ILOILO CITY — The campaign to sustain the Visayan Sea as a rich fishing ground should go beyond the annual fishing ban, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources said. FISHING boats at the port of Concepcion, a town in northern Iloilo province. (Tara Yap) “The three-month fishing ban...
Police have arrested almost 1,000 people, including soldiers and policemen, amid the continuous gun ban implementation across the country for the May 12 midterm elections, an official disclosed on Monday, Feb. 17. Police Col. Randulf Tuaño, chief information officer of the Philippine National...
CAMP ALAGAR, Cagayan de Oro City – Twenty-nine individuals, including three uniformed personnel and one security guard, were apprehended by the Police Regional Office-10 from Jan. 12 to Feb. 12 for violating the election gun ban implemented by the Commission on Elections in Northern Mindanao. PRO...
(Photo from SPD) A 25-year-old college student was arrested by members of the Makati City Police for selling firearms in Barangay Magallanes, Makati City on Thursday, Feb. 6, the Southern Police District (SPD) said. The suspect was identified as "Jonathan." He was nabbed during a buy-bust operation...
A Senate panel has sought the filing of criminal charges against the public officials who enabled dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo or Guo Hua Ping, to escape the country and provided her and her accomplices protection. The recommendation is included in Committee Report No. 514...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) reminded the Philippine National Police (PNP) to safeguard the citizens' constitutional rights against unwarranted search and seizures in the implementation of "Oplan Katok." "Oplan Katok" is the PNP's initiative to ferry out unlicensed firearms and those with...
DAVAO CITY – Police and military personnel arrested a mayor and escorts from a town in the Special Geographic Area (SGA) of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in a checkpoint in Barangay Sirawan, Toril District here for allegedly violating the election gun ban...
The ban on controversial Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGOs) in the country is nearing institutionalization after the House of Representatives approved House Bill (HB) No.10987 on second reading. Also known as the proposed Anti-Offshore Gaming Operators Act, the measure was approved...
Concerns and allegations that the home visit on delinquent firearms owners could be weaponized for political intimidation for the midterm elections are baseless and mere speculations, the chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) said. PNP chief Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil stressed that their...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo said they are closely studying the proposal to ban the deployment of Filipino workers to Kuwait, following the tragic death of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) there. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo In an...
CAMP Olivas, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – The Police Regional Office-3 seized 101 firearms and arrested 103 individuals in Central Luzon from Jan. 12 to 28 for violating the election gun ban. Thirty-eight firearms were confiscated in checkpoints, 21 in police responses, 39 in buy-bust...
ILOILO CITY – Twenty-one individuals have been arrested for violating the election gun ban in Western Visayas. The Police Regional Office-6 said all the violators were civilians. The most recent violator was from Bacolod City, a 54-year-old man caught carrying a gun replica. POLICE conduct a...