The provincial government of Negros Occidental has asked for augmentation police personnel from the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office to help guard the checkpoints in seaports, especially at the Banago Port in Bacolod City, Provincial Administrator, Atty. Rayfrando Diaz, said Friday, Nov. 4.
The request is in line with the heightened vigilance of the provincial government against the African swine fever, Diaz said.
He added that NOCPPO personnel will replace detailed policemen from the Bacolod City Police Office that also experiences a lack of manpower.
Negros Occidental and the highly-urbanized Bacolod City are imposing a ban on the entry of live pigs, boar semen, and pork-related products from Panay and Guimaras, following confirmed ASF cases in Iloilo.
The Task Force ASF already seized P448,125 worth of pork products from different ports of Negros Occidental and Bacolod City./GB
