00:00This is the first day of the election gun ban.
00:10There are already signs in some provinces of the importation of guns.
00:14There are also tight checkpoints just like in Davao City.
00:18And Argyle Relator of GMA Regional TV was there.
00:23Argyle?
00:24Pia, there are no election hotspot areas in Davao Region,
00:27but there are still tight checkpoints that are being implemented by PRO-11.
00:32Here in Davao City, every police station has a checkpoint.
00:40The police inspected the vehicles in the Komalek Checkpoint in Barangay Sirawan,
00:46in Turil, in Davao City.
00:48Officials also visited the Komalek Checkpoint from three districts of Lungsod.
00:53Even though there are no election hotspot areas in Davao Region,
00:58the authorities will continue to monitor the situation.
01:02For our assessment right now, everything is peaceful.
01:08And through the reports of our intelligence officers from the ground,
01:14the situation is very normal.
01:18And we are still deploying our personnel for this election,
01:24and we will not downguard because of course this is a national exercise.
01:35The police stopped this red vehicle at a checkpoint in Valencia, Negros Oriental.
01:42But when the police ordered to lower the window of the vehicle,
01:46it moved forward, so the police were alarmed.
01:49The vehicle that was driven by the election supervisor of the province also moved forward.
01:54He explained that the vehicle was parked properly so that it would not hit the checkpoint.
02:00According to the police, they did not recognize the vehicle of the election officer.
02:07In Haro, Iloilo City, three different calibers of guns and bullets were recovered from the pickup of a resident.
02:14According to the police, these were discovered after the vehicle hit the stalls of Bibingka.
02:21Two people were injured.
02:23The driver admitted that he was held by the police.
02:26He was wearing a helmet while driving home.
02:28He did not give a statement.
02:32In Cotabato City, a man was arrested after he saw a gun and two magazines in his vehicle.
02:40The suspect did not give a statement.
02:43It is subject for investigation since he did not show any documents.
02:48We are also checking if he was involved in the previous incidents.
02:56The inspection of Maguindanao del Sur, which is in the red category, and Parang Maguindanao del Norte, which is in the yellow category, also started.
03:07It is generally peaceful on the first day of the election gun ban in the entire BARM region.
03:15In Lawag City, Ilocos Norte, some motorists were arrested and charged.
03:20Some riders were arrested for misusing their helmets.
03:26Motorists without helmets were arrested at the checkpoint in Casiguran, Aurora.
03:31They were not arrested and charged.
03:38Pia, according to the Davao City Police Office, they have not yet been charged with the election gun ban on the first day of its implementation.
03:46That is the latest.
03:47Back to you, Pia.
03:48Argyle, the Davao Police said that the situation is fine so far.
03:53But I will just ask, Argyle, if they will continue to implement the checkpoint and will they change the places where they will do this checkpoint?
04:04Yes, Pia.
04:05Davao City Police said that they will have checkpoints every hour in strategic locations.
04:10They will not announce the locations so that they will know if the vehicles passing by are prohibited in terms of the election gun ban.
04:24For now, they will continue to implement the checkpoints here in the city.
04:29Pia.
04:30Argyle, we will remind the motorists to make sure that their papers in the vehicle are complete so that it will not be prohibited.
04:37Thank you very much, Argyle Relator of GMA Regional TV.
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