Police placed on alert for All Saints' holidays
10/24/2009 | 11:52 PM
With just a week to go before the All Saints’ weekend, police units nationwide were placed on heightened alert to respond to contingencies.
Director General Jesus A. Verzosa, chief of the Philippine National Police, directed all police units to begin securing cemeteries in anticipation of possible attacks by terrorists or criminal gangs taking advantage of the holidays.
Verzosa also directed police regional offices and the Traffic Management Group in the Luzon area to establish Public Assistance Centers along highways and thoroughfares leading to the provinces in the north and south in anticipation of the heavy volume of vehicle and commuter traffic to and from Metro Manila.
Police districts in Metro Manila were instructed to provide security in land transportation terminals, while the Maritime Group and Aviation Security Group were tasked to implement special security measures in seaports and airports.
Police offices were also alerted against possible hostile actions by domestic threat groups on vital installations such as power generation telecommunication facilities, and critical infrastructure.
Versoza also called for preventive patrols and police visibility operations in residential homes to deter thieves and robbers that prey on unattended residences..
At the same time, the PNP advised residents especially in congested areas not to leave their homes unattended, and to coordinate with barangay and neighborhood authorities to provide security to unattended residences.
As part of security measures, the PNP reminded the public against the following prohibitions in public cemeteries and memorial parks:
• Carrying of firearms, explosives, and deadly weapons
• Alcohol and drugs
• Gambling activities
• Loud and boisterous forms of entertainment, i.e. videoke, stereo, etc.
As early as Saturday, workers have began cleaning tombs in cemeteries.
Radio dzBB’s Lito Laparan reported that in the Manila South Cemetery, tomb cleaners hired by families lined up at the gate Saturday morning to start their work early.
The workers said families whose dearly departed were buried at the cemetery had hired them to clean the tombs in time for next week’s tradition.
Cemetery personnel said they expect more tomb cleaners to go to the cemeteries to prepare the tombs for All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days, the report said. - GMANews.TV
Director General Jesus A. Verzosa, chief of the Philippine National Police, directed all police units to begin securing cemeteries in anticipation of possible attacks by terrorists or criminal gangs taking advantage of the holidays.
Verzosa also directed police regional offices and the Traffic Management Group in the Luzon area to establish Public Assistance Centers along highways and thoroughfares leading to the provinces in the north and south in anticipation of the heavy volume of vehicle and commuter traffic to and from Metro Manila.
A boy cleans the tomb of his father at Karuhatan Cemetery in Valenzuela on Saturday, ahead of All Souls Day. Mark Adrian
Police districts in Metro Manila were instructed to provide security in land transportation terminals, while the Maritime Group and Aviation Security Group were tasked to implement special security measures in seaports and airports.
Police offices were also alerted against possible hostile actions by domestic threat groups on vital installations such as power generation telecommunication facilities, and critical infrastructure.
Versoza also called for preventive patrols and police visibility operations in residential homes to deter thieves and robbers that prey on unattended residences..
At the same time, the PNP advised residents especially in congested areas not to leave their homes unattended, and to coordinate with barangay and neighborhood authorities to provide security to unattended residences.
As part of security measures, the PNP reminded the public against the following prohibitions in public cemeteries and memorial parks:
• Carrying of firearms, explosives, and deadly weapons
• Alcohol and drugs
• Gambling activities
• Loud and boisterous forms of entertainment, i.e. videoke, stereo, etc.
As early as Saturday, workers have began cleaning tombs in cemeteries.
Radio dzBB’s Lito Laparan reported that in the Manila South Cemetery, tomb cleaners hired by families lined up at the gate Saturday morning to start their work early.
The workers said families whose dearly departed were buried at the cemetery had hired them to clean the tombs in time for next week’s tradition.
Cemetery personnel said they expect more tomb cleaners to go to the cemeteries to prepare the tombs for All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days, the report said. - GMANews.TV
