With the Holy Week rush now in full swing, Armed Forces of
the Philippines (AFP) chief-of-staff Gen. Gregorio Pio Catapang on Tuesday
placed all military units in "blue alert".
"Blue alert" refers to having 50 percent of
available troops and their supporting equipment in stand-by at camps nationwide
for possible deployment.
"We are now in 'blue alert' for Holy Week, it means
that half of our available troop strength must in camps in case there is a need
for them," Catapang said in Filipino.
Earlier, AFP public affairs office chief Lt. Col. Harold Cabunoc
said that units based in non-threat areas can grant leave to their personnel
wanting to go home this Holy Week.
However, this condition cannot be applied to provinces and
areas with intact threat groups like the New People's Army (NPA) and other lawless
elements.
Areas in the Philippines
known to be hosting NPA groups include Masbate, Sorsogon in Southern Luzon and
Kalinga in Northern Luzon, Leyte, Eastern and Northern Samar in the Visayas and
CARAGA Regions and Compostela Valley in Mindanao .
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