PNP Units in Luzon, Visayas on Heightened Alert for Holy Week

Two days before the observance of the Holy Week, the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Friday has put all its police units in Luzon and the Visayas under heightened alert to ensure maximum availability of personnel and resources for law enforcement and public safety operations during the holidays.

This will be in effect in Regions 1, 2, 3, 4A, 4B and 5 in Luzon and in Regions 6, 7 and 8 in the Visayas.

PNP regional directors in these areas are given the discretion to elevate the alert status of their offices/units depending on the developing and emerging situation in their respective areas of responsibility.

All six Mindanao-based police regional offices, meanwhile, remain under full alert condition in response to the prevailing security situation in those areas.

All PNP unit commanders were reminded to maintain security in vital installations, economic key points as well as places of convergence and ensure high state of operational readiness to deter criminal activities and thwart any hostile actions that may be launched by threat groups.

PNP units in insurgency-affected areas were also alerted against possible rebel-initiated hostilities in connection with the 46th founding anniversary of the communist New People’s Army on March 29.

Based on historical data, the military wing of the CPP/NDF is known to launch armed hostilities and offensive actions to highlight celebrations of significant events in the underground movement. (PFN) FPV/PFN