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BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
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February 1, 2018
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ILOILO City – Mission accomplished.
This was how Chief Superintendent Cesar Hawthorne Binag, Region 6 police director, assessed the recent Dinagyang Festival vis-à-vis the police’s effort to keep this city peaceful and orderly.
The goal was “zero major incidents” and indeed no big security challenge happened, said Binag, most especially during the two-day highlights of the festival on Jan. 27 (Kasadyahan regional festival contest) and Jan. 28 (ati-ati tribes competition).
“Missions accomplished because we were able to realize our goals. Our celebration was very peaceful. The crime volume dropped and traffic congestion was minimized,” said Binag.
He hoped these further bolstered the public’s trust and confidence in the police.
“Thank you to all for the cooperation,” said Binag.
The Police Regional Office 6 mobilized nearly 5,000 security personnel for the Dinagyang. These included cops from Camp Delgado, Iloilo City Police Office, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Bureau of Fire and Protection, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, Criminology students, Iloilo City Public Safety and Transportation Management Office, and barangay tanods, among others.
Checkpoints were put up. A gun ban was imposed from Jan. 23 to Jan. 29.
There was also a temporary shutdown of all mobile phone network services on Jan. 27 and Jan. 28. The shutdown covered the City Proper and within 3 km radius of the judging areas for Dinagyang tribe performances.
Explaining the phone signal jamming, the police said terrorists could detonate improvised explosive devices using cell phone signals.
The police recorded 123 crime incidents during the Dinagyang week from Jan. 21 to Jan. 27 – a 51 percent drop from the 256 crime incidents reported during the 2017 Dinagyang week from Jan. 16 to Jan. 22./PN
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