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BY MAE SINGUAY
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Monday, April 17, 2017
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BACOLOD City – The observance of the Holy Week was “generally peaceful.”
No major crime has happened as of this writing, only “minimal” and “petty” ones like picking pockets, said Superintendent Noel Polines, Operations and Plans Unit chief of the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO).
Polines gave police presence credit.
The Police Regional Office 18 will give an overall assessment on Monday to cover Easter Sunday, which is still part of the Holy Week, according to regional police spokesperson Senior Inspector Armilyn Vargas.
“Effective” was how Polines described the establishment of police assistance desks and tourist assistance desks in areas of convergence.
He also gave credit to intensified mobile patrol in commercial and residential areas, beat patrols, and checkpoints.
Force multipliers for the barangay ronda system and intelligence monitoring also contributed in making Bacolod peaceful, Polines said.
Meanwhile some 583 travelers were stranded at the ports in Bredco, Reclamation Area, Pulupandan, San Carlos City, Escalante City, and Victorias City after the Philippine Coast Guard suspended sea vessel trips due to “Crising.”
The state weather bureau Pagasa placed Negros Occidental under Signal No. 1 on Saturday morning, prompting the trip suspension, said Lieutenant Senior Grade Jimmy Oliver Vingno, commander of the Coast Guard Bacolod station.
Passengers, mostly heading home after the Holy Week vacation, were stuck at the ports from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., when Pagasa lifted the storm warning signal and the Coast Guard allowed vessel trips to resume, said Vingno./PN
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