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[Updated Aug. 19, 2026, 8:09 p.m.]
MANILA, Philippines — Interior and Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla on Wednesday urged Congress to repeal the “Robin Padilla law” and make the possession of loose firearms non-bailable.
“The Robin Padilla Law, which extinguished culpability and made it a bailable offense, has led to a surge in crimes precisely because loose firearms is a bailable offense,” Remulla said in a press briefing in Camp Crame.
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