Less than a month before the midterm elections in May, authorities arrested two Singaporeans and a Filipino allegedly involved in gun-running activities, and confiscated from them assorted high-powered firearms, the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported on Black Saturday, April 19.The PNP's...
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija – A private armed group surrendered unlicensed firearms to the Nueva Ecija Police Provincial Office on Feb. 7 in Barangay Papaya, San Antonio, Nueva Ecija. POLICE process the surrender of illegal guns in Nueva Ecija on Feb. 7. (PRO-3 FB)Turned over were five...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – Police arrested a suspected member of a potential Private Armed Group in Cagayan Valley in Cubao, Quezon City on July 1.Benjie, 42, of the Babaran Group was nabbed on a warrant of arrest issued in June last year.The suspect, of Baggao, Cagayan, faces a case for violation...
DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) â€" A suspected member of a private armed group (PAG) in Bayawan City, Negros Oriental was arrested over the weekend after yielding illegal firearms, ammunition, and suspected shabu.A report from the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) on Monday, September 11,...
The designation of suspended Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. and 12 others as "terrorists" in connection with their alleged role in a string of killings and harassment in the province fueled the Philippine National Police (PNP) to sustain its "aggressive" campaign against private...
BACOLOD CITY – Three potential private armed groups (PAGs) are being monitored by the police in Western Visayas.
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These potential PAGs were reported in three different areas in Negros Occidental, based on a report presented by the Police Regional Office...
With just less than a week before Election Day, May 9, at least 32 alleged members of private armed groups were arrested by authorities during a raid in Laguna.
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"The chairman (Chairperson Saidamen B. Pangarungan) would like us to announce that there were 32 alleged members of...
A battalion-sized contingent of the Philippine Army (PA) was scheduled to arrive in Samar on Saturday, Feb. 5, to assist in the eradication of private armed groups in Eastern Visayas ahead of the May 9 national and local elections.
(Courtesy of 8th Infantry Division, Philippine Army)
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Presidential Peace Adviser Carlito Galvez Jr. said the government is making a "work plan" to dismantle known private armed groups (PAGs) in Mindanao and make the national and local elections in 2022 more peaceful.
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. (File photo)
Galvez, special adviser of the...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) announced Friday, July 2, that it had seized a cache of firearms and 11 kilos of suspected marijuana worth P2,240,800 from a suspected crime syndicate leader during a search operation in Malolos, Bulacan.
The operation was part of the larger crackdown on...