Gun ban during Sinulog being pushed 

Alven Marie A. Timtim 01/07/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) has submitted a request to the Firearms and Explosives Office in Camp Crame to suspend the issuance of permits to carry any firearm in Metro…

Sinas: Comelec gun ban in full implementation

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/14/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Chief Superintendent Debold Sinas, director of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) said that the implementation of the Commission on Elections (Cpmelec) gun ban is well underway in the entire region.  According to…

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),…

65 gun ban violators nabbed in Cebu province

Nestle L. Semilla 05/22/2018

OF the 178 people arrested for the election gun ban violations in Central Visayas, 65 of them were from Cebu province. That is according to the data from the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) which…

Gun ban ‘violators’ nabbed

PIT Inter 05/07/2018

A TOTAL of 117 individuals were arrested for alleged violation of the gun ban, since the start of the election period. Police Regional Office (PRO-7) spokesperson Supt. Reyman Tolentin said from April 14 to May 6, six…

Gun ban, filing of COC start today

Benjie B. Talisic 04/13/2018

The election gun ban starts today, so too with the filing of the certificates of candidacy (COC) for aspiring candidates for the Sangguniang Kabataan and Barangay Election on May 14. Police Regional Director, Chief Supt. Robert Quenery…

PNP sets up checkpoints

Futch Anthony Inso, Jessa Mae O. Sotto 10/01/2017

Beginning today, expect more police visibility in public areas in Cebu, with more checkpoints set up by Philippine National Police (PNP) units across the province in compliance with the ban on the carrying of firearms and other…

Exempt ‘law-abiding’ gun owners from ban, Tom says

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Inna Mejia 01/09/2017

If Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña had his way, he would allow licensed gun owners to carry their firearms outside their homes during the Sinulog celebration. That way, he said, those wishing to launch terror attacks will…

PNP impose gun ban in Cebu

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 01/07/2017

The Philippine National Police (PNP) will impose a gun ban in the entire city and province of Cebu for ten days as part of the security measures for the Fiesta Señor celebration, the Sinulog festival, and the…

SINULOG SECURITY

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Inna Mejia 01/03/2017

Police and military personnel are amping up security for Santo Niño devotees and Sinulog revelers to avoid a repeat of a bombing incident which happened in Cebu’s neighboring province of Leyte during a fiesta in Hilongos town.…

Frustrated gun owners tagged as likely culprits

Edison Delos Angeles, Nestle L. Semilla 12/27/2016

Bato: No mercy for those who indiscriminately fire guns in New Year Frustrated gun owners, who possess unlicensed guns, are most likely to fire their weapons during celebrations or the holidays. Supt. Arnel Banzon, Regional Operations and…

ANOTHER 50 YEARS FOR JOAVAN

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 05/24/2016

Joavan Fernandez may now have to spend the rest of his life in jail. Executive Judge Soliver Peras of the Regional Trial Court in Cebu City yesterday convicted the adopted son of Talisay City’s former mayor and…

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