MANILA, Philippines – Authorities have appealed for patience for the inconvenience that the election gun ban check points may cause. Comelec chairman Sixto Brillantes says tighter security is needed for the barangay polls. On just the first day of the gun ban, police have confiscated a grenade and an ice pick from two men trying to rob a taxi in Pasay City. News Now, ANC, September 29, 2013