Bulacan, Nov. 24 -- The Bulacan Police Provincial Office has reminded firearms owners that a gun ban is in effect in this town starting Thursday.

This is in connection with the plebiscite for the cityhood on Dec. 17.

Col. Relly Arnedo, Bulacan provincial director, said the gun ban that will be in effect until Dec. 24, 2022 is relative to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Resolution No. 10863.

"These security measures are necessary to ensure the safety of everyone. During the cityhood plebiscite period, no person shall bear, carry or transport firearms or other deadly weapons in public places within the vicinity of Baliwag," he said in an interview.

Arnedo, together with Lt. Col. Julius Alvaro, Baliwag police chief, and Edna Gener,...