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PNP SURIGAO DEL NORTE INTENSIFIES SECURITY MEASURES FOR TOMORROW’S POLLS
Sunday 12th of May 2013
BUTUAN CITY, May 12 (PIA) – To ensure a peaceful conduct of the midterm elections in Surigao del Norte tomorrow, May 13, the government’s police force is strengthening its security measures.
This was learned from Surigao del Norte Police Provincial Director PSSupt Ruel Obusan during the interview over 107.8 Power FM of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA)-Caraga which is also the official radio station of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC)-Butuan City.
According to PSSupt Obusan, to date, they have been conducting regular checkpoints at the entrance and exit points of the province. It was noted that the province is the gateway of ...
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