00:00The police regional office of Central Visayas is also getting ready for the upcoming election.
00:05And as part of their private armed group, Jesse Atienza is in the center of the news.
00:14The new director of the police regional office 7, police brigadier general Redrico Maranan,
00:23courtesy mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia,
00:26in front of the media, the mayor expressed his support to the police.
00:31We have already concluded the bidding process for the 50 million peso renovation for our Cebu City Police Office,
00:41which will be groundbreaking very soon.
00:44That's 50 million pesos. Can you imagine?
00:47That's the support we have for the Cebu City government.
00:50The PRO-7 also expressed their readiness for the upcoming midterm elections,
00:56as well as for the possible areas of concern or hotspots in Central Visayas.
01:03The PRO-7 also named a private army that they are monitoring.
01:08In the entire Region 7, we have only monitored one in Negros Oriental, the Tebes group.
01:14As far as our parameters are concerned, and with the Comelec,
01:20there is no election areas of concern here in the City of Cebu.
01:25The PRO-7 also assisted the Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas under Secretary Terrence Calatrava,
01:33as well as the City and Provincial Directors for other preparations for the midterm elections,
01:40including the implementation of augmentation in the ongoing situation of the volcano Canlaon.
01:46Another topic discussed is our preparation for the volcano Canlaon.
01:52We will comply with the instruction of our Usec Terrence
01:56to bring people who will help in the evacuation or search and rescue operation
02:04in the event of the volcano Canlaon preparation.
02:09From PTV Cebu, Jesse Atienza for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
