THE PHILIPPINE National Police (PNP) will not slow down in its anti-illegal drugs campaign this yuletide season, Director General Oscar D. Albayalde said in a chance interview with reporters in Imus, Cavite on Monday. He said the deployment of additional forces for assistance and security operations during the busy holiday period will not affect those assigned in the drug war. At the same time, Mr. Albayalde assured that there will be increased police presence to reduce incidents of crimes against properties like theft. “‘Yung pagsasapit ng kapaskuhan ay tumataas ‘yung ating crime lalo na ‘yung (As the Christmas season nears, the crime rate increases, especially) crimes against properties,” he said. A recent Social Weather Station survey indicated that 1.4 million families agreed that a household member was victimized by robbery of personal property, break-ins, car theft or physical violence in the third quarter of 2018. — Vince Angelo C. Ferreras

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