Cebu City arrest: Man caught with unlicensed gun, ammunition

CDN Digital 02/14/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A man, who allegedly would fire a gun when drunk and would threaten debt collectors with it if he could not have money to pay his loans, was arrested on Tuesday, February 13.…

PNP dismisses cop who fired gun outside QC bar from service

Faith Agrosino 01/15/2024

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) has already dismissed from service Lt. Col. Mark Julio Abong — a police officer who was arrested for firing his gun outside a Quezon City bar in November last year. PNP…

Former convict caught with gun is back in jail in Cebu City

Paul Lauro 12/11/2023

CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES — Police have filed illegal possession of firearm charges against a former convict who was caught with an unlicensed gun on December 9 in C. Padilla St., Barangay Mambaling, Cebu City. Authorities identified the…

Lapu-Lapu watchman, caught on camera drawing gun, surrenders, says it’s just a toy gun

Futch Anthony Inso 10/16/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — Charges were being readied against the watchman of a lot in Punta Engaño, Lapu-Lapu City, who was caught on camera drawing and cocking a gun during a lot dispute. Police Lieutenant Colonel Christian…

Cop in rage incident loses driver’s license

Jane Bautista 09/08/2023

The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has revoked for two years the driver’s license of Wilfredo Gonzales, the dismissed police officer who was caught on video in Quezon City beating a bicycle rider while holding a gun. He was…

PNP revokes gun license of retired cop in viral road rage clip

John Eric Mendoza 08/28/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday said it revoked the gun license of  a retired police officer who pulled out and cocked a handgun during a road altercation with a biker in Quezon…

Boy, 17, sends father to jail for threatening him with a gun in San Fernando

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 08/19/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 17-year-old boy got his father arrested and jailed for allegedly pointing a gun at him (the teenager) when he talked back after he was scolded for hurting his brother. The gun-pointing incident…

Construction workers caught with drugs, gun in separate police raids in Cebu City, Carcar

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 07/13/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two construction workers were arrested in a span of 10 hours in separate police operations in Cebu City and Carcar City in southern Cebu on July 11 and 12. One was involved with…

Attack near Tunisia synagogue kills four

05/10/2023

TUNIS—An attack near a synagogue in Tunisia killed two security officers and two visitors on Tuesday the government said amid an annual pilgrimage to the island of Djerba that draws hundreds of Jews from Europe and Israel.…

Village chief, wife gunned down in Asturias, Cebu

Morexette Marie B. Erram, Paul Lauro 03/14/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Still unidentified assailants gunned down a village chief and his wife in broad daylight in Asturias town in northwestern Cebu on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. Police Alden Zambrano, chief of the Asturias Police…

Investigations continue for cop who died in alleged accidental firing of gun

Morexette Marie B. Erram, Paul Lauro 01/30/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Investigations continue to find out the real reason why a cop assigned in Talisay City, Cebu died in an alleged accidental firing involving his service firearm. Police in Carcar City identified the victim…

Toronto police kill man carrying gun near schools

05/27/2022

TORONTO – Toronto police shot and killed a man who was walking down a street carrying a gun in a city neighborhood on Thursday afternoon, an incident that prompted five nearby schools to be placed under precautionary…

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