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Senator Imee Marcos feared a rise in criminality, terrorism, arms smuggling, and widespread violence in the 2025 elections after the Philippine National Police (PNP) eased civilian ownership of high-powered firearms.
Hoarding high-powered weapons should not be a hobby, much less one enabled by law. Mas ligtas ang ating lipunan, at ang ating mga pamilya at paaralan, kung mababawasan ang mga baril na maaring gamitin sa pagpatay at iba pang krimen.
Sen. Robinhood "Robin" C. Padilla joined motorcycle riders Tuesday evening in backing efforts to amend the "mapaniil (repressive)" and potentially unsafe Republic Act 11235 (the Motorcycle Crime Prevention Act), or locally known as the "Doble Plaka" Act.
MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered local government units (LGUs) in Metro Manila to stop issuing their own traffic violation receipts and confiscating driver’s licenses and instead comply with the Metropolitan Development Authority (MMDA)’s uniform or single-ticketing system.
MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court (SC) has ruled that the Department of Energy (DOE) may take over oil industry operations in times of emergency upon the directive of the country’s president.
MANILA, Philippines — Civilian gun owners can now own and register 7.62mm semi-automatic rifles, according to the Philippine National Police (PNP).
MANILA, Philippines — Nilagdaan na ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ang dalawang batas na magbibigay ng benepisyo sa mga senior citizens at sa mga produktong lokal ng bansa.
As of 2020, there were 9,242,121 senior citizens or those above 60 years old in this country, as recorded by the Philippine Statistics Authority.