PNP: 13 dead, 11 injured in 49 poll-related incidents, so far
MANILA, Philippines — Thirteen individuals were killed and 11 were injured in 49 validated election-related incidents across the country during the 2025 election period so far, the Philippine National Police (PNP) announced.
The election period began last January 12 and will end on June 11.
In a briefing at Camp Crame on Wednesday, the PNP said the nature of the incidents were the following:
- 25 shooting incidents
- Eight incidents of threats
- Three alleged vote-buying incidents
- Two strafing incidents
- Two incidents of harassment
- Two mauling incidents
- Two incidents of recovery of hand grenade
- One explosion incident
- One incident of alleged kidnapping with homicide
- One incident of cyberlibel
- One incident of grenade throwing
- One incident of premature campaigning
In the election-related incidents so far, 44 suspects remained at large, while three were arrested and one was released, the PNP data further showed.
Meanwhile, 86 incidents across the country were still being validated whether they were related to the conduct of the elections, according to the police.
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The PNP further said the incidents took place in the following regions:
- Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) – 15 incidents
- Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) – Eight incidents
- Calabarzon – Six incidents
- Zamboanga Peninsula – Four incidents
- Central Luzon – Three incidents
- Cagayan Valley – Two incidents
- Bicol Region – Two incidents
- Western Visayas – Two incidents
- Davao Region – Two incidents
- Soccsksargen – Two incidents
- Ilocos Region – One incident
- Eastern Visayas – One incident
- Northern Mindanao – One incident
This has yet to include the casualties from the 27 incidents on election day, May 12, as they are still being validated by authorities.
Gun ban, liquor ban, cash ban numbers
The PNP likewise reported the arrest of 3,117 gun ban violators, so far.
The arrests resulted in the confiscation of 3,204 firearms.
The PNP also shared that it arrested a total of 232 individuals for violating the liquor ban on May 11 and 12.
The PNP also reported two violations of the ban on carrying cash over P500,000 close to election day: one each in Central Luzon and Central Visayas.
Tuaño detailed that the total amount seized in these incidents was around P443 million.
Down to ‘heightened alert’
Tuaño said that from a full alert status, the national police force is now only under heightened alert.
“Although the PNP chief saw that some members of the Philippine National Police should stay especially in the towns that are not yet done, some towns have already finished up on the vote count,” he said.
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Tuaño added that regional police directors had discretion as to whether to lower the security stance in their respective areas of responsibility.
The police reported that the return of election paraphernalia across the country was at 98.92 percent as of 1:00 p.m. on May 14, with the lowest being in Metro Manila with 62.50 percent.
