THE Philippine National Police (PNP) will implement next month a nationwide gun amnesty program that will allow owners of illegal guns to acquire licenses, a police official said on Tuesday.

The PNP estimated early this year that there were more than 600,000 loose firearms all over the country, not a few in the possession of rebel groups, criminal elements and private armed groups.

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