About 93 percent of the country’s police force has been deployed nationwide to secure this year’s barangay (village) and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Dir. In a press briefing, Albayalde said the PNP deployed 181,000 of the 195,000-strong police force to the ground as it beefed up security for Monday’s elections. Of the 181,212, 73,562 PNP personnel manned 36,781 polling centers nationwide, he said. ADVERTISEMENTThe police chief said 13,267 troops comprise the Reactionary Standby Support Force (RSSF) at police regional offices, while 2,854 RSSF at the national headquarters. The voting for the 2018 barangay and SK polls started after polling precincts opened at 7 a.m. Monday.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 14, 2018 00:33 UTC