PNP imposes gun ban, deploys 2,500 cops for Bicol’s Peñafrancia Festival

LEGAZPI CITY, Albay — The Philippine National Police (PNP) will suspend permits to carry firearms outside residences in Naga City, Camarines Sur, from Sept. 3 to 21, as authorities tighten security for the annual Peñafrancia Festival. Police Brig. Gen. Randy Glenn Silvio, Bicol police director, told the Inquirer in a Viber message on Wednesday that,