PNP TO OPEN GUN PERMIT RENEWAL OFFICES IN VISAYAS, MINDANAO

Offices for the renewal of permit to carry firearms outside of residence (PTCFOR) will be opened in the Visayas and Mindanao this July and August, respectively, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said Friday.

“We will be opening yung PTC, doon sa sinasabi ko, not only in Metro Manila, sabi ko bakit wala bang threat doon sa [Mindanao] and Visayas?” PNP chief Police General Rommel Marbil said in an ambush interview during a shootfest in Camp Karingal.

(We will be opening the PTC, like what I said, not only in Metro Manila, because isn't there a threat in Mindanao and the Visayas?)

“So we will be opening yung PTC by the end of the month doon sa Visayas and next month naman po yung sa Mindanao po yung PTC para everybody can go kasi, sabi ko nga, PTC is more of threat,” he added.

(So we will be opening the PTC by the end of the month in the Visayas and next month in Mindanao so everybody can go because, as I said, PTC is more about threat.)

Marbil said the renewal for PTCFOR will be opened in Tacloban in the Visayas and Cagayan de Oro in Mindanao. More areas will be added soon, according to the PNP chief.

“Nahihirapan kasi mga tao pumunta dito sa Metro Manila if you have the threat. Papaano ka pupunta sa Metro Manila, pupunta ka pa dito. Kaya sabi ko yung PTC because you have a threat, so you have to give protection,” Marbil said.

(It is difficult for people to come here in Metro Manila if you have a threat. How are you going to go to Metro Manila, you have to go here. So I said because you have a threat, you have to receive PTC for protection.)

Aside from this, Marbil said that the PNP is also easing the process for the renewal of license to own and possess firearms (LTOPF) through outsourcing for required tests among others.

“Dati po you go to Camp Crame, you follow the process. Now gusto natin mas madali na. We want to computerize na we don’t need to go to Camp Crame,” he said.

(Before, you had to go to Camp Crame and follow the process. Now we want it to be easier. We want it to be computerized so you don't need to go to Camp Crame.)

“Ang ginawa natin sabi ko ina-outsource namin yung neuro, drug testing. Then yung sa computer, we apply for it tapos accredited na para tuloy-tuloy yung payment,” he added.

(What we did is we outsourced the neuro and drug testing. Then on the computer, we apply for it and then accredit it so we can proceed with the payment.) — RSJ, GMA Integrated News

 

This article PNP to open gun permit renewal offices in Visayas, Mindanao was originally published in GMA News Online.

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