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Day: May 9, 2022

May 9 polls to test Filipinos’ political will, unity: Danao

Philippine National Police (PNP) officer-in-charge Lt. Gen. Vicente Danao Jr. said that Monday’s national and local elections will test the country’s political will and unity of the people. “Indeed, this is another historical milestone that will test the mettle of government security forces in handling a national event of this scope and magnitude. But more importantly, this election will test our political will and unity as a sovereign people to guarantee the exercise of this democratic right that is free from fear, violence, fraud, disinformation and social dislocation,” he said. Danao said they are hoping that the reassuring presence of

12 gun ban violators fall in Surigao Norte town

Twelve alleged members of a private armed group were arrested while high-powered firearms were seized in a two-day joint operation of a police and military team in the Surigao del Norte town of Malimono. Maj. Dorothy Tumulak, the Police Regional Office in Caraga (PRO-13) information officer, said the operations carried out Sunday netted 12 suspects and four more were arrested on Monday. “The local police office in Malimono town first received information on Sunday on the presence of armed men in Purok 4, Barangay Binocaran,” Tumulak said. She said police, together with the troops of the Army’s 30th Infantry Battalion,

P1-M ‘shabu’ seized in Bacolod drug bust

A woman was arrested during a police buy-bust that led to the recovery of PHP1.054 million worth of suspected shabu in Barangay 5 here on Sunday night, a report of the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) showed. The suspect was identified as Liza “Inday” Lausa, 54, a resident of Fiesta Homes, Barangay Sum-ag. At 7:45 p.m., she sold a sachet of the prohibited substance amounting to PHP12,500 to a poseur buyer during the operation along 17th Street. Lausa also yielded one knot-tied and 10 heat-sealed plastic sachets of shabu placed in a red plastic bag and brown paper bag, as

Election under control despite VCMs’ glitches: Comelec

Despite some glitches in the use of vote-counting machines (VCMs) in some precincts, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday said the election is still under control. “We would like to assure everybody that the Comelec is in full control of what is happening right now. The election is still ongoing,” Comelec Commissioner George Garcia said during a press conference at the PICC in Pasay City. Though there were glitches, Garcia noted no single ballot was reportedly “missing.” “We would like to assure the public that these are anticipated,” he noted. Garcia said all the glitches were already resolved by

Local candidate’s house in Tawi-Tawi yields high-powered firearms

Policemen on Sunday seized 10 high-powered firearms and other weapons in a Tawi-Tawi. Aside from the high-powered firearms, authorities also seized a handgun, a baseball bat and other assorted deadly weapons consisting bolos and knives, Maj. Winston Botengan, police chief of Sapa-Sapa municipality, said in a statement Monday. Botengan said the weapons were seized when policemen responded to the reported presence of some 150 unidentified armed men staying at the residence of a local candidate around 1:50 p.m. Sunday in Barangay Top-Top Banaran, Sapa-Sapa. “The responding policemen were about to inquire when a group of individuals suddenly scattered and fled

Let go of hatred, unite for country: Lacson

Senator Panfilo Lacson anticipates living a normal life as a civilian in his home province of Cavite in case he does not win the presidency. Farming is included in his retirement plans. “Yeah, farming. It is something I will do. I will go back to farming in Silang,” Lacson told the media after casting his ballot at Bayan Luma 1 Elementary School in Imus City a little past 7 a.m. on Monday. Recovering and regaining his strength after three months on the campaign trail nationwide is another. He said he is raring to resume his treadmill sessions and eat normally

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