ILOILO CITY – The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has banned a German from driving for one year anywhere in the country after committing two separate violations in Iloilo province. The German, who is temporarily residing in the town of Santa Barbara, Iloilo, was initially stopped by an LTO-6...
LEGAZPI CITY – The provincial government of Albay has begun enforcing a ban on 12-wheel trucks and larger vehicles from plying certain roads in the province. Under Executive Order (EO) 5, issued Thursday night, Gov. Noel Rosal said the ban aims to prevent further damage to provincial, city,...
BACOLOD CITY – Sixty-nine persons were apprehended for violating the election gun ban in Negros Island from Jan. 12 to June 11. The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office caught 41, followed by Bacolod City Police Office with 15, and Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office with 13. Police...
CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga – A total of 619 violators were nabbed in Central Luzon during the five-month implementation of the nationwide gun ban for the May 12 midterm elections. Aside from the arrest of violators, 640 assorted illegal firearms were also seized in the region from Jan. 12 to June 11,...
BUTUAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-10 recorded 112 violators in the five-month election gun ban in Northern Mindanao. “We are happy to present to you our significant accomplishments in its implementation of 2025 NLE in Northern Mindanao region,” said PRO 10-Regional Public Information...
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested 82 individuals in Western Visayas region for violating the Commission on Elections gun ban that started on Jan. 12 and ended midnight on June 12. The Police Regional Office-6 said majority of the violators of the gun ban were civilians with 78. Four were uniformed...
Just weeks after being released from jail, a 34-year-old man landed again in jail after police recovered P700,000 worth of shabu and a gun from him during a drug sting in Barangay San Juan, Taytay, Rizal on Wednesday, June 4. Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO) director Col. Felipe Maraggun...
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...
