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Senatorial candidate Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar is confident that the entire contingent of the Philippine National Police (PNP) is prepared to ensure the conduct of peaceful and credible national and local elections on May 9. Eleazar issued the statement amid apprehensions that the retirement o
(PNA file photo) MANILA-The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Thursday announced it has placed all its stations nationwide on full alert as part of its efforts to secure the May 9 national and local elections (NLEs). "We are all systems go. We have placed all police stations nationwide on full alert status," PNP chief Gen. Dionardo Carlos said in a statement. As part of its election security preparations, the PNP on Wednesday simultaneously opened the "National Election Monitoring and Action Center" (NEMAC), and Regional Election Monitoring and Action Centers (REMACs). Carlos said the NEMAC and REMACs will serve as the "eyes and ears" of the PNP Security Task Force NLE 2022 that will provide an updated report of all incidents related to election and security activities undertaken by the police. He said that standby forces and quick reaction teams will be stationed on a 24-hour basis at the command posts in their respective headquarters. "We will sta
BACOLOD CITY - Some 1,396 police personnel will be deployed to secure the voting centers in all 31 component cities and municipalities in Negros Occidental during the May 9 national and local elections. Data of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) show two policemen will be deployed to each of the 698 voting centers on election day aside from other personnel on stand-by to provide monitoring and quick reaction assistance. Lt. Abegael Donasco, NOCPPO spokesperson, said on Tuesday they have sufficient manpower and have no need so far, for augmentation forces from the Police Regional Office-Western Visayas (PRO-6). "We will not need it anymore. We were able to find a way so we will not have lack of personnel. We will not get more people and we will not also send people to other units," she said in a virtual press conference. Donasco said the NOCPPO has identified 170 policemen for deployment to the City and Municipal Election Monitoring and Action Centers and