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BY TIFFANY ANNE TAN
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BACOLOD City – Starting today police officers will be detailed in and around cemeteries to secure people visiting their dearly departed.
They will also be deployed to bus terminals, ports and the airport, said Chief Superintendent Renato Gumban, regional police director.
Filipinos are observing the All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day on Nov. 1 and 2.
Around 80 percent of officers from police offices in Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental and this city will be mobilized, Gumban said. “Some will be patrolling subdivisions and areas of convergence,” he said.
Gumban called on his men to “do their job” well.
Several items are not allowed in cemeteries tomorrow and Wednesday: alcoholic beverage, pointed or bladed objects, gambling paraphernalia, and disruptive sound and activities, the police said.
Chief Inspector Dianne Grace Catedral, regional police spokesperson, advised the public to make sure the doors and gate/s are locked, no valuables are left outside the house and electrical appliances are turned off before leaving their house and heading to the cemetery or elsewhere.
At cemeteries, she said the public must not leave valuables unattended, know where police assistance desks and first-aid areas are, make their children wear an identification tag or nametag, and not wear expensive jewelry or bring expensive gadgets./PN
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