Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Wednesday June 26, a crackdown on loose firearms and private armed groups (PAGs) as part of the preparations for the midterm elections next year. Marbil described the presence of loose firearms and PAGs as...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 seized 998 loose firearms in Western Visayas in the first quarter of this year. A total of 182 individuals were arrested for illegal possession of firearms. Majority or 809 firearms were deposited, abandoned, or surrendered. The PRO-6 said the...
The guns seized from three foreigners during a raid in Taguig City. (photo: NCRPO) Operatives of the Regional Special Operations Group of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO-RSOG) arrested a foreign national for trying to bribe them with P3 million in exchange for the release...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. led the destruction of 550 loose firearms at the Sampinit Complex in Sumisip, Basilan on Saturday, March 2. PRESIDENT Marcos, with Basilan Gov. Jim Salliman Hataman, inspects loose firearms in Basilan prior to their destruction on Saturday....
CEBU CITY – A 69-year-old chief tanod was arrested after police found unlicensed firearms in his home in Barangay Maslog, Danao City, northern Cebu. POLICE examine firearms and ammunition found in the house of a chief tanod during a raid in Danao City, northern Cebu. (Contributed photo) Allan...
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija – The Nueva Ecija Police Provincial Office (NEPPO) seized 11 loose firearms and 173 bullets during a two-week Simultaneous Anti-Criminality Law Enforcement Operation (SACLEO) from January 15 to 28. Police Col. Richard V. Caballero, Nueva Ecija police chief, said these...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – The Police Regional Police Office-Cordillera seized 1,201 guns and nabbed 73 violators last year in line with the intensified campaign of the Philippine National Police against loose firearms. The Regional Operations Division said the Abra Police Provincial Office...
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija – Police seized 60 loose firearms during the implementation of the gun ban in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan election period in this province from August 28 to November 28. As a result, this BSKE was most peaceful election ever in Nueva Ecija, said Police Col....
CAMP Marcelo Adduru, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – Police arrested two barangay officials in Cagayan and Isabela on Wednesday, October 18, for possession of loose firearms in violation of the Commission on Elections gun ban in the barangay elections. The suspects were identified as alias...
CEBU CITY – High-powered firearms were recovered from the house of a man in Toledo City, Cebu on Tuesday night, October 17. The Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-Cebu City Field Unit (CIDG-CCFU) raided the house of Ferid Joseph Libre Baena on the strength of a...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – The Police Regional Office-1 has arrested 24 violators and confiscated 22 firearms in the Ilocos region in line with the Commission on Elections gun ban for the barangay elections on October 30. Police Brig. Gen. John C. Chua, PRO-1 chief, said that these accomplishments...
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija – Police seized 95 loose firearms, explosives, and bladed weapons and arrested 40 violators of the barangay elections gun ban in this province from August 28 to September 26. Police Col. Richard Caballero, Nueva Ecija police chief, said six violators were...
