Mindanaotoday.com | Safe travels ensured in Camiguin in anticipation of tourist influx
By: Theresa Arlene Gambe
CAMIGUIN – To ensure the security of incoming travelers and Camiguinons not only during the conduct of Panaad 2023, the provincial government, along with the concerned national line agencies, deployed uniformed and non-uniformed personnel all over the province for regular surveillance.
“Ato na nang gi-anticipate daan nga karong Panaad 2023, daghan gyud kaayo [tourists and visitors]. Adtong petsa dos [April 2], na-implement na atong operational plan, meaning nadeploy na atong tanan angay ideploy, nakatambay na sila kung aha dapit ilang area of responsibility,” said Provincial Board Member Webb Bajenio during the “Alerto” radio program, April 4.
(We already anticipated that there would be a lot of tourists and Camiguinons who would join the Panaad in 2023. On April 2, we already implemented our operational plan, meaning all necessary personnel have been deployed and stationed in their respective areas of responsibility)
In efforts to maintain the province’s drug-free status, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Provincial Officer Rodolfo S. De la Cerna, Jr. said they have stationed troupes and canine (K9) teams on all ports: Guinsiliban, Benoni, Balbagon, and the airport, to conduct routine inspections. The intelligence assets also joined these stations.
The Philippine National Police also conducted random mobile checkpoints.
Bajenio added that the Philippine Ports Authority in Balingoan has lent an area for at least 200 vehicles to park in while queuing to board at the port.
Both De la Cerna and Bajenio emphasized the need for the cooperation of both travelers and locals in the implementation of their operational plan. (TAAG | PIA-10 | Camiguin)
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