Cebu City Council urges gov’t officials to surrender unlicensed firearms

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/26/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Cebu City Council passed a resolution urging public officials to surrender their unlicensed firearms to the police following the arrest of two barangay captains last week. Councilor Dave Tumulak, the deputy mayor on police…

Barangay chiefs with loose firearms may be suspended; case depends on police

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/22/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines— The Department of Interior and Local Government in (DILG) Cebu City office  has taken its hands off the controversy involving barangay officials in the city, who were caught with unlicensed firearms, opting to leave…

Lusaran shootout: Two tanods, tanod’s wife killed; cop wounded; loose guns seized

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/22/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two barangay tanods and a tanod’s wife were killed while a police officer was wounded in separate gunbattles during the police operation to search for loose firearms against the barangay tanods and a…

Comelec checkpoints start this 12:01 a.m. –Sinas

Benjie B. Talisic 01/12/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Starting at 12:01 a.m. this Sunday, January 13, the police will start implementing the Comelec checkpoints in different areas of Central Visayas. Chief Superintendent Debold Sinas of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7),…

Quisumbing orders recall of city issued firearms

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 12/13/2018

CEBU, Philippines -Mandaue City Mayor Luigi Quisumbing has issued a memorandum asking barangay officials, department heads and government employees to return their city-issued firearms to City Hall. But exemptions will be given to firearms that were issued…

Toledo police collect 13 loose firearms from Biga residents

Benjie Talisic 12/03/2018

Residents of Barangay Biga in Toledo City turned over to the police a total of 13 loose firearms on Sunday afternoon. Supt. Randy Korret, chief of the Toledo City Police Station, Chief said that the turnover of…

Man arrested for illegal possession of firearms, drugs

Benjie B. Talisic 11/24/2018

A pedicab driver was arrested for illegal possession of drugs and unlicensed firearms in Barangay Suba, Cebu City. The suspect was identified as Jhon Daan, 26, from Sitio Sto. Niño. According to belated report, authorities were conducting…

123 loose firearms surrendered to Toledo police

Benjie B. Talisic 10/20/2018

OF the 123 persons who surrendered their unlicensed firearms to the Toledo City Police Station, six were police interns undergoing on-the-job (OJT) training. Police Supt. Randy Korret, chief of the Toledo City Police Station, said that the…

Five men arrested for possession of illegal explosives, firearms

Paul Lauro 10/05/2018

Several firearms and improvised dynamites were confiscated from five fishermen during the conduct of a police raid in Sitio Mambacayao Diot, Barangay Lipayran, Bantayan town, Cebu on Thursday morning (October 4). The arrested persons were Edwin Lahay-Lahay…

South Korean dealer to set up firearms production in PH

Inquirer.net 09/28/2018

A South Korean arms dealer apparently made a mark on President Rodrigo Duterte that it was the first booth he visited at the 3rd Asian Defense, Security and Crisis Management Exhibition and Conference (ADAS) 2018 in Pasay…

High powered firearms used in ambush

Delta Dyrecka C. Letigio USJ-R Journalism Intern, Nestle L. Semilla 09/14/2018

HIGH powered firearms were used by the assailants during the ambush of a jail vehicle in Barangay Kalunasan last Thursday. Killing everyone on board. At least 30 empty shells of a M-16 rifle and .45 caliber pistol…

Abu Sayyaf ‘member’ nabbed with firearms

Delta Dyrecka Letigio USJ-R Journalism Intern 08/16/2018

TWO days after the release of the travel advisory from the United Kingdom (UK) for the southern part of Cebu, a suspected Abu Sayyaf was arrested in Barangay Ocaña, Carcar City early dawn yesterday. The suspect was…

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