearms and ammunition during a police buy-bust operation in Makati City on Monday night, May 26. The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) identified the suspects as "Gaynor," 52, reporter; "Patrick," 26; and...
ILOILO CITY – Police said the robust campaign against loose firearms prevented major election-related violence in Iloilo province. POLICE conduct a checkpoint in Leganes town, Iloilo province. (Tara Yap) The Iloilo Police Provincial Office said almost 250 firearms were retrieved beginning Jan....
CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga – Thirty-three individuals were apprehended for violating the nationwide liquor ban across the provinces of Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, and Tarlac, according to a report from Police Regional Office-Central Luzon (PRO-3) on Monday. FAJARDO (PRO-3 FB) The liquor ban in effect from...
TACLOBAN CITY - Police arrested on Monday five men for carrying firearms in Arteche, Eastern Samar as part of an intensified drive against poll gun ban violators. Police officers intercepted an Isuzu Elf truck carrying the armed individuals in a checkpoint on a major highway in Barangay Tangbo...
BANGUED, Abra – Authorities arrested 12 individuals and confiscated several firearms and ammunition in an operation in Pidigan town, this province, over the weekend. A lawyer who tried to intervene was likewise arrested and may be charged with obstruction of justice. Police Col. Daniel Pel-ey,...
BUTUAN CITY – Police have arrested 45 individuals for violating the Commission on Elections (Comelec) gun ban in the Caraga region from Jan. 12 to the present. Police Regional Office-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Christopher N. Abrahano said six violators were caught in Butuan City, 23 in...
Senate deputy minority leader Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, April 29 applauded the Department of Justice (DOJ) for filing cases of human trafficking against former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque, Cassandra “Cassie” Li Ong and 40 others who were allegedly involved in the illegal activities...
BUTUAN CITY – Police apprehended 87 Commission on Elections (Comelec) gun ban violators in Northern Mindanao in 100 days. DE GUZMAN (FB) Police Regional Office 10-Regional Public Information Office chief Police Major Joann G. Navarro said 81 firearms and 703 bullets were confiscated from January...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Four soldiers were arrested in San Simon, Pampanga on Wednesday, April 9, for allegedly violating the election gun ban. VARIOUS items recovered from the suspects. Police Regional Office-3 Director Police Brig. Gen. Jean Fajardo said the suspects were...
Alleged gun runner arrested in a buy-bust operation in Bacoor City on April 7 (Photo from PRO 4A/MANILA BULLETIN) CAVITE – Authorities apprehended an alleged gun runner and seized high-powered firearms and ammunition in a buy-bust operation in Bacoor City on Monday, April 7. Police...
Ang Probinsyano Party-list Rep. Alfred delos Santos (Contributed photo) Is the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) nationwide gun ban being followed? Ang Probinsyano Party-list Rep. Alfred delos Santos can't help but ask this question following...