They just couldn’t wait. Nine gun owners were arrested on June 12 —the last day of the gun ban imposed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec)—for carrying their firearms outside their residences, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said.
The implementation of the election gun ban from Jan. 13 to June 12 resulted to the arrest of 85 persons and confiscation of 116 assorted firearms in Cebu City.
When the 16th Congress opens in July, members of the Lower House from Cebu should weigh in on the proposal for a law to ban the carrying of guns in Philippine society.
An unidentified gunman shot dead two jeepney dispatchers in barangay Buaya, Lapu-Lapu City yesterday.
Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas II reiterated Wednesday that police only followed the standard operation when they tried to chase a group of armed men who allegedly sought refuge in the residential compound of Senator Ramon Revilla Jr. on Election Day in Bacoor City, Cavite.
Five of the 15 suspected Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) members arrested on Election Day in Tondo, Manila, were charged in court Thursday with violating the gun ban and illegally possessing firearms and ammunition.
Although the elections are over and the majority of winners have already been proclaimed, the gun ban remains in effect in Metro Manila and the rest of the country, the police reminded the public on Thursday.
Cavite police officers are waiting for the release of a warrant that would allow them to search the home of Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., a Philippine National Police spokesman said Wednesday.Cavite police officers are waiting for the release of a warrant that would allow them to search the home of Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., a Philippine National Police spokesman said Wednesday.
Seven persons were arrested at a checkpoint along Maharlika Highway in Sto. Tomas town Monday night for alleged violation of the gun ban, police said Tuesday morning.
Fifteen men belonging to the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) were arrested by the Manila police Monday afternoon when their presence alarmed residents near a school serving as one of the polling centers for the midterm elections.
At least 10 men were arrested following an alleged shooting incident in Manila Monday afternoon, police said.
The Cavite Police Provincial Office said there is not enough evidence to link Senator Ramon Bong Revilla to the firearms recovered outside the compound of the Revilla’s mansion in Cavite before dawn Monday.
Police arrested on Saturday evening a village chief of a town in Batangas for violating the gun ban imposed by the Commission on Election during the campaign period.
