Plainclothes ‘marshals’ help secure Davao from ‘threat’

From GMA News (Jun 28): Plainclothes ‘marshals’ help secure Davao from ‘threat’

Plainclothes "marshals" have been deployed in Davao City to keep watch against a possible security threat, a day after Mayor Rodrigo Duterte disclosed it.

These lawmen in civilian attire are on the lookout for signs of potential threats, GMA News' Chino Gaston reported on GMA News TV's "Balitanghali."

Davao City had been placed on heightened alert after President Benigno Aquino III called up Duterte to warn him of a supposed possible security threat.

While Duterte did not give details, he said Aquino warned him about the threat and told him not to take it lightly, GMA News' "Saksi" reported Friday night.

A report on state-run Philippines News Agency also quoted Duterte as saying the government is pursuing "persons of interest."

On Saturday morning, Philippine National Police spokesman Chief Superintendent Reuben Theodore Sindac told GMA News TV's "News TV Live" that "(e)verything is manageable."

Sindac added the PNP and Armed Forces of the Philippines are "on top of the situation," and that they are taking the proper steps to prevent threats by various groups.

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