Monday, July 25, 2016

Military units for SONA to go on red alert by midnight

From the Philippine News Agency (Jul 24): Military units for SONA to go on red alert by midnight

While there are no security threats detected in line with President Rodrigo Roa Duterte's first ever State-of-the-Nation-Address (SONA) Monday, military units tasked to augment police security efforts for the event will be placed on red alert by midnight.

This was declared by AFP Joint Task Group-National Capital Region acting commander Col. Vic Tomas on Sunday.

He added that this is a routine matter to prevent security forces from getting complacent.

Tomas said the same security precautions will be taken and the difference in this year's SONA is that coordination has been done early with militant groups regarding a designated area where they can conduct their protest actions.

The proposed area is to be near the House of Representatives, he added.

Activation of the proposed area will take place by Monday.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=906925

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