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Sen. Ronald Dela Rosa attends a PDP-Laban miting de avance at Liwasang Bonifacio in Manila City on May 8, 2025. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File

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Karen De Guzman

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/177993328997020250508-pdp-laban-miting-de-avance-MT-9.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Sen. Ronald Dela Rosa attends a PDP-Laban miting de avance at Liwasang Bonifacio in Manila City on May 8, 2025. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File </span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — The Philippine National Police (PNP) said Thursday it had served the <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/5/27/dela-rosa-firearm-licenses-revoked-pnp-1224">order revoking the firearms license and registration</a> of Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, which are now considered “illegal and unlicensed.”</p><p>In a statement, the Regional Civil Security Unit 11 (RCSU 11) said the implementation of the order was carried out on Wednesday in coordination with the Police Regional Office 11 (PRO 11) and the Davao City Police Office (DCPO).</p><p>The order was formally received by Dela Rosa’s lawyer Vicente Adrian Pajaro.</p><p>According to police, Pajaro said he would discuss the matter with the senator and coordinate further with RCSU 11 regarding the revocation order.</p><p>In a press briefing, PNP Public Information Office chief PCol. Allen Rae Co said the revocation order was “immediately executory.”</p><p>“Supposedly it should be subject to confiscation, and the PNP can and may initiate legal police operations against the subject firearms,” Co said.</p><p>“There are no deadlines. We advise and we seek their cooperation to surrender the said firearms since it’s now considered as illegal and unlicensed firearms,” he added.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/5/27/authorities-raid-angeles-house-tagged-as-dela-rosa-hideout-1036">Authorities raid alleged Dela Rosa hideout in Angeles City </a></div><p>Co noted that Dela Rosa has 117 registered firearms, but said police operations would continue to prioritize peaceful means.</p><p>“It’s obvious that he’s armed, 117 [firearms], but it does not change that the PNP will seek all peaceful means in apprehending Sen. Bato Dela Rosa,” he said.</p><p>“What will change? Yung tactical preparedness natin as well as the number of personnel to be deployed. It does not give the PNP a license to engage immediately to Sen. Bato Dela Rosa,” he added.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/5/27/bato-on-eid-l-adha-god-is-with-us-1649">Bato on Eid’l Adha: ‘God is with us’</a></div><p>The PNP defended its decision to revoke Dela Rosa’s licenses based on Section 4(g) of the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act, despite objections raised by the senator’s lawyer Israelito Torreon.</p><p>Torreon argued that Section 4 only pertains to the standards and requirements for obtaining a firearms license, and not the grounds for revocation. He also noted that the law only cites conviction or a court order among the criminal-law grounds for revocation.</p><p>But Co said the PNP stands by the decision of the Firearms and Explosives Office (FEO).</p><p>“‘Yung FEO is having regulatory functions over all firearms licenses, can revoke. And ‘yung kanilang decision is not influenced by any political color, but ‘yung facts that was stated,” he added.</p><p>Co also maintained that Section 4(g) is a “continuing requirement” for firearm possession.</p><p>Dela Rosa may still file a motion for reconsideration before the FEO, according to the PNP.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/5/25/dela-rosa-s-wife-asks-judiciary-don-t-be-an-accessory-to-bringing-my-husband-to-the-hague-1346">Dela Rosa’s wife asks judiciary: ‘Don&#x27;t be an accessory to bringing my husband to The Hague’</a><br/><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/5/25/read-justices-concurring-dissenting-opinions-on-dela-rosa-s-tro-request-2042">READ: Justices&#x27; concurring, dissenting opinions on Dela Rosa&#x27;s TRO request </a><br/><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/5/27/pnp-cidg-to-refer-obstruction-of-justice-raps-vs-robin-padilla-over-bato-escape-0804">PNP-CIDG to file obstruction of justice raps vs Robin Padilla over Bato escape </a></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6YJ43C2Wxu0?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SEcb15oq56A?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gc3pTqG6SB8?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>A lawyer of Sen. Ronald Dela Rosa received the order revoking his firearms license and gun registration, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said Thursday.</p>

A lawyer of Sen. Ronald Dela Rosa received the order revoking his firearms license and gun registration, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said Thursday.

PNP says Dela Rosa firearms now ‘illegal, unlicensed’ after revocation order served

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PNP says Dela Rosa firearms now ‘illegal, unlicensed’ after revocation order served

Karen De Guzman,

ABS-CBN News

Published May 28, 2026 09:55 AM PHT

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Updated May 28, 2026 12:37 PM PHT

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