SEND-OFF. Police, military, Coast Guard, and Bureau of Fire personnel were officially deployed on Friday (May 6, 2022) for election duty in Negros Oriental. The multi-agency send-off ceremony, spearheaded by the Provincial Joint Security Council composed of the Commission on Elections, the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and the Philippine National Police, was held at the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office grounds in Sibulan town. (Photo by Judy Flores Partlow) DUMAGUETE CITY - Officials of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), and the Philippine National Police (PNP) told security forces in Negros Oriental to remain apolitical and neutral during the May 9 national and local elections as they were officially deployed on Friday. The call was sounded off during the official send-off ceremony of government troops at the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office (NOPPO) grounds in Barangay Agan-an in Sibulan town, which was spearheaded by t