BACOLOD City – The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) is tightening its security in various banks in the province during the distribution of cash aid under the government’s social amelioration program.
NOCPPO chief Colonel Romeo Baleros said this move will avert lawless elements from taking advantage of the situation.
The cash subsidy under the Department of Social Welfare and Development is intended to low income families who are financially suffering due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis.
On March 25, President Rodrigo Duterte signed the law declaring the existence of a national emergency. It also granted him additional powers to address the COVID-19 crisis, which includes the provision of emergency subsidy to “18 million low income households … a month for two months.”
Baleros assured that while police authorities engaged in the fight against the viral disease, law and order as well as safety and security will not be set aside.
Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson placed Negros Occidental under ECQ from March 30 until April 14 in a bid to slow down the spread of coronavirus disease 2019.
He recently signed an executive order extending the ECQ until April 30./PN
