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...
DAVAO CITY (PNA) – The Davao City Police Office (DCPO) is implementing a city-wide gun ban from August 18 to 25 for the 38th Kadayawan Festival celebration. The Philippine National Police (PNP) approved the request of the Police Regional Office in the Davao region to suspend all permits to...
CAVITE – Amid a Commission on Elections (Comelec) [gun ban in Bacoor City](https://mb.com.ph/2023/6/27/comelec-gun-ban-in-bacoor-starts-ahead-of-plebiscite-to-merge-44-barangays) ahead of a plebiscite, authorities nabbed a security guard over an indiscriminate firing incident in Barangay San...
Only 23 applications for gun ban exemption have so far passed the pre-evaluation stage since the Committee on the Ban on Firearms and Security Concerns (CBFSC) started accepting last June 5, the Commission on Elections said on Monday, July 3. Based on the data provided by Comelec spokesman Atty....
CAVITE – The Commission on Elections' (Comelec) gun ban in Bacoor City officially takes effect Wednesday, June 28, ahead of a plebiscite to merge 44 barangays into 18 villages in July. A send-off ceremony for personnel deployed in Comelec checkpoints was held on June 27 at the Bacoor...
CAVITE – The gun ban in Carmona officially started on Thursday, June 8, one month ahead of the scheduled cityhood plebiscite on July 8. The Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) said the plebiscite period and gun ban will last until July 15. Cavite PPO has already deployed personnel in established...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced on Monday, May 22 that it will begin accepting applications on June 5 for the gun ban exemption, three months before the election period for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in October. "For the first time, we will be opening the...
ILOILO CITY – A five-day gun ban will be implemented to secure the Manggahan Festival and 31st founding anniversary of the island-province of Guimaras next week. The Philippine National Police (PNP) has approved the request of the provincial government to suspend Permits to Carry Firearms Outside...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has declared a gun ban in two provinces and 63 barangays in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) following an ambush on Lanao del Sur Gov. Mamintal Alonto Adiong Jr on Friday, Feb. 17, that left four people, three of them policemen, dead....
CAVITE – A man was arrested for violating the Commission on Elections (Comelec) gun ban implemented in connection with the upcoming special elections in the province’s 7th district. In a statement, Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) says the suspect, identified as Mayaco Pacasum Jr., was...
POLICE secure the Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo City in 2020. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – A week-long gun ban for the Dinagyang Festival here this year was implemented starting on Friday, Jan. 13. Brig. Gen. Leo Francisco, Police Regional Office 6 (Western Visayas) director, appealed for a peaceful...
