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BY MAE SINGUAY
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Friday, February 24, 2017
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BACOLOD City – Police have yet to decide whether or not to impose a gun ban when this city hosts an Asean meeting in March.
Senior Superintendent Jack Wanky, city police chief, said in a text message they are currently assessing the need.
Wanky said they will further tighten security, especially at the SMX Convention Center.
“We will check for deadly weapons,” he said.
In Iloilo City, the Philippine National Police suspended all permits to carry firearms outside of residence from March 3 to 20 to ensure the security of delegates attending three Asean meetings.
Senior Inspector Armilyn Vargas, spokesperson for the Police Regional Office 18, said they were still discussing if they will seek the same for the Bacolod meeting.
The Philippines is hosting the 2017 Asean Summit in time for the organization’s 50th founding anniversary.
Some 2,300 officers — roughly half the total police force in Negros Island Region — will be deployed during the event, the regional police director Chief Superintendent Renato Gumban earlier said.
Officers from Negros Oriental will augment forces in Negros Occidental and this city, said Gumban./PN
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