Category Archives: Firearms and Explosives

Gov’t campaign vs. firecrackers on

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Health Secretary Enrique Ona has announced the government’s firework-injury reduction campaign, dubbed Aksyon: Paputok Injury Reduction (APIR). APIR which also means ‘Give me five’ in local slang, focuses on the complete set of fingers representing five reminders to prevent injury …
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Reds vow more offensives to force peace talks

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MANILA – The Communist Party of the Philippines said it would intensify attacks of its military wing, the New People’s Army, against government forces to compel the present administration to talk peace with the insurgents. “Indeed, the only way to …
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PNP crackdowns on illegal fireworks

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MANILA – Philippine National Police Chief Director General Nicanor Bartolome again ordered all PNP unit commanders to intensify the crackdown against the illegal manufacture, sale, distribution and use of prohibited firecrackers and pyrotechnic devices. Bartolome said the PNP fully supports …
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Two cops face dismissal for indiscriminate shooting

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MANILA – Philippine National Police chief Nicanor Bartolome has ordered the dismissal and filing of administrative and criminal charges against two policemen who figured in separate indiscriminate shooting incidents on Christmas Day. PNP spokesman Chief Supt. Agrimero Cruz Jr. identified …
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IMT report on Oct 18 Basilan incident out

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The full report of the Malaysian-led International Monitoring Team on the October 18 incident in Al-Barka, Basilan, where 19 members of the Special Forces were killed, is out, according to www.luwaran.com. Official copies were reportedly submitted to the Malaysian facilitator …
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NPA kills 5 soldiers amid truce

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A day after the government announced a unilateral suspension of military operations against the communist rebels, the New People’s Army ambushed Army troops out to conduct peace and developmental mission in Surigao del Sur provinces. The attack killed 5 soldiers …
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Riding-in-tandem robbers take away P100K from single mom, then shoot her

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MANILA – Three men on a motorcycle shot dead single mother Shiela Mendoza who has just withdrawn cash worth PhP100,000 from a bank in Manila last Friday (December 2), reports said. The thirty-seven year old woman was first shot in …
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Abu Sayyaf tagged in Zambo hotel blast

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MANILA — Three people were killed and 27 others wounded in a deadly bomb explosion Sunday in a budget hotel in Zamboanga City. The two-storey Atilano Pension House in downtown Zamboanga was full of guests for a wedding on Monday …
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Riding in tandem robbers killed

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MANILA — A rising number of crimes have been committed by suspects riding in tandem aboard motorcycles. The latest incident included two robbers who grabbed the bags of women shoppers near the Tutuban Mall in the Divisoria shopping district in …
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