Senator Leila de Lima blasted on Tuesday, June 29, the plan raised by President Duterte to civilian groups to help authorities in crime fighting. Senator Leila de Lima (Senate of the Philippines) "Ang laking problema na nga na ituro yung tamang batas sa kapulisan natin, gusto pa natin isama sa...
Senator Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III has disagreed with President Duterte's proposal to arm anti-crime volunteers to help in law enforcement. Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar (middle) leads the commemoration of the 123rd proclamation of Independence Day at Camp Crame in...
Anti-crime civilians could avail of existing procedures to own and carry guns if they want to help law enforcement agencies in crime fighting as President Duterte had proposed, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Monday, June 28. But if the President wanted to ease the procedures for...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Sunday, June 27 thumbed down President Duterte’s proposal to arm civilians, saying stricter gun control, including stringent issuance or even suspension of firearm permits would be a better solution to stopping criminality in the Philippines. Lacson, a former...
President Duterte is amenable to the arming of a new coalition of volunteers to augment government forces in keeping peace and order in the country. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a speech during the ceremonial signing of several laws in Malacañang on June 24, 2021. (Malacañang) According...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) held an eight-gun salute as a tribute to the late former President Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Aquino III at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on Friday morning, June 25. A soldier performs an eight-gun salute as a tribute of the Armed Forces of the Philippines...
Police seized on Tuesday a cache of high-caliber guns in an entrapment operation that led to the arrest of a 33-year-old man who was reportedly selling illegal firearms via social media site Facebook. NPD-PIO The Northern Police District (NPD), which launched the operation, identified the suspect...
The suspect in the shooting rampage in San Jose, California on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) that left nine people dead, including a Filipino-American, had been briefly detained in 2016 by United States border security authorities after returning from a trip to the Philippines. SAN JOSE, CA - MAY...
A Filipino-American was among the casualties in a shooting rampage at a San Jose rail yard in California on May 26. Paul Dela Cruz Megia, 42, was among the nine individuals who were fatally shot by Samuel James Cassidy, a maintenance worker at Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (V.T.A)....
A witness on the killing of an 18-year-old person with special needs in Valenzuela City has denied the claim of the police that there was a gun scuffle between the victim and a police officer that led to the civilian's death. Mayor Rex Gatchalian, in a Twitter post on Thursday, said that they found...
Janine Gutierrez A Filipino film will be shown at this year's New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF). The special virtual edition runs from Aug. 28 to Sept. 12, and it will still highlight women both behind and in front of the camera. The NYAFF features a specific focus on women filmmakers: "women...
