AFP, PNP declare Bacolod as insurgency-free

From the Sun Star-Bacolod (May 20, 2023): AFP, PNP declare Bacolod as insurgency-free (By MERLINDA A. PEDROSA)

The officials of Regional Joint Peace and Security Coordinating Center (RJPSCC)-Western Visayas sign a resolution declaring Bacolod as insurgency free during its 2nd quarter meeting Friday, May 19, at the Bacolod City Government Center. (Merlinda Pedrosa photo)

BACOLOD City has been declared insurgency-free by the officials of the Regional Joint Peace and Security Coordinating Center (RJPSCC)-Western Visayas Friday, May 19, an official of the Philippine National Police (PNP)

Police Regional Office-6 officer-in-charge Brigadier General Archival Macala said the declaration was conducted during the 2nd quarter RJPSCC meeting held at the Bacolod City Government Center which was attended by the officials of the PNP, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the city government officials.

He said the officials signed a resolution declaring Bacolod as “insurgency free.”

“ It’s a collective involvement so that Western Visayas will remain peaceful and to ensure the safety of our constituents,” he added.

Macala noted that they also discussed the security preparation for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections in October.

“The election is fast approaching and we need to prepare so that here in Western Visayas, there will be no killings or casualties of the individuals who will run in the barangay elections,” Macala said.

In Negros Occidental, there’s no alarming situation including Bacolod City, he said.

Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) acting director Colonel Noel Aliño said the insurgency problem was already resolved by the AFP and the PNP.

He said it’s the joint effort of the AFP, PNP as well as the PCG to end the communist insurgency.

“We will do our best to maintain an insurgency-free city and policemen were already deployed in various areas,” he added.

Aliño disclosed that the police will sustain the program of the PNP to ensure the safety of the public.*

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