Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Thu, 02 May 2019 12:05:33 +0000
Gearing up for the final stretch of the election period, the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Bicol said 3,082 firearms have been confiscated while 164 persons were arrested for illegal possession of guns.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 06:49:31 +0000
A total of 4,729 people were arrested for violating the gun ban since the start of the election period, the PNP said Friday.
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Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 08:13:38 +0000
Five armed persons have been arrested by authorities in a Commission on Elections (Comelec) checkpoint in Catanduanes.
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2019 06:54:52 +0000
Police in Central Luzon seized nearly 600 firearms in a series of operations in the region since January when the Commission on Elections started imposing a nationwide gun ban.
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Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:03:19 +0000
The Caraga Police Regional Office has recovered a total of 1,027 firearms in a series of police operations since the start of the election period last January 13.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2019 02:26:06 +0000
Police in Region 12 confiscated 76 high-powered firearms since the Comelec enforced a gun ban for the May elections.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2019 04:34:12 +0000
The killing of a policeman on Edsa on Tuesday should challenge the police to do better in protecting the public, Senator Panfilo Lacson said.
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Credit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 02:37:13 +0000
A 91-year old man surrendered his firearm after the local police intensified the implementation of ‘Oplan Katok’ (Oplan Knock) in relation to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) gun ban, around 1:30 pm. Sunday.
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Credit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 08:12:02 +0000
PADADA, DAVAO DEL SUR — A 66-year old man was declared dead on arrival at the provincial hospital on Saturday night after he was shot by suspects riding-in-tandem amid the implementation of election gun ban and police checkpoints established in all entrance and exit points of Davao del Sur.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 05:50:08 +0000
A close-in bodyguard of a town mayor in Antipas, North Cotabato was arrested Thursday at a Comelec checkpoint for possessing an unlicensed firearm.
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