LEGAZPI CITY – The Bicol police have stepped up their security measures after President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law in the entire Mindanao on Tuesday night in response to the Maute terror group’s attack on Marawi City, Chief Supt. Melvin Ramon Buenafe, Bicol police regional director, said. Raising the security measure in the region would mean placing the thousand-strong police forces under 24/7 full alert status, he said. “Although we have not yet detected or received information about the presence or sightings of terror groups here, we should be ready for any eventualities,” Buenafe said. At the onset of the martial law declaration, Buenafe urged the public to be more vigilant, responsible and report suspicious people roaming their respective villages.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 25, 2017 07:52 UTC