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(Eagle News)—Senator Panfilo Lacson urged Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde to give policemen who fired their guns indiscriminately during the holidays the boot. In a Tweet on Wednesday, Jan. 2, Lacson said the policemen were, after all, “scumbags” who had “no regard for life.” “What if someone got hit and died, or paralyzed? D*mn these scumbags! They have no purpose in life, really,” Lacson said. He said the PNP should sustain its internal cleansing […]
(Eagle News)–Twenty-three people, including seven policemen, will face charges for illegally firing their guns during the holidays, the Philippine National Police said. In a statement, PNP Chief Oscar Albayalde said apart from the policemen, two government officials, one member of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, 10 civilians, two security guards, and one law enforcement agent will face charges for discharging their firearms from December 16, 2018 to January 1, 2019. “As I have promised, there […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A safety panel set up by US President Donald Trump in the wake of numerous school shootings recommended Tuesday that schools consider arming staff, using veterans as guards and reversing Obama-era guidelines. The Federal Commission on School Safety panel, led by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, was set up after the February massacre in Parkland, Florida, when a former student shot dead 17 people, sparking mass gun control protests. The […]
(Eagle News)—-The firearms of Metro Manila policemen will no longer be sealed in time for the holidays. In a radio interview, National Capital Region Police Office chief Guillermo Eleazar, said this was because “parang mali. Umpisa palang wala ka nang tiwala.” He noted that since police authorities no longer sealed the firearms of their men during the holidays, there have been less incidents of indiscriminate firing. He gave the assurance the police would be deployed […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A US congressman pulled out a loaded Smith & Wesson pistol during a meeting with constituents Friday in a bid to make a point about gun safety, according to a local report. House Republican Ralph Norman of South Carolina told The Post and Courier newspaper that he drew the handgun and placed it on a table while at a “Coffee With Your Congressman” event at a diner, in an attempt […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Americans support stricter gun laws by a more-than two-to-one margin, one of the highest levels on record, a polling agency reported Tuesday one week after the latest US school shooting left 17 people dead. The tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida has shocked many Americans, inspired students to launch campaigns to reduce gun violence, and put Congress and President Donald Trump’s administration in the spotlight as they consider […]
by Brian Knowlton © Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump signaled support Monday for improving background gun checks amid mounting pressure for reform in the wake of the Florida school shooting, as the accused gunman appeared in court. Nikolas Cruz, charged with killing 17 people, sat silently with his head bowed during a procedural hearing in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in what is expected to be a lengthy and emotional prosecution. Wednesday’s rampage […]
by Leila Macor / with Andrew Beatty in Washington Agence France Presse POMPANO BEACH, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump on Friday visited a Florida hospital to offer comfort to those wounded in a mass school shooting, after the FBI admitted it mishandled a tip about the troubled teen behind the massacre that left 17 dead. The arrival of Trump and his wife Melania came at the end of a difficult day […]
“Ayaw kong ibrutalize ka,” he says (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday warned soldiers against leaving their military camps without any weapons, noting they should not allow themselves to be “brutalized” by the enemy. “I will overrule that kind of regulation (regulation prohibiting government security forces from bringing guns outside their camps) because it is stupid,” he said in a speech during the turnover of around 3000 guns to the Armed Forces of the […]
Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. on Tuesday said there is a need to verify the information that the weapons used during the recent terrorist attack in Jakarta, Indonesia came from the Philippines. Reports quoted Indonesian Police Spokesperson Anton Charliyan as saying that the guns were likely to have come from the Philippines based on information gathered from those arrested after the attack that killed eight people on Thursday. Secretary Coloma said there is a regular […]
